Taking Bollywood to exotic or faraway lands, this year it is Sri Lanka's turn to host the 11th IIFA awards ceremony during the month of June and the nominations are out for the best films, actors and directors of 2009.
And... the nominees for the main categories are:
Best film category
3 Idiots
Dev D
Kaminey
Paa
Wanted
Best lead actress
Deepika Padukone - Love Aaj Kal
Kareena Kapoor - 3 idiots
Mahie Gill - Dev D
Priyanka Chopra - Kaminey
Vidya Balan - Paa
Best lead actor
Aamir Khan - 3 idiots
Amitabh Bachchan - Paa
Ranbir Kapoor - Wake up Sid!
Saif Ali Khan - Love Aaj Kal
Salman Khan - Wanted
Shahid Kapoor - Kaminey
Best film director
Anurag Kashyap per Dev D
Ayan Mukerji per Wake up Sid!
Imtiaz Ali per Love Aaj Kal
R. Balki per Paa
Rajkumar Hirani - 3 idiots
Vishal Bhardwaj per Kaminey
Best Actor - Comedy
Ajay Devgan - All The Best
Govinda - Life Partner
Johny Lever - De Dana Dan
Omi Vaidya - 3 Idiots
Sanjay Dutt - All The Best
Best Music Composer
Amit Trivedi - Dev D
A.R.Rehman - Delhi 6
Pritam - Love Aaj Kal
Shantanu Moitra - 3 Idiots
Vishal Bharadwaj - Kaminey
Best Lyricist
Amitabh Bhattacharya - Dev D
Gulzar - Kaminey
Irshad Kamil - Love Aaj Kal
Prasoon Joshi - Delhi 6
Swanand Kirkire - 3 Idiots
Discuss your favourites here in the comments section and also vote for them directly at the IIFA official website.