The 2011 Micromax IIFA Awards, officially the 12th International Indian Film Academy Awards aka the Bollywood Oscars announced the films nominations.  Milan Luthria’s mafia gangster film, Once Upon A Time In Mumbai, leads the field with 12 nomination, followed by Dabangg, an action film starring Salman Khan, with 11 nominations.

The 2011 nominations

BEST FILM

Band Baaja Baaraat, Aditya Chopra – Yash Raj Films
Dabangg, Arbaaz Khan Productions
My Name Is Khan, Karan Johar – Dharma Productions; Gauri Khan – Red Chillies Entertainment
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor – Balaji Motion Pictures; Puneet Kinra; Vikram Malhotra
Raajneeti, Prakash Jha Productions; Ronnie Screwvala – UTV Motion Pictures; Manmohan Shetty – WalkWater Media

BEST DIRECTION

Band Baaja Baaraat, Maneesh Sharma
Dabangg, Abhinav Kashyap
Guzaarish, Sanjay Leela Bhansali
My Name Is Khan, Karan Johar
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Milan Luthria
Udaan, Vikramaditya Motwane

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE – MALE

Dabangg, Salman Khan
Guzaarish, Hrithik Roshan
My Name Is Khan, Shah Rukh Khan
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Ajay Devgan
Raajneeti, Ranbir Kapoor

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE – FEMALE

Band Baaja Baaraat, Anushka Sharma
Golmaal 3, Kareena Kapoor
Guzaarish, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Ishqiya, Vidya Balan
Raajneeti, Katrina Kaif

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – MALE

Golmaal 3, Mithun Chakrobarty
Ishqiya, Arshad Warsi
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Emraan Hashmi
Raajneeti, Arjun Rampal
Raajneeti, Manoj Bajpayee

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – FEMALE

Aisha, Amrita Puri
Dabangg, Dimple Kapadia
Golmaal 3, Ratna Pathak Shah
Guzaarish, Shernaz Patel
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Prachi Desai

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A COMIC ROLE

Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?, Paresh Rawal
Golmaal 3, Johny Lever
Housefull, Riteish Deshmukh
No Problem, Anil Kapoor
Tere Bin Laden, Pradhuman Singh Mall

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A NEGATIVE ROLE

Allah Ke Banday, Naseeruddin Shah
Dabangg, Sonu Sood
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Emraan Hashmi
Raajneeti, Manoj Bajpayee
Udaan, Ronit Roy

BEST MUSIC DIRECTION

Band Baaja Baaraat, Salim – Sulaiman
Dabangg, Sajid – Wajid & Lalit Pandit
I Hate Luv Storys, Vishal – Shekhar
Ishqiya, Vishal Bhardwaj
My Name Is Khan, Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Pritam

BEST STORY

Band Baaja Baaraat, Maneesh Sharma
Ishqiya, Abhishek Chaubey
My Name Is Khan, Shibani Bhatija
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Rajat Aroraa
Udaan, Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane

BEST LYRICS

Band Baaja Baaraat, Amitabh Bhattacharya – Ainvayi Ainvayi
Dabangg, Faaiz Anwar – Tere Mast Mast
Ishqiya, Gulzar – Dil Toh Bachcha
My Name Is Khan, Niranjan Iyengar – Sajdaa
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Irshad Kamil – Pee Loon

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER – MALE

Break Ke Baad, Vishal Dadlani – Adhoore
Dabangg, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Tere Mast Mast Do Nain
I Hate Love Storys, Shafqat Amanat Ali – Bin Tere
Ishqiya, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Dil Toh Bachcha Hai
Karthik Calling Karthik, Shankar Mahadevan – Uff Teri Adaa
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Mohit Chauhan – Pee Loon

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER – FEMALE

Band Baaja Baaraat, Sunidhi Chauhan – Ainvayi Ainvayi
Dabangg, Mamta Sharma – Munni Badnam
I Hate Love Storys, Shreya Ghoshal – Bahara
Ishqiya, Rekha Bhardwaj – Ab Mujhey Koi
Tees Maar Khan, Sunidhi Chauhan – Sheila Ki Jawani

BEST SCREENPLAY

Dabangg, Dilip Shukla, Abhinav Kashyap
Guzaarish, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Bhavani Iyer
Ishqiya, Abhishek Chaubey, Sabrina Dhawan, Vishal Bhardwaj
My Name Is Khan, Shibani Bathija
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Rajat Aroraa
Raajneeti, Anjum Rajabali, Prakash Jha

BEST DIALOGUE

Band Baaja Baaraat, Habib Faisal
Dabangg, Dilip Shukla, Abhinav Kashyap
Ishqiya, Vishal Bhardwaj
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Rajat Aroraa
Raajneeti, Prakash Jha