16th IIFA Awards


The 2015 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 16th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the best Hindi films of 2014, took place on 5 June 2015. The official ceremony took place on 7 June 2015 in Ritz Carlton Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Colors for the first time. The ceremony was co–hosted by actors Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh, for the first time as hosts. This show was telecasted on colors on Sunday 5 July 2015, 8pm.
IIFA Rocks, otherwise known as the IIFA Music and Fashion Extravaganza took place on 5 June 2015.
2 States led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by [Haider (film)|Haider (film)|Haider] with 8 nominations, [PK (film)|PK (film)|PK] with 6 nominations, and Ek Villain and Queen with 5 nominations each.
Haider won 9 awards, including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Villain, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Winners and nominees

Popular awards

Best FilmBest Director
Queen – Phantom Films2 States – Dharma Productions, Nadiadwala Grandson EntertainmentHaider – UTV Motion Pictures, VB PicturesHighway – Window Seat Films, Nadiadwala Grandson EntertainmentMary Kom – Bhansali ProductionsPK – Vinod Chopra Films, Rajkumar Hirani FilmsRajkumar Hirani – PK
Best ActorBest Actress
Shahid Kapoor – Haider as Haider Meer
  • Aamir Khan – PK as PK
  • Arjun Kapoor – 2 States as Krish Malhotra
  • Hrithik Roshan – Bang Bang as Rajveer / Jai Nanda
  • Randeep Hooda – Highway as Mahabir Bhati
  • Shah Rukh Khan – Happy New Year as Chandramohan Manohar Sharma a.k.a. Charlie
    		• Kangana Ranaut – Queen as Rani Mehra
  • Alia Bhatt – 2 States as Ananya Swaminathan
  • Anushka Sharma – PK as Jagat "Jaggu" Janani Sahni
  • Deepika Padukone – Happy New Year as Mohini Joshi
  • Priyanka Chopra – Mary Kom as Mary Kom
  • Rani Mukerji – Mardaani as Shivani Shivaji Roy
    • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
    Riteish Deshmukh – Ek Villain as Rakesh Mahadkar
  • Inaamulhaq – Filmistaan as Aftaab
  • Kay Kay Menon – Haider as Khurram Meer
  • Naseeruddin Shah – Finding Fanny as Ferdinand "Ferdie" Pinto
  • Randeep Hooda – Kick as Himanshu Tyagi
  • Ronit Roy – 2 States as Vikram Malhotra
    		• Tabu – Haider as Ghazala Meer
  • Amrita Singh – 2 States as Kavita Malhotra
  • Huma Qureshi – Dedh Ishqiya as Muniya
  • Juhi Chawla – Gulaab Gang as Sumitra Devi
  • Lisa Haydon – Queen as Vijayalakshmi
    • Best Male DebutBest Female Debut
    Tiger Shroff – Heropanti as BabluKriti Sanon – Heropanti as Dimpy
    Best Performance In A Comic RoleBest Performance In A Negative Role
    Varun Dhawan – Main Tera Hero as Seenu
  • Govinda – Happy Ending as Armaan
  • Sanjay Dutt – PK as Bhairon Singh
  • Sharib Hashmi – Filmistaan as Sunny
    		• Kay Kay Menon – Haider as Khurram Meer
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Kick as Shiv Gajra
  • Ritesh Deshmukh – Ek Villain as Rakesh Mahadkar
    • Best StoryDebutant Director
    Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar, Parveez Shaikh – Queen
  • Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani – PK
  • Chetan Bhagat – 2 States
    		• Abhishek Varman – 2 StatesOmung Kumar – Mary Kom

    Special awards

    IIFA Award for Woman of the Year
    Deepika Padukone

    Musical awards

    Best Music DirectionBest Lyrics
    2 States – Shankar–Ehsaan–LoyEk Villain – Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari and SochHaider – Vishal BhardwajYaariyan – Pritam Chakraborty, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Mithoon, Arko Pravo MukherjeeManoj Muntashir – "Galliyan" – Ek Villain
    Best Male Playback SingerBest Female Playback Singer
    Ankit Tiwari – Galliyan" – Ek Villain
  • Arijit Singh – "Muskurane" – CityLights
  • Mika Singh – "Jumme Ki Raat" – Kick
  • Sukhwinder Singh – "Bismil" – Haider
    		• Kanika Kapoor – "Baby Doll" – Ragini MMS 2
  • Nooran Sisters – "Patakha Guddi" – Highway
  • Shreya Ghoshal – "Samjhawan" – Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
    • Best Sound DesignBest Background Score
    Shajith Koyeri – HaiderVishal Bhardwaj – Haider

    Technical awards

    Best ActionBest Special Effects
    Parvez Shaikh & Andy Armstrong – Bang BangReupal Rawal – Kick
    Best ChoreographyBest Cinematography
    Ahmed Khan – KickBinod Pradhan – 2 States
    Best Costume DesignBest Dialogue
    Dolly Ahluwalia – HaiderAbhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani – PK
    Best EditingBest Makeup
    Anurag Kashyap & Abhijit Kokate – QueenPreetisheel Singh & Clover Wootton – Haider
    Best Production DesignBest Screenplay
    Subrata Chakraborty & Amit Ray – HaiderVikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar & Parveez Shaikh – Queen
    Best Sound MixingBest Sound Recording
    Debajit Changmai – HaiderEric Pillai – "Galliyan" – Ek Villain

    Superlatives

    AwardsFilm
    9Haider
    5Queen
    4Ek Villain
    3Kick
    22 States
    2Heropanti
    2PK