IIFA 2019: Andhadhun leads with 13 nominations, Raazi and Padmaavat follow with 10 each

As the countdown to the biggest celebration of Indian Cinema worldwide draws near, International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards announces nominations for its 20th edition. Indian Cinema has had an incredible journey past year with a varied number of truly distinctive films that not only took the box office by storm but were also critically acclaimed fetching rave reviews.

After winning the National Film Award honour for Best Feature film in Hindi, Ayushmann Khurrana’s _Andhadhun_ has fetched maximum nods, 13 in total, closely followed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus _Padmaavat_ and Alia Bhatt’s _Raazi_ , with 10 nominations each. While Ranbir Kapoor’s _Sanju_ has been nominated in seven categories and Ayushmann’s _Badhaai Ho_ receives nods in six categories. While  Andhadhun  has received nominations for the best picture, actor, lyrics and playback singer, Andhadhun also got a nod in technical awards in various categories including sound mixing, screenplay, editing and background score Here is the entire list of nominations for 2019 IIFA Awards Best Picture Andhadhun Badhaai Ho Padmaavat Raazi Sanju Direction Sriram Raghavan - Andhadhun Amit Ravindernath Sharma - Badhaai Ho Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Padmaavat Meghna Gulzar - Raazi Rajkumar Hirani - Sanju Best Story Arijit Biswas, Hemanth Rao, Pooja Ladha Surti, Sriram Raghavan, Yogesh Chandekar: Andhadhun Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani_: Sanju_ Akshat Ghildial, Shantanu Srivastava_: Badhaai Ho_ Harinder S Sikka_: Raazi_ R Balki, Twinkle Khanna_: Padman_ Performance in a Leading Role (Female) Alia Bhatt - Raazi Deepika Padukone - Padmaavat Neena Gupta - Badhaai Ho Rani Mukerji - Hichki Tabu - Andhadhun Performance in a Leading Role (Male) Ayushmann Khurrana - Andhadhun Rajkummar Rao - Stree Ranbir Kapoor - Sanju Ranveer Singh - Padmaavat Vicky Kaushal - Raazi Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) Aditi Rao Hydari - Padmaavat Neena Gupta - Mulk Radhika Apte - Andhadhun Surekha Sikri -Badhaai Ho Swara Bhaskar - Veere Di Wedding Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) Anil Kapoor - Race 3 Jim Sarbh - Padmaavat Manoj Pahwa - Mulk Pankaj Tripathi - Stree Vicky Kaushal - Sanju Music Direction Amaal Mallik, Guru Randhawa, Rochak Kohli, Saurabh-Vaibhav, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Zack Knight - Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety Amit Trivedi - Manmarziyaan Amit Trivedi - Andhadhun Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Padmaavat Shankar Ehsaan Loy: -Raazi Lyrics Amitabh Bhattacharya: ‘Dhadak’ (Dhadak) Gulzar: ‘Ae Watan’ (Male) Raazi Irshad Kamil: ‘Mere Naam Tu’ (Zero) Jaideep Sahni: ‘Naina Da Kya Kasoor’ (Andhadhun) Shellee: ‘Daryaa’ (Manmarziyaan) Playback Singer (Male) Abhay Jodhpurkar: ‘Mere Naam Tu’, Zero Amit Trivedi: Naina Da Kya Kasoor, Andhadhun Arijit Singh_: Ae Watan(Male), Raazi_ Arijit Singh_: ‘Tera Yaar Hoon Main’, Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety_ Sukhwinder Singh_: ‘Kar Har Maidaan Fateh’, Sanju_ Playback Singer (Female) Harshdeep Kaur; Vibha Saraf: Dilbaro, Raazi Shreya Ghoshal: ‘Ghoomar’, Padmaavat Sunidhi Chauhan: ‘Ae Watan’ (Female), Raazi Sunidhi Chauhan: ‘Main Badhiya Tu Bhi Badhiya’, Sanju Tulsi Kumar: ‘Paniyon Sa’, Satyameva Jayate