Ligts, Camera - IIFA: Stages are set for International Indian Film Academy Awards 2017 - Here is the

18th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards are now in the air of all over India. Every year the IIfa Awards is celebrated to honor the artists and technical persons who support the Indian cinema with their best excellence. This year IIFA awards will be held at New York’s Met Life Stadium. Some celebrities already reached in New York like –Karan Johar, Priyanka Chopra, Jacqueline Fernandez, Shahid Kapoor, Shenaz Treasurywala, Malaika Arora, and Alia Bhatt while Salman Khan and others expected to arrive In the Award ceremony.

The main award ceremony will be held as scheduled on July 15. The event will start on July 13:00 July 14.th. The IIFA awards will start with a blockbuster rocking performance by Neeti Mohan, Mika Singh, AR Rahman, Benny Dayal, Hariharan, Kailash Kher, Aditi Rao Hydari, Jonita Gandhi, Mohit Chauhan, Haricharan Seshadri, Diljit Dosanjh, Svetha Rao. This event will start from 8 pm IST onwards while the guests can be spotted on the green carpet of IIFA Awards from 6 pm IST.

As per reports, in the IIFA Award's main ceremony will be hosted by Saif Ali Khan and Karan Johar. The award program will also start by a rocking performance by the celebrities like Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon, Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan, Sushant Singh Rajput, Shahid Kapoor. The main occasion starts from as scheduled at 8 Pm IST.

Here are the lists of nominations :

In 2017, the list of nomination for Best Film are-

• Udta Punjab

• MS Dhoni: The Untold Story

• Neerja

• Pink

• Sultan

• Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Direction nominees are-

• Abhishek Chaubey – Udta Punjab

• Neeraj Panday – MS Dhoni: The Untold Story

• Ram Madhvani- Neerja

• Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury- Pink

• Ali Abbas Zafar – Sultan

• Karan Johar- Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.

Best Actor (Female) nomination are-

• Alia Bhat-Udta Punjab,

• Sonam Kapoor- Neerja,

• Taapasee Pannu – Pink,

• Alia Bhat- Dear Zindagi,

• Anushka Sharma- Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Actor (Male) Nominees are-

• Shahid Kapoor- Udta Panjab,

• Ranbir Kapoor- Ae Dil Hai Mushkil,

• Shah Rukh Khan- Fan,

• Amitabh Bachchan- Pink,

• Sushant Singh Rajput- MS Dhoni The Untold Story

Best Actor Supporting Role (Female) Nominees are-

• Richa Chadda- Sarabjit,

• Disha Patani- MS Dhoni: The Untold Story,

• Shabana Azmi- Neerja,

• Ratna Pathak Shah- Kapoor & Sons,

• Andrea Tarang- Pink

Best Actor Supporting Role (Male) nominees are-

• Amitabh Bachchan- Wazir,

• Anupam Kher- MS Dhoni: The Untold Story,

• Rishi Kapoor-Kapoor & Sons,

• Rajkumar Rao –Aligarh,

• Rajat Kapoor- Kapoor & Sons

Best Actor in Comic Role Nominees are-

• Varun Dhawan- Dishoom,

• Shah Rukh Khan- Fan,

• Jim Sarbh-Neerja

Best Story nominees are-

• Kapoor & Sons- Ayesha Devitre Dhilon, Shakun Batra

• Neerja- Saiwyan Quadras

• Pink- Ritesh Shah, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Shootjit Sircar

Best Lyrics nominees are-

• Tu Chal- (Pink)- Tanvir Ghazi

• Channa Mereya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)- Amitabh Bhattacharya

• Aave Re Hitchki (Mirzya)- Gulzar

Best Music Direction Nominees are-

• Amit Trivedi- Udta Punjab

• Pritam- Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

• Amaal Malik- MS Dhoni: The Untold Story

Best Playback Singer (male) nominees are-

• Amaal Malik- (Besabriyaan )MS Dhoni: The Untold Story

• Arijit Singh-(Channa Mereya) Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

• Diljit Dosanjh-(Ikk Kudi) Udta Panjab

• Amit Mishra –(Bulleya) Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Best Playback Singer (Female) nominees are-

• Tulsi Kumar- (Soch Na Sake) Airlift

• Kanika Kapoor –(Da Da Dasse ) Udta Panjab

• Neha Bhnsin- (Jag Ghoomeya) Sultan

As Prediction, in th 18th IIFA Awards, winner for best Film might be Udta Panjab or Sultan, Though all movie in the nomination is undoubtedly well performed. For Film Direction, awards might be handed over to Ram Madhvani for Neerja and Best Actor (Male)-Amitabh Bachchan for Pink, while Alia Bhat is deserved the Best Actor (Female) award. So, the Bollywood lovers, as well as critic, have to wait and watch for who is the best in 2017.

- Surjatapa Adak