The nominations for the IIFA Awards 2008, Bangkok were announced today by Amitabh Bachchan. The announcement followed the end of industry voting for the awards in March. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan said, "Nothing celebrates the grandeur of Indian Cinema as extravagantly as the IIFAs. It is indeed a great pleasure to announce the nominations for IDEA IIFA Awards 2008 and to open the voting for the coveted awards." This year, the IIFA Weekend will be held from June 6-8, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.

IIFA NOMINATIONS 2008

BEST PICTURE

Guru
Chak De India
Jab We Met
Om Shanti Om
Life In A Metro
Partner

DIRECTION

Anurag Basu - Life In A… Metro
Imtiaz Ali - Jab We Met
Mani Ratnam - Guru
Priyadarshan - Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Shimit Amin - Chak De India
David Dhawan

PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE)

Abhishek Bachchan - Guru
Akshay Kumar - Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Salman Khan - Partner
Shah Rukh Khan - Chak De India
Shahid Kapoor - Jab We Met

PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE)

Aishwarya Rai - Guru
Deepika Padukone - Om Shanti Om
Kareena Kapoor - Jab We Met
Tabu - Cheeni Kum
Vidya Balan - Bhool Bhulaiyaa

PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE)

Anil Kapoor - Welcome
Govinda - Partner
Irrfan Khan - Life In A… Metro
Mithun Chakraborty - Guru
Rajat Kapoor - Bheja Fry

PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE)

Chitrashi Rawat - Chak De India
Konkona Sen Sharma - Life In A… Metro
Rani Mukerji - Saawariya
Vidya Balan - Guru
Zohra Sehgal - Cheeni Kum

PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY ROLE

Govinda - Partner
Irrfan Khan - Life In A… Metro
Paresh Rawal - Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Rajpal Yadav - Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Vinay Pathak - Bheja Fry

PERFORMANCE IN A NEGATIVE ROLE

Arjun Rampal - Om Shanti Om
Kay Kay Menon - Life In A… Metro
Shilpa Shukla - Chak De India
Vidya Balan - Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Viveik Oberoi - Shootout At Lokhandwala

MUSIC DIRECTION

A.R. Rahman- Guru Barso Re
Mika Ganpat - Shootout At Lokhandwala Ganpat
Monty Sharma - Saawariya Saawariya
PritamHare - Bhool Bhulaiyaa Hare Ram Hare Ram
Sajid - Wajid - Partner Do U Wanna Partner
Salim - Sulaiman - Chak De India Chak De India

BEST STORY

Anurag Basu - Life In A… Metro
Feroz Abbas Khan - Gandhi, My Father
Imtiaz Ali - Jab We Met
Jaideep Sahni - Chak De India
Mani Ratnam - Guru
R. Balki - Cheeni Kum

LYRICS

Gulzar- Guru Tere Bina
Jaideep Sahni - Chak De India Chak De India
Javed Akhtar - Om Shanti Om Main Agar Kahoon
Sameer - Saawariya Jab Se Tere Naina
Sayeed Quadri - Life In A… Metro In Dino

PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)

KK - Om Shanti Om Aankhon Mein Teri
Neeraj Shridhar - Bhool Bhulaiyaa Hare Ram Hare Ram
Shaan - Saawariya Jabse Tere Naina
Sukhvinder Singh - Chak De India Chak De India
Wajid, Laabh Janjuwa - Partner Soni De Nakhre

PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)

Shreya Ghoshal - Guru Barso Re
Shreya Ghoshal - Bhool Bhulaiyaa Dholna
Shreya Ghoshal - Saawariya Thode Badmash
Shreya Ghoshal - Hai Jab We Met Ye Ishq Hai
Sunidhi Chauhan - Aaja Nachle Aaja Nachle