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KARACHI: The Awards office of the LUX Style Awards released nominations in eighteen Entertainment categories on Friday. 

The nominees for categories in Film, Music, and Television are listed below. Twelve of these will be open for Viewer's Choice voting. Voting for the 10 fashion categories is still to be announced.

All nominations were shortlisted to five per category. The nominee process was overseen by audit company PriceWaterhouseCooper. Voting for the Viewer's Choice categories will be on www.luxstyle.pk/lsa2018/nominees/vote-now/

The annual LUX Style Awards for excellence in Fashion, Film, Music, and Television will be held next month and can be seen on national television.

Entertainment Nominees for the 17th LUX Style Awards 2018

FILM

Best Film 

Balu Mahi 

Chupan Chupai 

Na Maloom Afrad 2

Punjab Nahi Jaungi 

Verna 

Best Actor 

Ahsan Khan in Chupan Chupai 

Fahad Mustafa in Na Maloom Afrad 2

Humayun Saeed in Punjab Nahi Jaungi 

Mohsin Abbas in Na Maloom Afrad 2

Osman Khalid Butt in Balu Mahi

Best Actress 

Ainy Jaffri in Balu Mahi

Mahira Khan in Verna 

Mahvish Hayat in Punjab Nahi Jaungi 

Uzma Hasan in Arth 2

Neelum Muneer in Chupan Chupai 

Best Film Director

Haisaam Hussain for Balu Mahi

Mohsin Ali for Chupan Chupai 

Nabeel Qureshi for Na Maloom Afrad 2

Nadeem Baig for Punjab Nahi Jaungi 

Shoaib Mansoor for Verna 

Best Supporting Actor 

Ali Rizvi in Chupan Chupai 

Faizan Khawaja in Chupan Chupai 

Sohail Ahmed in Punjab Nahi Jaungi 

Javed Sheikh in Na Maloom Afrad 2

Gohar Rasheed in Rangreeza

Best Supporting Actress 

Durdana Butt in Balu Mahi 

Humaima Malik in Arth 2 

Sadaf Kanwal in Balu Mahi 

Urwa Hocane in Punjab Nahi Jaungi 

Zhalay Sarhadi in Chalay Thay Saath 

Best Singer (Male) - Film

Adnan Dhool for Sadqa from Chupan Chupai 

Haroon Shahid for Sambhal Sambhal from Verna 

Mohsin Haider Abbas for Heeray from Na Maloom Afrad 2 

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan from Sawaar De Arth 2 

Sahir Ali Bagga from Murshid Jee of Arth 2

Best Singer (Female) - Film

Aima Baig for Kaif O Soroor from Na Maloom Afrad 2

Aima Baig for Sadqa from Chupan Chupai

Jonita Ghandi for Baqiya from Rangreeza 

Nirmal Roy for Raunaq-e-Aashiqui from Punjab Nahi Jaungi

Sana Zulfiqar for Aadat from Arth 2 

MUSIC 

Album of the year

36 by Sikander ka Mandar 

600 Saal by E Sharp

Elhaam by Sounds of Kolachi 

Fanoos by Zohaib Kazi 

Wajd by Hadiqa Kiani

Singer of the Year

Abid Brohi for The Sibbi Song from Patari 

Ali Azmat and Qurat ul Ain Baluch for Chal Diye from Cornetto Pop Rock 

Ali Hamza, Ali Sethi & Waqar Ehsan from Tanak Dhin from Coke Studio 

Lyari Underground for Players of Lyari from Patari 

Riaz Qadri and Zohaib Kazi for Takht Hazar from Fanoos

Best Music Video Director

Qamar Anwer for Kasani 

Raza Shah for The Sibbi Song 

Sana Jaffri for Madam 

Taimoor Salahuddin for Chan Kithan 

Waleed Ahmed for Super Cat 

Best Emerging Talent

Abdullah Siddiqui for Fiction 

Badnam for Khwaja ke Diwani 

Kashmir for Kaghaz ka Jahaz 

Keeray Makoray for Island in the City 

Roots for Pagal sa 

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Best TV Play

Alif Allah Aur Insan

Muqabil

O Rung Reza 

Sammi 

Sang E Mar Mar 

Best TV Actor

Adnan Siddiqui in Sammi

Ahad Raza Mir in Yakeen ka Safar 

Imran Abbas in Khuda Aur Mohabbat

Mohin Abbas in Muqabil

Noman Ijaz in Pinjari 

Best TV Actress

Bushra Ansari in Seeta Bagri

Kubra Khan in Muqabil

Saba Qamar in Baaghi

Sajjal Ali in Yakeen Ka Safar 

Sajjal Ali in O Rung Reza 

Best TV Director

Ahsan Talish for Alif Allah Aur Insan

Farooq Rind for Baaghi

Kashif Nisar for O Rung Reza 

Safie Hassan for Sammi 

Saife Hassan for Sang E Mar Mar 

Best TV Writer

Mustafa Afridi for Sang E Mar Mar 

Noor ul Huda Shah for Sammi

Qaisara Hayat for Alif Allah aur Insan 

Saji Gul for O Rung Reza 

Zafar Mairaj for Muqabal

Best Original Sound Track

Adnan Dhool and Sana Zulfiqar for Bay Khudi 

Ali Azmat for Rasm e Dunya 

Jimmy Khan for Tumharay Hain 

Nabeel Shaukat for Woh ek Pal 

Richi Robinson for Shayad