IIFA 2024 Nominations: Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Animal’ faces off with Vikrant Massey’s ’12th Fail’ for Best Picture

IIFA Awards 2024 declared its list of the nominations and the films like Animal, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani and Jawan have emerged as the frontrunners. Competition must happen across the categories and specialist in the industry will be used to judge the ceremony.

The occasion honors the excellence in Indian movies, several aspects of movie making.

The nominations for IIFA Awards 2024 have been announced, which is going to be a very happening year for cinema in India.

The awards which are known for honoring the best in all the categories of films have been characterized by healthy rivalry this year.

Here are the nominalizations and analysis of various categories with the expected heats the nominees are expected to give in each category.

Best Picture:

• 12th Fail – Vidhu Vinod Chopra
• Animal – Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Pranay Reddy Vanga
• Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani – Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta
• Jawan – Gauri Khan
• Satyaprem Ki Katha – Sajid Nadiadwala, Shareen Mantri Kedia, Kishor Arora
• Sam Bahadur – Ronnie Screwvala

 

Best Director:

• Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 12th Fail
• Sandeep Reddy Vanga – Animal
• Karan Johar – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
• Atlee – Jawan
• Siddharth Anand – Pathaan
• Amit Rai – OMG 2

Best Actress

• Rani Mukerji – Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway
• Alia Bhatt – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
• Deepika Padukone – Pathaan
• Kiara Advani – Satyaprem Ki Katha
• Taapsee Pannu – Dunki

Best Actor:

• Vikrant Massey – 12th Fail
• Ranbir Kapoor – Animal
• Ranveer Singh – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
• Shah Rukh Khan – Jawan
• Vicky Kaushal – Sam Bahadur
• Sunny Deol – Gadar 2

Best Supporting Actress:

• Tripti Dimri – Animal
• Geeta Aggarwal Sharma – 12th Fail
• Sanya Malhotra – Sam Bahadur
• Jaya Bachchan – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
• Shabana Azmi – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani

Best Supporting Actor:

• Dharmendra – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
• Gajraj Rao – Satyaprem Ki Katha
• Tota Roy Chowdhury – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
• Anil Kapoor – Animal
• Jaideep Ahlawat – An Action Hero

Best Performance in a Negative Role:

• Bobby Deol – Animal
• John Abraham – Pathaan
• Vijay Sethupathi – Jawan
• Emraan Hashmi – Tiger 3
• Yami Gautam – OMG 2

 

Best Music Direction:

• Pritam, Vishal Mishra, Manan Bhardwaj, Shreyas Puranik, Jaani, Bhupinder Babbal, Ashim Kemson, Harshavardhan Rameshwar – Animal
• Pritam – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
• Vishal-Shekhar – Pathaan
• Anirudh Ravichander – Jawan
• Sachin-Jigar – Zara Hatke Zara Bachke
• Shantanu Moitra – 12th Fail

 

Best Playback Singer (Male):

• Arijit Singh – Animal
• Bhupinder Babbal – Animal
• Vishal Mishra – Animal
• Arijit Singh – Pathaan
• Diljit Dosanjh – Dunki

 

Best Playback Singer (Female):

• Shreya Ghoshal – Animal
• Shilpa Rao – Pathaan
• Shilpa Rao – Jawan
• Shreya Ghoshal – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
• Deepthi Suresh – Jawan

 

There will be fierce competition in all categories this year with Animal, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, 12^th Fail, and Jawan being some of the films in the nominations. Industry watchers and the public wait for awards events with bated breath and it will be up to these favorites to bag these awards.

For those interested in following the awards the judging panel will be compiled from professionals, critics, and experts in the film industry thus guaranteeing a round assessment of the achievements of cinema for the year.