The year of 2019 was spectacular for Indian cinema. As Bollywood celebrities gear up for IIFA 2020, International Indian Film Academy Awards, they announced the nominations list on Wednesday in a press meet. Katrina Kaif, Kartik Aaryan, and Dia Mirza graced the event in Mumbai and flaunted their sassy moves. They also revealed the banner for the awards show, which will be held in Madhya Pradesh this year. While a pre-event will kick off in Bhopal on March 21, the main three-day event will be staged in Indore on March 27, 28 and 29.
IIFA announced the nominations list for the 21st edition of the prestigious awards during the press conference in Mumbai. While Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt starrer Gully Boy rapped its way ahead with 14 nominations, Shahid Kapoor’s Kabir Singh followed close with 8 and Ayushmann Khurrana’s Article 15 with 7 nominations. It also announced the Technical winners at the event. Bollywood film Gully Boy led the winners' list by stepping away with 3 IIFA Technical Awards.
Here's the Nomination list of IIFA 2020
- Best Film: Article 15, Gully Boy, Kabir Singh, Kesari, Uri: The Surgical Strike
- Best Actress: 'Badla' (Taapsee Pannu), 'Good News' (Kareena Kapoor Khan), 'Gully Boy' (Alia Bhatt), 'Mission Mangal' (Vidya Balan), 'The Sky Is Pink' (Priyanka Chopra Jonas)
- Best Actor: 'Article 15' (Ayushmann Khurrana), 'Gully Boy' (Ranveer Singh), 'Kabir Singh (Shahid Kapoor),' Super 30 '(Hrithik Roshan),' Uri: The Surgical Strike '(Vicky Kaushal)
- Best Direction: Article 15 (Anubhav Sinha), Badla (Sujoy Ghosh), Gully Boy (Zoya Akhtar), Kabir Singh (Sandeep Reddy Vanga) Uri: The Surgical Strike (Aditya Dhar)
- Best Film: Article 15, Gully Boy, Kabir Singh, Kesari, Uri: The Surgical Strike
- Cinematography: Jai Ojha (Gully Boy)
- Best Screen Play: Anubhav Sinha and Gaurav Solanki (article 15)
- Best Dialogue: Vijay Maurya (Gully Boy)
- Best Editing: Nitin Baid (Gully Boy)
- Best Choreography: Bosco Caesar and Tusshar Kalia (War)
- Best Sound Design: Vishwadeep Deepak Chatterjee (Uri: The Surgical Strike)
- Best Sound Mixing: Anuj Mathur (War)
- Best Background Score: Shashwat Sachdev (Uri: The Surgical Strike)
- Best Special Effect: War