'Gully Boy' bags 14 IIFA award nominations, 'Kabir Singh' gets 8, 'Article 15' receives 7

IIFA awards are back to felicitate films and artists who have performed exceptionally well. 21st edition of IIFA anunced its minations list as Katrina Kaif, Kartik Aaryan and Dia Mirza graced press conference. It was revealed that Gully Boy alone got a staggering 14 minations while Shahid Kapoor's Kabir Singh got 8 minations and just closely behind it was Article 15 with 7 minations.

Gully Boy bags 14 IIFA award minations

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Meanwhile, Taapsee Pannu has been minated for her role in Badla, in best actress category. She will be facing competition from her or minees like Kareena Kapoor Khan for Good Newwz, Alia Bhatt for Gully Boy, Vidya Balan for Mission Mangal and Priyanka Chopra Jonas for  Sky Is Pink.

At same time, Ayushmann Khurrana will be competing for award of best actor for his film Article 15. His competitors are Ranveer Singh for Gully Boy, Hrithik Roshan for Super 30 and Vicky Kaushal for Uri: Surgical Strike.   

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This year’s award ceremony will be hosted in Madhya Pradesh in a star-studded three-day event. According to a news portal, show will be hosted by Salman Khan and Riteish Deshmukh. It was also reported by portal that Shahrukh Khan, Kartik Aaryan, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez and Katrina Kaif will be seen performing at ceremony.

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