The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) has announced nominations for the 2007 Idea IIFA Awards, which will be given out in Sheffield, UK, in June.

In the main categories, hit Rang De Basanti led the nominations with 14 nods. Omkara scored 11 and Lage Raho Munnabhai and Dhoom 2 with 10 each.

The nominees were announced in Mumbai by IIFA brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan. Industry voting led to the nominees and now voting will be open to fans across the world on the websites www.msn.co.in and www.indya.com through the end of May.

Yorkshire is hosting the IIFA weekend events (June 7-10) for the first time, and expects an $18.7m (£9.5m) boost to the region and 28,000 visitors. The weekend includes the awards, a business forum, a celebirty cricket match, and world premieres of Indian films.

The nominees are:

Best Picture
Dhoom 2
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Krrish
Lage Raho Munnabhai
Rang De Basanti
Vivaah

Direction
Karan Johar - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Rakesh Roshan - Krrish
Rajkumar Hirani - Lage Raho Munnabhai
Vishal Bharadwaj - Omkara
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - Rang De Basanti

Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
Shah Rukh Khan - Don
Hrithik Roshan - Krrish
Sanjay Dutt - Lage Raho Munnabhai
Ajay Devgan - Omkara
Aamir Khan - Rang De Basanti

Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
Aishwarya Rai - Dhoom 2
Kajol - Fanaa
Kangana Ranaut - Gangster
Rani Mukherji - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Vidya Balan - Lage Raho Munnabhai
Kareena Kapoor - Omkara

Performance in a Supporting Role (Male)
Amitabh Bachchan - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Abhishek Bachchan - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Arshad Warsi - Lage Raho Munnabhai
Kunal Kapoor - Rang De Basanti
Atul Kulkarni - Rang De Basanti

Performance in a Supporting Role (Female)
Bipasha Basu - Dhoom 2
Rekha - Krrish
Konkona Sensharma - Omkara
Kirron kher - Rang De Basanti
Soha Ali Khan Pataudi - Rang De Basanti

Performance in a Comic Role
Chunkey Pandey - Apna Sapna Money Money
Uday Chopra - Dhoom 2
Tusshar Kapoor - Golmaal - Fun Unlimited
Paresh Rawal - Phir Hera Pheri
Sharman Joshi - Rang De Basanti

Performance in a Negative Role
Hrithik Roshan - Dhoom 2
Emraan Hashmi - Gangster
Boman Irani - Lage Raho Munnabhai
Saif Ali Khan - Omkara
John Abraham - Zinda

Music Direction
Pritam - Dhoom 2 - Crazy Kiya Re
Shankar Ehsaan Loy - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Rajesh Roshan - Krrish - Dhoop Nikalti hai Jahan Se
Vishal Bharadwaj - Omkara - Beedi
A.R. Rehman - Rang De Basanti - Ru Baroo

Best Story
Aditya Chopra - Dhoom 2
Rakesh Roshan - Krrish
Rajkumar Hirani - Lage Raho Munnabhai
Vishal Bharadwaj - Omkara
Kamlesh Pandey - Rang De Basanti

Lyrics
Sameer - Dhoom 2 - Crazy Kiya Re
Prasoon Joshi - Fanaa - Chand Sifarish
Javed Akhtar - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Gulzar - Omkara - Beedi
Prasoon Joshi - Rang De Basanti - Ru Baroo

Playback Singer (Male)
Shaan - Fanaa - Chand Sifarish
K K - Gangster - Tu Hi Meri shab
Zubeen - Gangster - Ya Ali
Sonu Nigam - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
A.R. Rehman & Naresh Iyer - Rang De Basanti - Ru Baroo

Playback Singer (Female)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Dhoom 2 - Crazy Kiya Re
Alka Yagnik - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Shreya Ghosal - Lage Raho Munnabhai - Pal Pal
Sunidhi Chauhan - Omkara - Beedi jalaile
Lata Mangeshkar - Rang De Basanti - Luka Chhupi

Dialogue
Girish Dhamija - Gangster
Sanjay Masoom - Krrish
Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi - Lage Raho Munnabhai
Vishal Bharadwaj - Omkara
Prasoon Joshi & Rensil Dsilva - Rang De Basanti

Screenplay
Vijay Krishna Acharya - Dhoom 2
Anurag Basu - Gangster
Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi, Vidhu Vinod Chopra - Lage Raho Munnabhai
Vishal Bharadwaj, Robin Bhatt, Abhishek Chaubey - Omkara
Rensil Dsilva & Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - Rang De Basanti

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