IIFA Nominations 2023: Alia Bhatt's Gangubai Kathiawadi Dominates Top Categories

The organisers of the IIFA Awards on Tuesday announced the nominations for popular categories for its 23rd edition, to be held at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE in February 2023. Alia Bhatt, who had two blockbusters to her name this year with Gangubai Kathiawadi and Brahmastra Part One: Shiva, dominates the nomination list.

Gangubai Kathiawadi received eight nods, including Best Actor (Female) for Alia Bhatt, Best Picture, and Best Director for Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The film, adapted from one of the chapters of author Hussain Zaidi's book, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, is also contending for Best Supporting Actor (Male) for Vijay Raaz, Best Playback Singer (Female), Best Story (Adapted), Best Lyrics, and Best Music director category.

IIFA Nominations 2023

Bhatt's Brahmastra Part One: Shiva, co-starring her actor-husband Ranbir Kapoor, will be vying for awards in Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (both male and female), Music Director, Best Story (Original), Best Playback Singer (both male and female) and Best Lyrics categories.

The other contenders for the Best Picture trophy are -- Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, Darlings, Drishyam 2 and Vikram Vedha.

In the Best Director race, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ayan Mukerji of Brahmastra Part One: Shiva are joined by Anees Bazmee (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2), Jasmeet K Reen (Darlings), Vasan Bala (Monica O My Darling) and R Madhavan (Rocketry: The Nambi Effect).

Bhatt has an additional nomination in the Best Actor (Female) category for her performance in Darlings, which also marked her debut as a producer. She is competing with her Darlings co-star Shefali Shah, Yami Gautam Dhar (A Thursday) and Tabu (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2).

Kartik Aaryan is nominated in the Best Actor (Male) along with Hrithik Roshan (Vikram Vedha), Abhishek Bachchan (Dasvi), Ajay Devgn (Drishyam 2), Rajkummar Rao (Monica O My Darling) and Anupam Kher (The Kashmir Files).

Check out the other IIFA 2023 nominations 

Best 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)

Best 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)

Best Story (Original)

Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary for Badhaai Do
Ayan Mukherji for Brahmastra Part One: Shiva
R. Balki for Chup
Jasmeet K Reen and Parveez Shaikh for Darlings
Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri for The Kashmir Files

Best Story (Adapted)

Aamil Keeyan Khan and Abhishek Pathak for Drishyam
S.Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Yogesh Chandekar for Monica O My Darling
R.Madhavan for Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
Pushkar, Gayatri and BA Fida for Vikram Vedha

Best Music Direction

Pritam (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2)
Pritam (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Oaff and Savera (Gehraiyaan)
Tanishk Bagchi and Pozy (Niranjan Dhar)
Kanishk Seth and Vishal Shelke (Jugjugg Jeeyo)

Best Playback Singer (Female)

Jonita Gandhi for “Deva Deva” (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Shreya Ghoshal for “Rasiya” (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Shreya Ghoshal for “Jab Saiyaan” (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Lothika for “Doobey” (Gehraiyaan)
Kavita Seth for “Rangi Sari” (Jugjugg Jeeyo)

Best Playback Singer (Male)

Arijit Singh for “Kesariya” (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Arijit Singh for “Deva Deva” (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
Mohit Chauhan for “Gehraiyaan” (Gehraiyaan)
Kanishk Seth for “Rangi Sari” (Jugjugg Jeeyo)
Aditya Rao for “Behney Do” (Rocketry: The Nambi Effect)

Best Lyrics

Varun Grover for “Atak Gaya Hai” (Badhaai Do)
Amitabh Bhattacharya for “Kesariya” (Brahmastra Part One: Shiva)
A.M. Turaz for “Jab Saiyaan” (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Ankur Tewari for “Gehraiyaan” (Gehraiyaan)
Raj Shekhar for “Behney Do” (Rocketry: The Nambi Effect)

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