IIFA Awards 2018: Vidya Balan's 'Tumhari Sulu' scores most nominations

The International Indian Film and Academy (IIFA) announced the nominations for IIFA 2018. Vidya Balan's Tumhari Sulu has scored most nods including Best Actor (female) for Balan and Best Director for Suresh Triveni. Rajkummar Rao's political satire Newton is close second with nominations for Rao and his co-star Pankaj Tripathi.

Tumhari Sulu and Newton are competing with Bareilly Ki Barfi, Hindi Medium, and Toilet - Ek Prem Katha in Best movie category. 

Bollywood superstar, Late Sridevi is also nominated posthumously in the Best Actor (female) category for her performance in MOM. Zaira Wasim is the youngest nominee in this class of 2018 for her role in Secret Superstar. Seema Pahwa scored double nomination in Best Actor in Supporting Role (female).

Here's the complete list of nominees - 

Best Film

Bareilly Ki Barfi
Hindi medium
Newton
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha
Tumhari Sulu

Best Director

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari – Bareilly Ki Barfi
Saket Chaudhary – Hindi Medium
Anurag Basu – Jagga Jasoos
Amit V Masurkar – Newton
Suresh Triveni – Tumhari Sulu

Best Actor (Female)

Alia Bhatt – Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Sridevi – Mom
Zaira Wasim – Secret Superstar
Bhumi Pednekar – Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Vidya Balan – Tumhari Sulu

Best Actor (Male)

Irrfan Khan – Hindi Medium
Ranbir Kapoor – Jagga Jasoos
Adil Hussain – Mukti Bhawan
Rajkummar Rao  – Newton
Akshay Kumar – Toile: Ek Prem Katha

Best Actor In Supporting Role (Female)

Seema Pahwa – Bareilly Ki Barfi
Tabu – Golmaal Again
Meher Vij – Secret Superstar
Seema Pahwa – Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Neha Dhupia – Tumhari Sulu

Best Actor In Supporting Role (Male)

Rajkummar Rao – Bareilly Ki Barfi
Deepak Dobriyal – Hindi Medium
Nawazzuddin Siddiqui – Mom
Pankaj Tripathi – Newton
Vijay Maurya – Tumhari Sulu

 Best Story

Amit V Masurkar – Newton
Siddharth-Garima – Toilet: Ek Prem Katha
Suresh Triveni – Tumhari Sulu

Best Music Direction

Amaal Mallik, Tanishk Bagchi, Akhil Sachdeva – Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Pritam – Jagga Jasoos
Tanishk Bagchi, Guru Randhawa – Rajat
Nagpal, Amartya Rahut, Santanu Ghatak – Tumhari Sulu

Best Background Score

Pritam – Jagga Jasoos

Best Screeenplay

Nitesh Tiwari, Shreyas Jain – Bareilly Ki Barfi

Best Dialogues

Hitesh Kewalya – Shubh Mangal Saavdhan

Best Choreography

Vijay Ganguly and Ruel Dausan Varindani – Galti Se Mistake (Jagga Jasoos)

Best Cinematography

Marcin Laskawiec, Usc –  Tiger Zinda Hai

Best Editing

Shweta Venkat Mathew – Newton

Best Lyrics

Nusrat Fateh Ali, A1 Melody Fana and Manoj Muntashir – Mere Rashke Qamar (Baadshaho)

Best Playback Singer (Female)

Meghna Mishra – Main Kaun Hoon (Secret Superstar)

Best Playback Singer (Male)

Arijit Singh – Hawayein (Jab Harry Met Sejal)

Best Sound Design

Dileep Subramaniam and Ganesh Gangadharan (YRF Studios) – Tiger Zinda Ha

Best Special Effects

Vfxwala (Prasad Vasant Sutar) – Jagga Jasoos

Karan Johar and Riteish Deshmukh will host the 2018 IIFA Awards that's taking place in Bangkok from June 22 to 24. The entirety of Bollywood descend at the tourist location. The crowd will be entertained with the performances by likes of Ranbir Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, at the Siam Niramit Theatre in Bangkok.

Actor Kartik Aaryan, who recently gave the hit Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety, will host the IIFA Rocks concert along with Ayushmann Khurrana.