Action drama Animal and family drama Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani have emerged as the top nominees at the International Indian Film Academy Awards 2024, the organisers announced on Monday. While Animal , starring Ranbir Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna, led the competition with 11 nominations, Rocky Aur Rani..
. -- starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt -- came in a close second with 10 nods. IIFA released the full list of its IIFA 2024 Popular Category Nominations across 10 segments, including best picture, direction, performance in a leading role -- male and female.
The nominees in the best picture category are: social dramas 12th Fail and Satyaprem Ki Katha, Animal, Rocky Aur Rani...
, action thriller Jawan, and Sam Bahadur, based on the life of India's first field marshal Sam Manekshaw In the direction category, the race is among Vidhu Vinod Chopra for 12th Fail, Sandeep Reddy Vanga for Animal, Karan Johar for Rocky Aur Rani...
, Atlee for Jawan, Siddharth Anand for Pathaan and Amit Rai for OMG 2. Bhatt (Rocky Aur Rani..
.), Deepika Padukone (Pathaan), Rani Mukerji (Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway), Kiara Advani (Satyaprem Ki Katha) and Taapsee Pannu (Dunki) will contend for the award of performance in a leading role (female).
In the performance in a leading role (male) category, the nominees are Vikrant Massey (12th Fail), Ranbir Kapoor (Animal), Ranveer Singh (Rocky Aur Rani...
), Shah Rukh Khan (Jawan), Vicky Kaushal (Sam Bahadur) and Sunny Deol (Gadar 2). In the performance in a s.