8th IIFA Awards


The 2007 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 8th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honored the best films of 2006 and took place between 7–9 June 2007. The official ceremony took place on 9 June 2007, at the Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield, England. During the ceremony, IIFA Awards were awarded in 29 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Star Plus. Actors Boman Irani and Lara Dutta co–hosted the ceremony – the first time.
Some other salient events held during this weekend included the IIFA World Premiere, IIFA–BAFTA Film Workshop, FICCI–IIFA Global Business –um and the IIFA Foundation Celebrity Charity Cricket Match.
The tag line of the IIFA 2007 was IIFA 2007: Yorkshire "Love At First Sight".
IIFA returned to England, UK, after Debutant London 2000.
Rang De Basanti led the ceremony with 15 nominations, followed by [Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara] with 11 nominations, Dhoom 2 and Lage Raho Munna Bhai with 10 nominations, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna with 9 nominations, and Krrish with 7 nominations.
Rang De Basanti won 11 awards, including Best Film and Best Supporting Actress, thus becoming the most–awarded film at the ceremony.
Lage Raho Munna Bhai and Omkara won 4 awards each. Other multiple winners included Krrish with 3 awards and Dhoom 2 and Fanaa with two each. In addition, films receiving a single award included, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Golmaal: Fun Unlimited, 36 China Town and Gangster.
Rajkumar Hirani and A. R. Rahman each won three awards at the ceremony.

Background

The awards began in 2000 and the first ceremony was held in London at The Millennium Dome. From then on the awards were held at locations around the world signifying the international success of Bollywood. The next award ceremony was announced to be held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2008.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in '''boldface.'''

Popular awards

Best FilmBest Director
Rang De Basanti – UTV Motion Pictures
Rajkumar Hirani – Lage Raho Munna Bhai
  • * Karan Johar – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
  • * Rakesh Roshan – Krrish
  • * Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra – Rang De Basanti
  • * Vishal Bhardwaj – Omkara
    • Best Performance In A Leading Role MaleBest Performance In A Leading Role Female
    Hrithik Roshan – Krrish as Krishna Mehra / Rohit Mehra / Krrish
  • * Aamir Khan – Rang De Basanti as Daljeet 'DJ' / Chandrashekhar Azad
  • * Ajay Devgn – Omkara as Omkara 'Omi' Shukla
  • * Sanjay Dutt – Lage Raho Munnabhai as Murli Prasad Sharma or "Munna Bhai"
  • * Shah Rukh Khan – Don as Don / Vijay
    		• Rani Mukerji – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Maya Talwar
  • * Aishwarya Rai – Dhoom 2 as Sunehri
  • * Kajol – Fanaa as Zooni Ali Beg
  • * Kangana Ranaut – Gangster as Simran
  • * Kareena Kapoor – Omkara as Dolly Mishra
  • * Vidya Balan – Lage Raho Munna Bhai as Jhanvi
    • Best Performance In A Supporting Role MaleBest Performance In A Supporting Role Female
    Arshad Warsi – Lage Raho Munna Bhai as Circuit
  • * Abhishek Bachchan – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Rishi Talwar
  • * Amitabh Bachchan – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Samarjit Singh Talwar
  • * Atul Kulkarni – Rang De Basanti as Laxman Pandey / Ramprasad Bismil
  • * Kunal Kapoor – Rang De Basanti as Aslam / Ashfaqullah Khan
    		• Soha Ali Khan – Rang De Basanti as Sonia / Durga Bhabi
  • * Bipasha Basu – Dhoom 2 as Shonali Bose / Monali Bose
  • * Kirron Kher – Rang De Basanti as Mitro
  • * Konkona Sen Sharma – Omkara as Indu
  • * Rekha – Krrish as Sonia Mehra
    • Best Performance In A Comic RoleBest Performance In A Negative Role
    Tusshar Kapoor – Golmaal: Fun Unlimited as Lucky Gill
  • * Chunkey Pandey – Apna Sapna Money Money as Rana Jang Bahadur
  • * Paresh Rawal – Phir Hera Pheri as Baburao Ganpatrao Apte
  • * Sharman Joshi – Rang De Basanti as Sukhi / Rajguru
  • * Uday Chopra – Dhoom 2 as Ali Akbar Fateh Khan
    		• Saif Ali Khan – Omkara as Ishwar 'Langda' Tyagi
  • * Boman Irani – Lage Raho Munna Bhai as Lucky Singh
  • * Emraan Hashmi – Gangster as Akash
  • * Hrithik Roshan – Dhoom 2 as Aryan / Mr. "A"
  • * John Abraham – Zinda as Rohit Chopra
    • Male Debutant StarFemale Debutant Star
    Upen Patel – 36 China Town as RockyKangana Ranaut – Gangster as Simran

    Special awards

    Most Glamorous Star

    Creative Person of the Year Award

    Special Award – Best Adaptation

    Outstanding Achievement by an Indian in International Cinema

    Lifetime Achievement Award

    Superlatives

    AwardsFilm
    11Rang De Basanti
    4Lage Raho Munna Bhai
    3Krrish
    3Omkara
    2Dhoom 2
    2Fanaa