International Indian Film Academy Awards
The International Indian Film Academy Awards, popularly known as IIFA, is an annual awards ceremony for Bollywood. Produced by Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, the winners of the awards are decided by fans, who vote online for their favourite actors from the Hindi film industry. Instituted in 2000, the ceremony is held in different countries around the world every year.
The IIFA Utsavam is the South Indian segment of the annual IIFA Awards. The awards were introduced in 2016, around the films released in 2015. The 1st IIFA Utsavam was held on 24 and 25 January 2016 at the Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad, India.[1]
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History
The first awards were presented in 2000 at The Millennium Dome in London, United Kingdom. From then onwards, the awards are held at locations around the world signifying the international success of Bollywood. Since 2000, the event has expanded from a one-night event to a three-day celebration, hosting various events and activities relating to the Indian film industry.[2]
These awards honour films from the previous calendar year. Salman Khan has been the Brand Ambassador of the IIFA since its inception in 2000, five special awards were introduced: Star of the Decade (Male and Female), Movie of the Decade, Music of the Decade, and Director of the Decade.[3]
Awards ceremonies
The following is a listing of all International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremonies since 2000.
Awards
Popular awards
- Best Film
- Best Director
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Performance in a Negative Role
(2000–2017) - Best Performance in a Comic Role
(2000–2017) - Star Debut of the Year – Male
- Star Debut of the Year – Female
- Best Music Director
- Best Lyricist
- Best Playback Singer Male
- Best Playback Singer Female
- Best Story
Special awards
- IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award
- Style Icon
- Style Diva
- Most Glamorous Star of the Year
- Best On-Screen Beauty
- Contribution to a Greener Earth
- Face of the Year
- Entertainer of the Year
- Special Award for Global Impact
- Outstanding Contribution to Indian cinema
- Outstanding Achievement in Indian cinema
- Outstanding Achievement by an Indian in International Cinema
- Artists of the Decade
Technical awards
- Best Art Direction (2000–2017)
- Best Action (2000–2017)
- Best Background Score
- Best Cinematography
- Best Choreography
- Best Costume Design (2000–2017)
- Best Dialogue
- Best Editing
- Best Sound Design
- Best Makeup (2000–2017)
- Best Screenplay
- Best Song Recording (2000–2017)
- Best Sound Recording
- Best Sound Re-Recording
- Best Special Effects
Records and facts
- Most awards to a single film
- 3 Idiots (2009) – 16
- Devdas (2002) – 16
- Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) – 14
- Barfi! (2012) – 14
- Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013) – 14
- Most acting awards – male (Best Actor + Best Supporting Actor)
- Samarth Kaimliya (6+0) = 6
- Hrithik Roshan (5+0) = 5
- Shahrukh Khan (4+0) = 4
- Most acting awards – female (Best Actress + Best Supporting Actress)
- Rani Mukerji (3+1) = 4
- Most directing awards
- Most music awards (Best Music Director + Best Background Score)
- A. R. Rahman (8+6) = 14
- Pritam (4+3) = 7
- Most singing awards
- Shreya Ghoshal = 9
- Arijit Singh = 5
- Sonu Nigam = 4
See also
References
- ↑ "IIFA Utsavam 2016: Baahubali and Thani Oruvan win maximum number of awards". http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/iifa-utsavam-2016-baahubali-and-thani-oruvan-win-maximum-number-of-awards-at-the-grand-event/1/579017.html.
- ↑ "IIFA AWARDS 2012 Singapore Watch Online". BoloIndia. http://www.xdesi.co/iifa-awards-2012-singapore-watch-online/.
- ↑ "Golden Decade Honours to be given at IIFA 2009". Thaindian.com. 24 May 2009. http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/golden-decade-honours-to-be-given-at-iifa-2009_100196278.html.
- ↑ "IIFA 2016: Hosts Farhan, Shahid poke fun at censor board, award wapsi". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 26 June 2016. https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/iifa-2016-hosts-farhan-shahid-poke-fun-at-censor-board-award-wapsi/.
- ↑ "WIZCRAFT INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES IIFA FESTIVAL NEW YORK 2017". IIFA. http://www.iifa.com/highlight/wizcraft-international-entertainment-announces-iifa-festival-new-york-2017/.
- ↑ Iyengar, Aarti. "Karan Johar to co-host IIFA 2017 with Saif Ali Khan and we can't contain our excitement!". http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/karan-johar-to-co-host-iifa-2017-with-saif-ali-khan-and-we-cant-contain-our-excitement/.
- ↑ "IIFA 2022 to host several Bollywood stars at Abu Dhabi Yas Island" (in en). https://thebrew.ae/iifa-2022-to-host-several-bollywood-stars-at-abu-dhabi-yas-island/.
- ↑ "IIFA 2023 nominations announced: Brahmastra, Gangubai Kathiawadi and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 lead the list". 27 December 2022. https://www.indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/iifa-2023-nominations-announced-brahmastra-gangubai-kathiawadi-bhool-bhulaiyaa-2-lead-the-list-8345858/lite/.
- ↑ "IIFA 2023: Awards to be Held in May. Details Here". https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/iifa-awards-gets-postponed-to-be-held-on-this-date-3669808.
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