IIFA 2017 nominations are in: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Neerja and Pink lead the way

It's nearly time for the most glamourous night in Bollywood, yep, it's IIFA time!

The awards will be held in the Big Apple this weekend and Bollywood is taking over New York City.

Stars such as Salman Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, and Alia Bhatt to name a few are bustling with preps for their performances and maybe practicing their victory speeches too. However, we're bustling with some questions instead: where is Aamir Khan's nomination for his blockbuster Dangal? Where is Fawad's nomination for his stellar performance in Kapoor & Sons?

This leaves Ae Dil Hia Mushkil, Neerja and Pink in the lead with nominations. Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil has been nominated for Best Film and KJ himself is in the running for Best Director.

Pink has proved its worth this year with exemplary performances and thought-provoking content and has been nominated for Best Film. Big B has also racked up two nomination this year for his work in Pink and Wazir

Shahrukh Khan (not surprisingly) is in the running for Best Actor in the Male category and for Best Actor in a Negative Role for the same film (Fan)...

Here are the rest of the nominations:

Best Film

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

MS Dhoni: The Untold Story

Neerja

Pink

Sultan

Udta Punjab

Best Actor in Leading Role(Male)

Shahid Kapoor for Udta Punjab

Ranbir Kapoor for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Shah Rukh Khan for Fan

Sushant Singh Rajput for M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story

Amitabh Bachchan for Pink

Salman Khan for Sultan

Best Actor in Leading Role (Female)

Anushka Sharma for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Alia Bhatt for Dear Zindagi & Udta Punjab

Sonam Kapoor for Neerja

Tapsee Pannu for Pink

Best Direction

Karan Johar for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Neeraj Pandey for M.S. Dhoni: The untold story

Ram Madhvani for Neerja

Aniruddha Roy Chowdhary for Pink

Ali Abbas Zafar for Sultan

Abhishek Chaubey for Udta Punjab

Best Supporting Actor (Male)

Rajat Kapoor for Kapoor and Sons

Rajkummar Rao for Aligarh

Rishi Kapoor for Kapoor and Sons

Anupam Kher for MS Dhoni: The untold story

Amitabh Bachchan for Wazir

Best Supporting Actor (Female)

Shabana Azmi for Neerja

Andrea Tariang for Pink

Ratna Pathak Shah for Kapoor and Sons

Disha Patani for MS Dhoni: The Untold Story

Richa Chadha for Sarbjit

Best Actor in Negative Role

Neil Nitin Mukesh for Wazir

Shah Rukh Khan for Fan

Jim Sarbh for Neerja

Best Story

Ayesha Devitre Dhillon, Shakun Batra for Kapoor & Sons

Saiwyn Quadras for Neerja

Ritesh Shah, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Shoojit Sircar for Pink

Best Playback Singer ( Male)

Arijit Singh for 'Channa Mereya', Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Amit Mishra for 'Bulleya', Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Diljit Dosanjh for 'Ikk Kudi', Udta Punjab

Armaan Malik for 'Besabriyaan', M.S. Dhoni

Best Playback Singer (female)

Kanika Kapoor for 'Da Da Dasse', Udta Punjab

Neha Bhasin for 'Jag Ghoomeya', Sultan

Tulsi Kumar for 'Soch Na Sake', Airlift