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‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ leads nominations for 18th IIFA , ‘MS Dhoni-The Untold story’ close second

‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ leads nominations for 18th IIFA , ‘MS Dhoni-The Untold story’ close second

New Delhi,May 20 (UNI) The Ranbir Kapoor Aishwarya Rai-starrer ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ leads the list of nominations at the 18th edition of the India International film academy awards, to be held in New York, with 8 nominations while 'M S Dhoni The Untold Story' has been nominated in seven categories. Leading the race with a whopping 8 nominations in the popular categories along with Best Picture is 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' followed by the biopic of the former Indian Cricket Team Captain – M S Dhoni: The Untold Story bagging 7 nominations in popular categories including the Best Picture nominations. Top Contenders for Best Picture category are ‘Neerja’, ‘Pink’, ‘Sultan’ and ‘Udta Punjab’. The nominees for Best Actor in Leading Role Male are Shahid Kapoor for Udta Punjab, Ranbir Kapoor for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Shah Rukh Khan for Fan, Sushant Singh Rajput for M S Dhoni, Amitabh Bachchan for Pink and Salman Khan for Sultan. The nominees for Leading Role Female are Anushka Sharma for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Alia Bhatt for Dear Zindagi & Udta Punjab, Sonam Kapoor for Neerja and Tapsee Pannu for Pink. The Best Director nominations feature Karan Johar (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil), Neeraj Pandey (M.S. Dhoni), Ram Madhvani (Neerja), Aniruddha Roy Chowdhary (Pink), Ali Abbas Zafar (Sultan) and Abhishek Chaubey (Udta Punjab). The 2017 IIFA Festival New York will play host to some of the most celebrated stars and musicians of the Indian film industry, notable guests, and dignitaries from India and the region, world media and Indian cinema fans from across the globe. Announcing the nominations, Andre Timmins, Director- Wizcraft International, the producers and creators of the IIFA movement, said, 'It is amazing to see the progress that the IIFA Festival New York has seen in the past few months as we prepare for our biggest IIFA Awards ever. Featuring a mega star line up for IIFA Rocks & IIFA Awards we will be creating entertainment like never seen before. We are thankful for so many of the industry that turned out to vote for the nominated films and people involved. It now remains for the global online voting to begin for the popular category awards to be determined. The 2017 IIFA Awards is going to be a night not to be missed and exciting times to see who finally wins those highly coveted IIFA Awards. The demand for tickets has been tremendous and I would simply advise IIFA fans to grab the hotly sought-after tickets while you still can on iifa.com or ticketmaster.com. ' Speaking on the occasion, Raj Nayak, Chief Operations Officer Viacom18 said, "IIFA Festival is the world's biggest platform showcasing the magic of Bollywood and India. Colors, India's leading Hindi Premium entertainment channel, is delighted to bring the magic that’s being created in New York City to our viewers across the globe. As always the IIFA Weekend & Awards extravaganza will be telecast to our viewers in over 140 counties with ancillary programming on other Viacom18 channels including MTV & Colors Infinity.' Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt Ltd, conceptualized IIFA 17 years ago, by the creative genius of the trio of masterminds - Andre Timmins, Viraf Sarkari and Sabbas Joseph. The vision was to celebrate Indian cinema outside India; and IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) the flagship brand is the accomplishment of that dream. IIFA is dedicated to building bridges across cinema, businesses, communities and nations, creating everyone’s dream: “One People. One World”. The journey over these past 17 years has seen the brand evolve from a one night affair to a weekend, which celebrates and hosts various events and activities related to cinema, business, culture, music and fashion. Hosting a variety of events during the weekend IIFA helps bring together a global community of people from all walks of life. UNI AR RSA SHK 1722

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