Salman Khan-starrer ‘Sultan’ leads the Zee Cine Awards 2017 nominations tally with nine nods followed by Akshay Kumar’s ‘Airlift’. ‘Sultan’ is competing in nine categories including the technical awards categories. Apart from Best Film, it has been nominated for Best Director, Best Actor – Male, Best Actor – Female, Best Male Playback Singer, Best Female Playback Singer, Best Music, Best Story and Best Choreography categories. Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan and Shahid Kapoor are nominated for Best Actor Male category. ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ leads the music categories. Arijit Singh has got three nominations in Best Male Playback Singer category for the Karan Johar film, while Amitabh Bhattacharya has also got three nominations in the Best Lyrics category. Alia Bhatt and Sonam Kapoor are competing in Best Actor Female category. The Zee Cine Award or “ZCA” for short is an awards ceremony for the Hindi film industry. They were first held in Mumbai until 2004, when the ZCA went international and had their ceremony in Dubai, and in following years in London, Mauritius, Malaysia, and London again in 2008. It was not held in 2009 and 2010, but resumed in 2011, being held in Singapore in 2012 it was held at the Cotai Arena in Macao.