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Worldwide voting opens for IIFA Awards
Brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan has announced the nominations for the IDEA IIFA Awards 2008 at a press conference in New Delhi.
The nominations are a result of the industry voting for the Idea IIFA Awards in March and voting for the Idea IIFA Awards will be open to audiences of Indian Cinema all across the world.
The Voting by fans and supporters of Indian Cinema is now open on www.iifabuzz.com that begins from April 15th 2008 and continues till the end of May 2008.
The results of the online voting will determine the winners of the IDEA IIFA awards.
The nominations:
Best Picture
Guru
Chak De India
Jab We Met
Om Shanti Om
Life In A Metro
Partner
Direction
Anurag Basu Life In A… Metro
Imtiaz Ali Jab We Met
Mani Ratnam Guru
Priyadarshan Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Shimit Amin Chak De India
Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
Abhishek Bachchan Guru
Akshay Kumar Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Salman Khan Partner
Shah Rukh Khan Chak De India
Shahid Kapoor Jab We Met
Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
Aishwarya Rai Guru
Deepika Padukone Om Shanti Om
Kareena Kapoor Jab We Met
Tabu Cheeni Kum
Vidya Balan Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Performance in a Supporting Role (Male)
Anil Kapoor Welcome
Govinda Partner
Irrfan Khan Life In A… Metro
Mithun Chakraborty Guru
Rajat Kapoor Bheja Fry
Performance in a Supporting Role (Female)
Chitrashi Rawat Chak De India
Konkona Sen Sharma Life In A… Metro
Rani Mukerji Saawariya
Vidya Balan Guru
Zohra Sehgal Cheeni Kum
Performance in a Comic Role
Govinda Partner
Irrfan Khan Life In A… Metro
Paresh Rawal Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Rajpal Yadav Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Vinay Pathak Bheja Fry
Performance in a Negative Role
Arjun Rampal Om Shanti Om
Kay Kay Menon Life In A… Metro
Shilpa Shukla Chak De India
Vidya Balan Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Viveik Oberoi Shootout At Lokhandwala
Music Direction
A.R. Rahman Barso Re, Guru
MikaGanpat Shootout At Lokhandwala, Ganpat
Monty Sharma Saawariya Saawariya, Saawariya
Pritam Hare Ram Hare Ram, Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Sajid - Wajid Do U Wanna Partner, Partner
Salim - Sulaiman Chak De India, Chak De India
Best Story
Anurag Basu Life In A… Metro
Feroz Abbas Khan Gandhi, My Father
Imtiaz Ali Jab We Met
Jaideep Sahni Chak De India
Mani Ratnam Guru
R. Balki Cheeni Kum
Lyrics
Gulzar Tere Bina, Guru
Jaideep Sahni Chak De India, Chak De India
Javed Akhtar Main Agar Kahoon, Om Shanti Om
Sameer Jab Se Tere Naina, Saawariya
Sayeed Quadri In Dino, Life In A… Metro
Playback Singer (Male)
KKAankhon Mein Teri Om Shanti Om Aankhon Mein Teri
Neeraj ShridharHare Ram Hare Ram Bhool Bhulaiyaa Hare Ram Hare Ram
ShaanJabse Tere Naina Saawariya Jabse Tere Naina
Sukhvinder SinghChak De India Chak De India Chak De India
Wajid, Laabh JanjuwaSoni De Nakhre Partner Soni De Nakhre
Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghoshal Barso Re, Guru
Shreya Ghoshal Dholna, Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Shreya Ghoshal Thode Badmash, Saawariya
Shreya Ghoshal Ye Ishq Hai, Jab We Met
Sunidhi Chauhan Aaja Nachle, Aaja Nachle
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, said, “Nothing celebrates the grandeur of Indian Cinema as extravagantly as the IIFAs. It is indeed a great pleasure to announce the nominations for IDEA IIFA Awards 2008 and to open the voting for the coveted awards on IIFA Buzz.com. IIFAbuzz.com is a one stop shop for all the latest news on IIFA for the Indian cinema aficionados and a source of reliable and exclusive information on the Indian Film Industry. This new initiative is a reiteration of IIFA’s vision to constantly innovate and stay contemporary.”
This year, the IIFA Weekend will be held from June 6-8, 2008 in Bangkok. Now in its 9th year, the IIFA awards ceremony will be televised to millions of viewers across India, US, UK and South East Asia.
Attended by the who’s who of the Indian and foreign film fraternity, the viewers can look forward to see legends and popular super-stars from Indian cinema as well as awe aspiring performances from some of the hottest stars of the Indian film industry.
