The 10th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards weekend gets underway in Macau on June 11 with all the ceremony and style that befits Bollywood.

The IIFA awards weekend will feature a business forum, a fashion show, premieres of Indian films and the annual IIFA Awards ceremony.

While the winners of what IIFA terms the technical section have already been announced, voting for the Popular Awards category is decided by votes cast on the MSN website.

The three-day event will be held at the Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel.

Nominees for the IIFA 2009 Popular Awards categories are:

Best Picture
A Wednesday
Dostana
Ghajini
Jodhaa Akbar
Race
Rock On !!

Best Director
A.R. Murugadoss - Ghajini
Madhur Bhandarkar - Fashion
Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On !!
Ashutosh Gowariker - Jodhaa Akbar
Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Aamir Khan - Ghajini
Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana
Hrithik Roshan - Jodhaa Akbar
Naseeruddin Shah - A Wednesday
Shahrukh Khan - Rab Ne Bana di Jodi

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Jodhaa Akbar
Asin - Ghajini
Bipasha Basu - Race
Katrina Kaif - Singh Is Kinng
Priyanka Chopra - Fashion

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Abhishek Bachchan - Sarkar Raj
Arjun Rampal - Rock On !!
Irrfan Khan - Mumbai Meri Jaan
Sonu Sood - Jodhaa Akbar
Vinay Pathak - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Bipasha Basu - Bachna Ae Haseeno
Ila Arun - Jodhaa Akbar
Kangana Ranawat - Fashion
Kirron Kher - Dostana
Shahana Goswami - Rock On !!

Best Performance in a Negative Role
Akshaye Khanna - Race
Imran Khan - Kidnap
Paresh Rawal - Oye Lucky Lucky Oye
Pradeep Rawat - Ghajini
Visswa Badola - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Performance in a Comic Role
Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana
Anil Kapoor - Race
Rajpal Yadav - Bhoothnath
Shreyas Talpade - Welcome To Sajjanpur
Tejpal Singh - Jodhaa Akbar
Tushar Kapoor - Golmaal Returns

Best Story
Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On !!
Haidar Ali - Jodhaa Akbar
Madhur Bhandarkar, Anuradha Tewari and Ajay Monga - Fashion
Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday
Shiraz Ahmed - Race

Best Music Direction
A.R. Rahman - Ghajini
A.R. Rahman - Jodhaa Akbar
Pritam - Race
Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy - Rock On !!
Vishal Shekhar - Dostana

Best Lyrics
Anvita Dutt Guptan- Khuda Jaane - Bachna Ae Haseeno
Jaideep Sahni - Haule Haule - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Javed Akhtar - Jashan-e-Baharaa Jodhaa Akbar
Javed Akhtar - Socha hai - Rock On !!
Sameer- Pehli Nazar Mein - Race

Best Male Playback Singer
Atif Aslam- Pehli Nazar Mein - Race
Farhan Akhtar - Socha hai - Rock On !!
Javed Ali - Jashan-e-Baharaa - Jodhaa Akbar
KK- Khuda Jaane - Bachna Ae Haseeno
Sukhwinder Singh- Haule Haule - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Best Female Playback Singer
Bela Shinde - Man Mohana - Jodhaa Akbar
Monali- Zara Zara Touch Me Race
Shilpa Rao- Khuda Jaane - Bachna Ae Haseeno
Shreya Ghoshal- Teri Ore - Singh Is Kinng
Sunidhi Chauhan- Desi Girl - Dostana

Winners of the IIFA 2009 technical awards are:

Best Cinematography - Jason West - Rock On !!
Best Editing - Ballu Saluja - Jodhaa Akbar
Best Art Direction - Nitin Chandrakant Desai - Jodhaa Akbar
Best Choreography - Farah Khan - Dostana - Desi Girl
Best Action - Peter Heins and Stun Siva - Ghajini
Best Sound Recording - Resul Pookutty and Amrit Ghajini
Best Song Recording - Purple Haze - Rock On !!
Best Sound Re-Recording - Leslie Fernandes - Race
Best Special Effects (Visuals) - Prime Focus - Ghajini
Best Background Score - A.R.Rahman - Jodhaa Akbar
Best Costume Designing - Neeta Lulla - Jodhaa Akbar
Best Make Up - Madhav Kadam - Jodhaa Akbar
Best Dialogue - Manu Rishi - Oye Lucky Lucky Oye
Best Screenplay - Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday

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