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iifabuzz.com has been launched and is open for voting for the upcoming IIFA 2008 Awards at Bangkok, Thailand. People can visit the site and vote on their choices for the awards.

The awards of the International Indian Film Academy (commonly known as the IIFA Awards) is a prestigious award ceremony, honouring Hindi movies (Bollywood) around the world. In the past, IIFA awards have been hosted at Yorkshire, Dubai, Amsterdam, Singapore, Johannesburg, Genting Highlands, Sun City and London.

For 2008, the chosen venue is Bangkok, the capital of the Kingdom of Thailand. Bangkok is the capital city of Thailand and the 22nd most populas city in the world. It is also known as Krung Thep Mahanakhon meaning “City of Angels”.

Here are the nominations :-

Best Picture

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

Best 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 - Partner

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 Comic 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 - Barso Re Barso Re (Guru)
• Mika Ganpat - Ganpat (Shootout At Lokhandwala)
• Monty Sharma - Saawariya (Saawariya)
• Pritam - Hare Ram Hare Ram (Bhool Bhulaiyaa)
• Sajid - Wajid - Do U Wanna Partner (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 - Tere Bina (Guru)
• Jaideep Sahni - Chak De India (Chak De India)
• Javed Akhtar - Main Agar Kahoon (Om Shanti Om)
• Sameer - Jab Se Tere Naina (Saawariya)
• Sayeed Quadri - In Dino Life In A… Metro In Dino

Playback Singer (Male)

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

Playback Singer (Female)

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

What the stars think