The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards has announced its 12 popular category nominations for the 22nd edition on May 20 and 21, 2022 at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The 12 popular categories include Best Picture, Direction, Performance in a Leading Role. (Female and Male), Performance in a Supporting Role (Female and Male), Music Direction, Playback Singer (Female and Male) and Best Story (Original and Adapted), Lyrics.
Indian cinema has had an incredible year, with a diverse number of truly distinctive films that not only took the box office by storm but were also critically acclaimed, garnering rave reviews. Sher Shah leads the way receiving the most nominations, totaling 12 nominations, ’83’ and ‘Ludo’ are at the second position with 9 and 6 nominations respectively, followed by ‘Thappad’ and ‘Atrangi Re’ with 5 and ‘Mimi’. With in second place. 4 nominations.
The top picks for the Best Picture category are Shershaah, 83, Ludo, Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior and Thappad. Nominations for the best Direction category are Kabir Khan (83), Anurag Basu (Ludo), Shoojit Sircar (Sardar Udham), Vishnuvaradhan (Shershaah) and Anubhav Sinha (Thappad)
The nominees for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) are Vidya Balan (Sherni), Kriti Sanon (Mimi), Sanya Malhotra (Pagglait), Kiara Advani (Shershaah), and Taapsee Pannu (Thappad).
The nominees for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) are Ranveer Singh (83), Vicky Kaushal (Sardar Udham), Sidharth Malhotra (Shershaah), Late Irrfan Khan (Angrezi Medium), and Manoj Bajpayee (Bhonsle).
Among the nominees for performance in a supporting role (Female) are Gauahar Khan (14 Phere), Radhika Madan (Angrezi Medium), Lara Dutta (Bell Bottom), Shalini Vats (Ludo), and Sai Tamhankar (Mimi).
The nominees for Performance In A Supporting Role (Male) are Jiiva (83), Pankaj Tripathi (83), Pankaj Tripathi (Ludo), Saif Ali Khan (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior), Kumud Mishra (Thappad)
The nominees for music direction are Pritam (83), AR Rahman (99 Songs), Arrahman (Atrangi Re), Pritam (Ludo), Tanishk Bagchi, Jasleen Royal, Javed-Mohsin, Vikram Montrose, B Praak, Jani (Shershah) .
The nominees for Playback Singer (Female) are Shreya Goshal for the song Chaka Chak (Atrangi Re), Priya Saraiya for Kalle Kalle (Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui), Shreya Ghoshal for Param Sundari (Mimi), Jasleen Royal for Ranjha (Shershaah), Asees Kaur for Raataan Lambiyan (Shershaah).
The nominees for Playback Singer (Male) are: Arijit Singh for the song Lehar Do (83), Arijit Singh for Raat Zara Si (Atrangi Re), Arijit Singh for Aabad Barbad (Ludo), Ratan Lambian (Shershah), Jubin Nautiyal for the B. Prak for Mana Bharya (Sher Shah)
Apart from this, the nominees for Best Story (Original) are Himanshu Sharma (Atrangi Re), Shubham (Eib Alle Ooo!), Anurag Basu (Ludo), Sandeep Srivastava (Shershah).
The nominees for Best Story (Adapted) are Kabir Khan, Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan (Based on ICC World CUp 1983) (83), Abhishek Chaubey, Hussain Haidry (Ankahi Kahaniya), Laxman Utekar, Rohan Shankar (Mimi), Om Raut ( Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior), Vijayendra Prasad (Thalaivii)
The nominees for lyrics are Kausar Munir for the song Lehre Do (83), Irshad Kamil for the song Rait Zara Si (Atrangi Re), Irshad Kamil for the song Shayad (Love Aaj Kal), Tanishk Bagchi for the song Raataan Lambiyan (Shershaah) ), B Praak, Jaani for the song Mann Bharryaa (Shershaah)
The event will take place in Abu Dhabi, the Etihad Arena, part of the Yas Bay waterfront on Yas Island, the Middle East’s largest state-of-the-art indoor entertainment venue, in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT). Abu Dhabi), and Miral, Abu Dhabi’s leading manufacturer of immersive destinations and experiences.
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