IIFA Nominations List: Brahmastra, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, Darlings in the lead

The nominations for the 23rd edition of the International Indian Film Academy and Awards, popularly known as IIFA, were announced on Monday. Brahmastra Part One: Shiva (2022), Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (2022), and Darlings (2022) are films nominated in several categories out of the twelve categories listed by IIFA. The nominations are listed below, global voting will go live on Tuesday, December 27. The 23rd edition of IIFA will be held at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, on February 9, 10 and 11, 2023.

Best Picture Category

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2

Darlings

Drishyam 2

Gangubai Kathiawadi

Vikram Vedha

Best Direction

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2

Brahmastra Part One: Shiva

Darlings

Gangubai Kathiawadi

Monica O My Darling

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

Performance in a Leading Role (Female)

Yami Gautam Dhar (A Thursday)

Tabu (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2)

Alia Bhatt (Darlings)

Shefali Shah (Darlings)

Alia Bhatt (Gangubai Kathiawadi)

Performance in a Leading Role (Male)

Kartik Aaryan (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2)

Abhishek Bachchan (Dasvi)

Ajay Devgn (Drishyam 2)

Rajkummar Rao (Monica O My Darling)

Anupam Kher (The Kashmir Files)

Hrithik Roshan (Vikram Vedha)

Performance in a Supporting Role (Female)

Sheeba Chadha (Badhaai Do)

Mouni Roy (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)

Nimrat Kaur (Dasvi)

Tabu (Drishyam 2)

Radhika Apte (Monica O My Darling)

Performance in a Supporting Role (Male)

Abhishek Banerjee (Bhediya)

Shah Rukh Khan (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)

Vijay Raaz (Gangubai Kathiawadi)

Anil Kapoor (Jugjugg Jeeyo)

Sikander Kher (Monica O My Darling)

Music Direction

Pritam (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)

Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Gangubai Kathiawadi)

Oaff and Savera (Gehraiyaan)

Tanishk Bagchi, Kanishk Seth and Vishal Shelke (Jugjugg Jeeyo)

Playback Singer (Female)

Jonita Gandhi ('Deva Deva', Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)

Shreya Ghoshal ('Rasiya', Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)

Shreya Ghoshal ('Jab Saiyaan', Gangubai Kathiawadi)

Lothika ('Doobey', Gehraiyaan)

Kavita Seth ('Rangi Sari', Jugjugg Jeeyo)

Playback Singer (Male)

Arijit Singh ('Kesariya' and 'Deva Deva', Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)

Mohit Chauhan ('Gehraiyaan- reprise', Gehraiyaan)

Kanishk Seth ('Rangi Sari', Jugjugg Jeeyo)

Aditya Rao ('Behney Do', Rocketry: The Nambi Effect)

Best Story

Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary (Badhaai Do)

Ayan Mukherji (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)

R. Balki (Chup)

Jasmeet K. Reen and Parveez Shaikh (Darlings)

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (The Kashmir Files)

Best Story (Adapted)

Aamil Keeyan Khan and Abhishek Pathak for (Drishyam 2)

S.Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges for (Gangubai Kathiawadi)

Yogesh Chandekar (Monica O My Darling)

R.Madhavan (Rocketry: The Nambi Effect)

Pushkar-Gayatri and BA Fida (Vikram Vedha)

Best Lyrics

Varun Grover ('Atak Gaya Hai', Badhaai Do)

Amitabh Bhattacharya ('Kesariya', Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)

A.M. Turaz ('Jab Saiyaan', Gangubai Kathiawadi)

Ankur Tewari ('Gehraiyaan' title track, Gehraiyaan)

Raj Shekhar ('Behney Do', Rocketry: The Nambi Effect)