During the IIFA awards, awards will be presented in 27 categories including popular awards, special awards and technical awards.

In the "Best Film" category of the IIFA Awards 2011, Band Baaja Baaraat, Dabangg, My Name Is Khan, Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai and Raajneeti have been nominated, and in the "Best Direction" category Maneesh Sharma for Band Baaja Baaraat, Abhinav Kashyap for Dabangg, Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Guzaarish, Karan Johar for My Name Is Khan, Milan Luthria for Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai and Vikramaditya Motwane for Udaan are among the nominees.

In the "Best Performance In A Leading Role - Male" Salman Khan for Dabangg, Hrithik Roshan for Guzaarish, Shah Rukh Khan for My Name Is Khan, Ajay Devgn for Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai and Ranbir Kapoor for Raajneeti are nominated, whereas in the "Best Performance In A Leading Role - Female" Anushka Sharma for Band Baaja Baaraat, Kareena Kapoor for Golmaal 3, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for Guzaarish, Vidya Balan for Ishqiya and Katrina Kaif for Raajneeti are in the nominations list.

Here is the list of nominees for the IIFA Awards 2011:

Supporting Role Male
Mithun Chakraborty (Golmaal 3)
Arshad Warsi (Ishqiya)
Emraan Hashmi (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai)
Arjun Rampal (Raajneeti)
Manoj Bajpayee (Raajneeti)

Supporting Role Female
Amrita Puri (Aisha)
Dimple Kapadia (Dabangg)
Ratna Pathak Shah (Golmaal 3)
Shernaz Patel (Guzaarish)
Prachi Desai (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai)

Comic Role
Paresh Rawal (Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?)
Johny Lever (Golmaal 3)
Riteish Deshmukh (Housefull)
Anil Kapoor (No Problem)
Pradhuman Singh Mall (Tere Bin Laden)

Negative Role
Naseeruddin Shah (Allah Ke Banday)
Sonu Sood (Dabangg)
Emraan Hashmi (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai)
Manoj Bajpayee (Raajneeti)
Ronit Roy (Udaan)

Best Story
Maneesh Sharma (Band Baajaa Baaraat)
Abhishek Chaubey (Ishqiya)
Shibani Bhatija (My Name Is Khan)
Rajat Aroraa (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai)
Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan)

Screenplay
Dilip Shukla, Abhinav Kashyap (Dabangg)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Bhavani Iyer (Guzaarish)
Abhishek Chaubey, Sabrina Dhawan, Vishal Bhardwaj (Ishqiya)
Shibani Bathija (My Name Is Khan)
Rajat Aroraa (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai)
Anjum Rajabali, Prakash Jha (Raajneeti)

Dialogue
Habib Faisal (Band Baaja Baaraat)
Dilip Shukla, Abhinav Kashyap (Dabangg)
Vishal Bhardwaj (Ishqiya)
Rajat Aroraa (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai)
Prakash Jha (Raajneeti)

Music Direction
Salim – Sulaiman (Band Baaja Baaraat)
Sajid – Wajid & Lalit Pandit (Dabangg)
Vishal – Shekhar (I Hate Luv Storys)
Vishal Bhardwaj (Ishqiya)
Shankar Ehsaan Loy (My Name Is Khan)
Pritam (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai)

Lyrics
Amitabh Bhattacharya (Band Baajaa Baraat – Ainvayi Ainvayi)
Faaiz Anwar (Dabangg – Tere Mast Mast)
Gulzar (Ishqiya – Dil Toh Bachcha)
Niranjan Iyengar (My Name Is Khan – Sajdaa)
Irshad Kamil (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai – Pee Loon)

Playback Singer Male
Vishal Dadlani (Break Ke Baad – Adhoore)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Dabangg – Tere Mast Mast Do Nain)
Shafqat Amanat Ali (I Hate Love Storys – Bin Tere)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Ishqiya – Dil Toh Bachcha Hai)
Shankar Mahadevan (Karthik Calling Karthik – Uff Teri Adaa)
Mohit Chauhan (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai – Pee Loon)

Playback Singer Female
Sunidhi Chauhan (Band Baaja Baaraat – Ainvayi Ainvayi)
Mamta Sharma (Dabangg – Munni Badnam)
Shreya Ghoshal (I Hate Luv Storys – Bahara)
Rekha Bhardwaj (Ishqiya – Ab Mujhey Koi)
Sunidhi Chauhan (Tees Maar Khan – Sheila Ki Jawani)