Baahubali, Srimanthudu tops IIFA Awards nominations

Tollywood super hits Baahubali and Srimanthudu are vying to compete at IIFA Awards. The Rajamouli directorial was nominated in 14 categories including Best Picture, Direction, Leading Role (Male & Female), Lyrics, Music Direction, Best Negative Role, Supporting Role and others. While Srimanthudu was nominated in 11 categories including Best Picture , Best Comedian, Direction, Female lead, Male lead, Lyrics, Music direction, Negative Role, Playback singer male & female and others. The audiences can cast their votes and pick the winners through a voting system till November 28th midnnight. The awards ceremony hosted by Allu Sirish will be held on December 5 and 6 in Hyderabad for the first time. Stalwarts from Bollywood, Tollywood, Kollywood, Sandalwood and Mollywood are expected to grace the event.

Below are the set of nominations:

Best Picture

Baahubali

Srimanthudu

Paathshala

Bhale Bhale Magadivoi

Yevade Subramanyam

Best Director

SS Rajamouli – Baahubali

Koratala Siva – Srimanthudu

Mahi V Raghav – Paathshala

Chandoo Mondeti – Karthikeya

Puri Jagannath – Temper

Best Actor

Prabhas – Baahubali

Mahesh Babu – Srimanthudu

Allu Arjun – S/o Satyamurthy

Nani – Bhale Bhale Magadivoi

Junior NTR – Temper

Best Actress

Lakshmi Manchu – Dongaata

Tamannaah Bhatia – Baahubali

Lavany Tripathi – Bhale Bhale Magadivoi

Nithya Menon – Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju

Shruti Haasan – Srimanthudu

Best Supporting Actor (male)

Satyaraj – Baahubali

Jagapathi Babu – Srimanthudu

Pawan Kalyan – Gopala Gopala

Naveen Chandra – Bham Bholenath

Posani Krishna Murali – Temper

Best Supporting Actor (female)

Ramya Krishna – Baahubali

Ritu Varma – Yevade Subramanyam

Thulasi – Srimanthudu

Apoorva Srinivasan – Jyothi Lakshmi

Prachi Thakar – Pataas

Best Comedian

Vennela Kishore – Bhale Bhale Magadivoi

Brahmanandam – Dongaata

Vennela Kishore – Srimanthudu

Srinivas Reddy – Pataas

Bhadram – Jyothi Lakshmi

Best actor in Negative role

Rana Daggubati – Baahubali

Prabhakar – Dongaata

Kabir Singh – Jil

Ajay Ghosh – Jyothi Lakshmi

Sampath – Srimanthudu

Best Music Director

MM Keeravani – Baahubali

Rabhu Kunche, Sai Karthick, Satya Mahaveer – Dongaata

Devi Sri Prasad – Srimanthudu

Anup Rubens – Temper

Anup Rubens – Gopala Gopala

Best Lyricist

K Shiva Datta (Mamathala Thalli) – Baahubali

Ramajogayya Sastry (Rama Rama/Charuseela/Jaaga Re) – Srimanthudu

Varikuppala Yadagiri (Yandiro) – Dongaata

Ramajogayya Sastry (O Manishi) Yevade Subramanyam

Devi Sri Prasad (Super Machi) – S/O Satyamurthy

Best Singer (Male)

Deepu (Dheevara) – Baahubali

Revanth (Manohari) – Baahubali

Dhananiay (Alare Ala) – Gopala Gopala

Karthik (Enno Enno) – Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju

Sastry Sagar (Jatha Kalise) – Srimanthudu

Best singer (Female)

Satya Yamini (Mamathala Thalli) – Baahubali

Geetha Madhuri (Jeevanadhi) – Baahubali

Lakshmi Manchu (Yendhiro) – Dongaata

Damini (Pachcha Bottesi) – Baahubali

Nikita Gandhi (Jantar Mantar) – Yevade Subramanyam