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 with 8 nominations, PK with 6 nominations, and Ek Villain and Queen with 5 nominations each.

Haider won 9 awards, including Best Actor (for Shahid Kapoor), Best Supporting Actress (for Tabu), and Best Villain (Kay Kay Menon), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Winners and nominees

Popular awards

Rajkumar Hirani (Best Director)
Best FilmBest Director
Queen– Phantom Films 2 States– Dharma Productions, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Haider– UTV Motion Pictures, VB Pictures Highway– Window Seat Films, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Mary Kom– Bhansali Productions PK– Vinod Chopra Films, Rajkumar Hirani FilmsRajkumar Hirani– PK Abhishek Varman– 2 States Imtiaz Ali– Highway Vikas Bahl– Queen Vishal Bhardwaj– Haider
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. CharlieKangana 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 (Krish's father)Tabu – Haider as Ghazala Meer Amrita Singh – 2 States as Kavita Malhotra (Krish's mother) 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 SunnyKay 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 StatesAbhishek Varman – 2 States Omung Kumar – Mary Kom

Special awards

IIFA Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema
Subhash Ghai
IIFA Award for Woman of the Year
Deepika Padukone

Musical awards

Best Music DirectionBest Lyrics
2 States– Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Ek Villain– Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari and Soch Haider– Vishal Bhardwaj Yaariyan– Pritam Chakraborty, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Mithoon, Arko Pravo MukherjeeManoj Muntashir – "Galliyan" – Ek Villain Amitabh Bhattacharya – "Mast Magan" – 2 States Rashmi Singh – "Muskurane" – CityLights
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"– HaiderKanika 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 (Prime Focus)– 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

Films with multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
92 States
8Haider
6PK
5Ek Villain
Queen
4Highway
Kick
3Mary Kom
2CityLights
Filmistaan
Happy New Year
Films with multiple awards
AwardsFilm
9Haider
5Queen
4Ek Villain
3Kick
22 States
Heropanti
PK

See also

External links

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