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'Chak De India', 'Guru', 'Jab We Met' lead IIFA nominations
16th Apr 2008 09.01 IST
By Agencies

After bagging several awards back home, three mega Bollywood hits Chak De India , Guru and Jab We Met are also leading in the nominations for the prestigious IIFA awards to be held in Bangkok in June this year.

The nominations were announced by IIFA Brand Ambassador and Bollywood mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan at a function held in New Delhi on Tuesday.

"We started off very modestly but it (IIFA) has become a global celebration of Indian cinema bridging across cultures, tourism and people," the Big B said announcing the nominations.

The 9th International Indian Films Award function is being held in Bangkok from June 6 to 8 this year.

Abhishek Bachchan , Akshay Kumar , Salman Khan , Shah Rukh Khan and Shahid Kapur were nominated in the best actor category while Aishwarya Rai , Kareena Kapoor , Deepika Padukone , Tabu and Vidya Balan were nominated in the best actress category.

Nominees for the best director included Anurag Basu , David Dhawan , Imtiaz Ali , Mani Ratnam , Priyadarshan and Shimit Amin .

Apart from ‘Guru’, ‘Chak De India’ and ‘Jab We Met’, Om Shanti Om , Partner and Metro were nominated in the category for the best film.

Surprisingly, Taare Zameen Par did not receive any nominations as only those producers who had submitted their films to the IIFA panel were considered.

With a viewership of almost 600 million, the IIFA awards are among the world's most-watched entertainment events.

Speaking at the function Thailand's Ambassador to India Chirasak Thanesnant said, "I admire the effort taken by the IIFA. Indian films are very popular in Thailand. We hope the award function will increase the people to people contact between the two countries."

Tuesday's function which was held in a city mall, however, was marred by mismanagement as hundreds of people breached security and vied with each other to have a glimpse of the matinee idol – Amitabh Bachchan.

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