Bollywood actress Zarine Khan got award

Bollywood actress Zarine Khan of the "Veer" fame will get the 'Hero to Animals' award from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for rescuing a cat.

The actress, who is an animal lover, rescued a malnourished cat from the streets of Mumbai and rushed her to a veterinary hospital. She kept a tab on the cat's progress and even walked barefoot to Mahim Dargah to pray for her recovery. Khan has adopted the cat and calls her Softy.

"The rescue of Softy shows that Khan's beauty is much more than skin deep, " said PETA campaign coordinator Madhuri Deshmukh.

"We hope that her compassionate action will inspire others to always stop and render aid when they see an animal in distress and to adopt cats and dogs, not buy them, " added Deshmukh.

This award comes under PETA's "Proud to Be Indian" campaign which encourages people to rescue animals from the streets or adopt them from animal shelters.

IIFA Awards 2010 Nominations announced (Bollywood)

The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) has announced the nominations for the IIFA Awards 2010. The 11th celebrations of the Videocon IIFA Weekend and Micromax IIFA Awards will be held in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo from June 3rd - 5th, 2010.

The Popular categories of the Micromax IIFA Awards 2010 include Best Film, Best Direction, Performance in a Leading Role - Male & Female, Performance in a Supporting Role - Male & Female, Performance in a Comic Role, Performance in a Negative Role, Music Direction, Best Story, Best Lyrics and Best Playback Singer.

The nominations were released as a result of the industry voting for the Micromax IIFA Awards in March. Results of the industry voting were audited by PriceWaterhouse Coopers, the auditing firm for the IIFAs and the Oscars. The online voting for the Awards will go live on the 10th of May, 2010 and will be open to audiences of Indian Cinema, across the world. The voting will end on the 1st of June, 2010. The results of the online voting would determine the winners of the popular category, which would be announced on stage at the Micromax IIFA Awards presentation ceremony in Colombo at the multi-purpose, Sughathadasa Stadium.

Commenting on the nominations for IIFA 2010, Sabbas Joseph, Director, Wizcraft said, 'Colombo, Sri Lanka marks the second decade of IIFA, with the best of Indian cinema being showcased. The nominees for the Micromax IIFA Awards 2010 are a compilation of the best work from the previous year and the suspense and celebration of these worthy nominations will undoubtedly create another magical IIFA.'

The events of the VIDEOCON IIFA Weekend are expected to boost tourism in the host region of Colombo, Sri Lanka and attract extra visitors from all over the world. More than 500 luminaries from the Indian film industry will travel to the region for this spectacular event.

Nominations for IIFA 2010

Best Film

Boney Kapoor- WANTED
Vidu Vinod Chopra- 3 IDIOTS
Anurag Kashyap & Ronnie Screwvala - DEV D
Vishal Bharadwaj & Ronnie Screwvala- KAMINEY
Sunil Manchanda & AB Corp-PAA

Best Direction

Rajkumar Hirani- 3 IDIOTS
Anurag Kashyap- DEV D
Ayan Mukerji- WAKE UP SID
Vishal Bharadwaj- KAMINEY
Imtiaz Ali- LOVE AAJ KAL
R.Balki-PAA

Performance in a Leading Role - Male

Salman Khan- WANTED
Aamir Khan- 3 IDIOTS
Amitabh Bachchan- PAA
Saif Ali Khan- LOVE AAJ KAL
Shahid Kapoor- KAMINEY
Ranbir Kapoor-WAKE UP SID

Performance in a Leading Role - Female

Kareena Kapoor- 3 IDIOTS
Priyanka Chopra- KAMINEY
Deepika Padukone-LOVE AAJ KAL
Vidya Balan-PAA
Mahie Gill- DEV D

Performance in Supporting Role- Male

Sharman Joshi- 3 IDIOTS
Irrfan- NEW YORK
R. Madhavan- 3 IDIOTS
Abhimanyu Singh- GULAL
Abhishek Bachchan- PAA
Rishi Kapoor- LOVE AAJ KAL

Performance in Supporting Role- Female

Kalki Koechlin- DEV D
Arundhati Naag- PAA
Divya Dutta- DELHI 6
Supriya Pathak- WAKE UP SID
Kirron Kher- KURRBAN

Performance in a Comic Role

Omi Vaidya- 3 IDIOTS
Ajay Devgn- ALL THE BEST
Johny Lever- DE DANA DAN
Govinda- LIFE PARTNER
Sanjay Dutt- ALL THE BEST

Performance in a Negative Role

Boman Irani- 3 IDIOTS
Amol Gupte- KAMINEY
Prakash Raj- WANTED
Kay Kay Menon- GULAL
Arya Babbar- JAIL

Music Direction

Shantanu Moitra- 3 IDIOTS
A.R.Rehman- DELHI 6
Pritam- LOVE AAJ KAL
Amit Trivedi- DEV D
Vishal Bharadwaj- KAMINEY

Best Story

Abhijat Joshi,Raj Kumar Hirani & Vidu Vinod Chopra- 3 IDIOTS
Ayan Mukherji- WAKE UP SID
Anurag Kashyap & Vikramaditya Motwane- DEV D
Imtiaz Ali- LOVE AAJ KAL
R.Balki- PAA

Best Lyrics

Swanand Kirkire- 3 IDIOTS
Prasoon Joshi- DELHI 6
Irshad Kamil- LOVE AAJ KAL
Gulzar- KAMINEY
Amitabh Bhattacharya- DEV D

Playback Singer-Male

Shaan- Behti Hawa Sa Tha Who (3 IDIOTS)
Mohit Chauhan- Masakali (DELHI 6)
Sonu Nigam- All Izz Well (3 IDIOTS)
Atif Aslam- Tu Jaane Na (AJAB PREM KI GHAZAB KAHANI)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan-Aaj Din Chadiya (LOVE AAJ KAL)
Sukhvinder Singh & Vishal Dadlani- Dan Te Nan (KAMINEY)

Playback Singer- Female

Shreya Ghoshal- Zoobi Doobi ( 3 IDIOTS)
Kavita Seth- Ek Tara (WAKE UP SID)
Rekha Bharadwaj- Sasural Genda Phool (DELHI 6)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Chor Baazari (LOVE AAJ KAL)
Shilpa Rao- Moodi Moodi (PAA)
Tulsi Kumar-Hafiz Khuda (8X10 TASVEER)

11th IIFA Awards in Sri Lanka

The 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2010 will held in Sri Lanka. It is reported that the award function will be held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium from June 2-4.

Sri Lanka has been chosen from among countries such as South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Australia and South Korea. Achala Jaagoda, Minister of Tourism, Sri Lanka said that it is a very rare and wonderful opportunity for Sri Lanka to host such an event. He added that the country has received international recognition again.

The three-day event will also witness a 20Twenty match between Bollywood stars and Asian cricketers and an international fashion show.