Amitabh, Saif, Rani Mukherji lead in IFFA nomination list

Mumbai, June 2 (UNI) Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherji are leading the list of nominations in best actor and actress categories for the 7th International Indian Film Academy (IFFA) awards to be held in Dubai on June 16.

Amitabh has been nominated for 'Black' and 'Sarkar' while Saif Ali Khan for 'Parineeta' and 'Salaam Namaste' in the best actor award category. Shah Rukh Khan has been nominated for 'Paheli' which was the country's representation at the Oscars awards last year in the best foreign film category.

Rani Mukherji has been nominated for 'Bunty Aur Babli' and 'Black' in the best actress category. Konkana Sen Sharma (Page 3), Preity Zinta (Salaam Namaste) and Vidya Balan (Parineeta) are the other contenders.

'Black', 'Parineeta', 'Bunty Aur Babli', 'Iqbal', 'No Entry', 'Page 3' will vie for the best film award.

Madhur Bhandarkar (Page 3) and Nagesh Kuknoor (Iqbal), Pradeep Sarkar (Parineeta), Prakash Jha (Aparahan), Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Black) are in the race for the best director award.

Abhishek Bachchan (Sarkar), Amitabh Bachchan (Bunty Aur Babli), John Abraham (Garam Masala), Naseeruddin Shah (Iqbal) and Sanjay Dutt (Parineeta) are the nominees for the best actor in supporting role category.

Ayesha Kapoor (Black), Juhi Chawla (My Brother Nikhil), Lara Dutta (No Entry), Shernaz Patel (Black) and Shweta Prasad (Iqbal) are in the race for Best actress in supporting role.

Akshay Kumar (Garam Masala), Boman Irani (Waqt), Isha Koppikar (Kya Kool Hai Hum), Javed Jaffery (Salaam Namaste) and Riteish Deshmukh (Bluff Master) have been nominated for best actor in comic role.

Ajay Devgan (Kaal), Amrita Singh (Kalyug), Nana Patekar (Apaharan) and Pankaj Kapur (Dus) are the nominees for best actor in negative role.

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