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'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna' leads Bollywood Music Awards nominations
03rd Oct 2006 14.01 IST
By Agencies

Karan Johar 's Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and Aditya Datt's maiden directorial venture Aashiq Banaya Aapne have been nominated in three categories for the Bollywood Music Awards based on the votes polled by the people of Indian origin in the US, Canada and the Caribbean.

Vasundhara Das and Mahalaxmi Iyer have been nominated for the Best Female Signer award for their songs in 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna.' Alka Yagnik for her song 'Kyo Ki Itna' ( Kyon Ki ) and Shreya Ghoshal for Parineeta song 'Piya Bole are the other nominees in the category.

In the Best Pop Singer-Female category, veteran singer Asha Bhosle (Cha Cha Cha) has been nominated with Shubha Mudgal , Falguni Phatak, Sunali and Gauri Saksena.

Sonu Nigam is nominated for in the Best Song category for his rendering of 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna' and Best Male Singer category for Just Chill in Maine Pyar Kyon Kiya .

Kailash Kher has also been nominated in both the categories for his song Oh Sikander ( Corporate ). He will also compete for the Best Pop Singer award.

Rang De Basanti , ‘Parineeta’, Omkara and ‘Corporate’ have been nominated in two categories each.

Five top favourites based on votes polled have been nominated for each category for the awards, which will be presented on November four in Atlantic City.

Announcing the nominations in New York on Sunday, CEO of Bollywood Awards Kamal Dandona said that popular singers and performers from India, Pakistan and the Caribbean as also second generation Indian Americans would showcase their talents at the award ceremony.

Among those vying for the Best Music Director Award are A R Rahman (‘Rang De Basanti’), Vishal Shekhar ( Bluffmaster ), Shankar Ehsan Loy (‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna’), Himesh Reshammiya (‘Aashiq Banaya Aapne’) and Shantanu Moitra (‘Parineeta’).

(The picture shows Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee from 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna').

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