TOIFA 2013: Nominations announced across 14 categories; Voting opens

Honoring the best from Hindi Cinema, The Times of India Film Awards today announced the opening of its global voting and nominations for the first edition of its awards that will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from April 4 – April 6, 2013. Presenting a one-of-its kind global and democratic award function, Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) will honor and reward excellence in Hindi Cinema while taking the awards to international shores.

Hindi Cinema fans from across the world can now vote for their favorite stars on the official website www.toifa.com. Spread across 14 public voting categories, TOIFA will felicitate the finest from the field of acting, directing, music, choreography and scripting. Additionally there will be 12 Technical and Critics awards that will be chosen by the TOIFA jury.

The year 2012 was ruled by interesting film concepts, out of the box technology, powerful screenplay and outstanding performances. The year saw Ranbir Kapoor cement his position as a talented actor with Barfi while Sridevi returned as herself with English Vinglish. Offbeat movies like Paan Singh Tomar and Gangs of Wasseypur created ripples among the audiences along with actors like Ayushamaan Khurana and Arjun Kapoor making impactful debuts.

The following are the list of nominees for the first edition of TOIFA 2013:

Sr. No	Best Film
1	Kahaani
2	Barfi
3	Paan Singh Tomar
4	Vicky Donor
5	Gangs of Wasseypur
Sr. No	Best Actor- Male	Film Name
1	Ranbir Kapoor	Barfi
2	Shahrukh Khan	Jab tak hai Jaan
3	Irfaan Khan	Pan Singh Tomar
4	Manoj Bajpayee	Gangs of Wasseypur
5	Hrithik Roshan	Agneepath

Sr. No	Best Actor-Female	Film Name
1	Priyanka Chopra	Barfi
2	Sridevi	English Vinglish
3	Vidya Balan	Kahaani
4	Deepika Padukone	Cocktail

Sr. No	Best Director	Film Name
1	Sujoy Ghosh	Kahaani
2	Gauri Shinde	English Vinglish
3	Shoojit Sircar	Vicky Donor
4	Anurag Basu	Barfi
5	Anurag Kashyap	Gangs Of Wasseypur

Sr. No	Best Actor - Supporting role	Film Name
1	Annu Kapoor	Vicky Donor
2	Nawazuddin Siddiqui	Talaash
3	Krushna Abhishek	Bol Bachchan
4	Boman Irani	Ferrari Ki Sawari

Sr. No	Best Actress - Supporting role	Film Name
1	Ileana D'cruz	Barfi
2	Dolly Ahluwalia	Vicky Donor
3	Anushka Sharma	Jab Tak Hain Jaan
4	Rani Mukherjee	Talaash

Sr. No	Best Actor- Negative Role	Film Name
1	Rishi Kapoor	Agneepath
2	Bipasha Basu	Raaz 3
3	Sanjay Dutt	Agneepath
4	Tigmanshu Dhulia	Gangs Of Wasseypur

Sr. No	Best Actor- Comic Role	Film Name
1	Ajay Devgan	Bol Bachchan
2	Akshay Kumar	Housefull 2
3	Abhishek Bachchan	Bol Bachchan
4	Annu Kapoor	Vicky Donor

Sr. No	Debut Male	Film Name
1	Ayushmann Khurrana	Vicky Donor
2	Arjun Kapoor	Ishaqzaade
3	Varun Dhawan	Student of The Year
4	Sidharth Malhotra	Student of The Year

Sr. No	Debut Female	Film Name
1	Huma Qureshi	Gangs of Wasseypur
2	Yaami Gautam	Vicky Donor
3	Ileana D'cruz	Barfi
4	Alia Bhatt	Student of the year

Sr. No	Music Director	Film Name
1	Pritam	Cocktail
2	Pritam	Barfi
3	Vishal – Shekhar	Student Of the Year
4	Ajay Atul	Agneepath

Sr. No	Best Lyrics	Film Name
1	Aashiyan - Swanand Kirkire	Barfi
2	Saans - Gulzar	Jab Tak Hai Jaan
3	Jee Le Zara-Javed Akhtar	Talaash
4	Abhi Mujhme Kahin-Amitabh Bhattacharya	Agneepath

Sr. No	Best Playback Male	Film Name
1	Pani da rang-Ayushmann Khurrana	Vicky Donor
2	Abhi Mujhme Kahi-Sonu Nigam	Agneepath
3	Aashiyaan-Nikhil Paul George	Barfi
4	Barfii-Mohit Chauhan	Barfi

Sr. No	Best Playback Female	Film Name
1	Tumhi ho bandhu- Kavita Seth	Cocktail
2	Itni si hasi-Shreya Ghoshal	Barfi
3	Muskaan Jhooti Hai-Suman Sridhar	Talaash
4	Pareshaan -Shalmali Kholgade	Ishaqzaade

TOIFA 2013: Nominations announced across 14 categories; Voting opens

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