The 2011 IIFA Awards, officially the 12th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honoured the best films of 2010 and took place between 23 and 25 June 2011. The official ceremony took place on 25 June 2011, at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. During the ceremony, IIFA Awards were awarded in 24 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Star Plus. Actors Boman Irani and Ritesh Deshmukh co-hosted the ceremony for the fourth time.
In related events, the IIFA Music and Fashion Extravaganza took place on 24 June 2011 at the Ricoh Coliseum. The event was hosted by Karan Johar (Best Director winner) and Anushka Sharma (Best Actress winner). During the event, all technical awards and one musical award were presented to the winners.
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by Dabangg with 11 nominations, Ishqiya and Raajneeti with 9 nominations each, Band Baaja Baaraat with 8 nominations, and My Name Is Khan with 7 nominations.
Dabangg won 10 awards, including Best Film, Best Female Debut (for Sonakshi Sinha) and Best Villain (for Sonu Sood), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Band Baaja Baaraat and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai were the runners-up of the ceremony with 5 awards each. Other multiple winners include I Hate Luv Storys, Robot and Udaan with 3 awards each. In addition, Guzaarish, Housefull and Love Sex aur Dhokha, each received 1 award.
Background This was the first time the IIFA Awards were held in Canada and North America. Toronto's large South Asian population likely influenced the choice as a host city (Ontario is the province with the most Indo-Canadians at 573,250 with 484,655 in the Greater Toronto Area). The award ceremonies are held in various places around the world and has not necessarily been held in locale with a large South Asian population.
The awards ceremony was telecasted on 24 July 2011 on Star Plus.
Winners and nominees
The list of winners of the awards is given below. Winners are listed first, and highlighted in boldface.
Popular awards Best Picture Best Director Dabangg – Arbaaz Khan Productions Band Baaja Baaraat – Yash Raj Films My Name Is Khan – Dharma Productions and Red Chillies Entertainment Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai – Balaji Motion Pictures Raajneeti – Prakash Jha Productions, WalkWater Media and UTV Motion Pictures | valign="top" | Karan Johar – My Name is Khan Maneesh Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat Abhinav Kashyap – Dabangg Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Guzaarish Milan Luthria – Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan Best Performance In A Leading Role Male Best Performance In A Leading Role Female Shah Rukh Khan – My Name is Khan as Rizwan Khan Ajay Devgan – Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Sultan Mirza Hrithik Roshan – Guzaarish as Ethan Mascarenhas Ranbir Kapoor – Raajneeti as Samar Pratap Salman Khan – Dabangg as Chulbul 'Robin Hood' Pandey Anushka Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat as Shruti Kakkar Aishwarya Rai – Guzaarish as Sofia D'Souza/Mascarenhas Kareena Kapoor – Golmaal 3 as Daboo Katrina Kaif – Raajneeti as Indu Pratap Vidya Balan – Ishqiya as Krishna Verma Best Performance In A Supporting Role Male Best Performance In A Supporting Role Female Arjun Rampal – Raajneeti as Prithviraj Pratap Arshad Warsi – Ishqiya as Razzak Hussain Emraan Hashmi – Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Shoaib Khan Manoj Bajpayee – Raajneeti as Veerendra Pratap Mithun Chakraborty – Golmaal 3 as Pritam Prachi Desai – Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Mumtaz Amrita Puri – Aisha as Shefali Thakur Dimple Kapadia – Dabangg as Naini Devi Ratna Pathak – Golmaal 3 as Geeta Shernaz Patel – Guzaarish as Devyani Dutta Best Performance In A Comic Role Best Performance In A Negative Role Ritesh Deshmukh – Housefull as Babu Rao (Bob) Anil Kapoor – No Problem as Sr. Insp Arjun Singh Johny Lever – Golmaal 3 as Pappi Bhai Paresh Rawal – Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? as Lambodar Chacha Pradhuman Singh – Tere Bin Laden as Noora / Osama bin Laden Sonu Sood – Dabangg as Chedi Singh Ajay Devgan – Raajneeti as Sooraj Kumar Emraan Hashmi – Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai as Shoaib Khan Manoj Bajpayee – Raajneeti as Veerendra Pratap Naseeruddin Shah – Allah Ke Banday as Warden Ronit Roy – Udaan as Bhairav Male Debutant Star Female Debutant Star Ranveer Singh – Band Baaja Baaraat as Bittoo Sharma Sonakshi Sinha – Dabangg as Rajo
Music Best Music Director Best Lyrics Sajid–Wajid & Lalit Pandit – Dabangg Pritam – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Salim–Sulaiman – Band Baaja Baaraat Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy – My Name is Khan Vishal–Shekhar – I Hate Luv Storys Vishal Bhardwaj – Ishqiya "Sajdaa" from My Name is Khan – Niranjan Iyengar "Ainvayi Ainvayi" from Band Baaja Baaraat – Amitabh Bhattacharya "Tere Mast Mast" from Dabangg – Faraz Anwar "Dil Toh Bachcha Ji" from Ishqiya – Gulzar "Pee Loon" from Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai – Irshad Kamil Best Male Playback Singer Best Female Playback Singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for "Tere Mast Mast Do Nain" – Dabangg Mohit Chauhan for "Pee Loon" – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for "Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji" – Ishqiya Shafqat Amanat Ali for "Bin Tere" – I Hate Luv Storys Shankar Mahadevan for "Uff Teri Adaa" – Karthik Calling Karthik Vishal Dadlani for "Adhoore" – Break Ke Baad Mamta Sharma for "Munni Badnaam Hui" – Dabangg Rekha Bhardwaj for "Ab Mujhey Koi" – Ishqiya Shreya Ghoshal for "Bahara" – I Hate Luv Storys Sunidhi Chauhan for "Ainvayi Ainvayi" – Band Baaja Baaraat Sunidhi Chauhan for "Sheila Ki Jawani" – Tees Maar Khan Best Background Score Best Song Recording My Name Is Khan – Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Band Baaja Baaraat – Vijay Dayal for "Ainvayi Ainvayi"
Technical Best Story Best Screenplay My Name is Khan – Shibani Bathija Band Baaja Baaraat – Maneesh Sharma Ishqiya – Abhishek Chaubey Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai – Rajat Aroraa Udaan – Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane Dabangg – Dilip Shukla and Abhinav Kashyap Guzaarish – Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Bhavani Iyer Ishqiya – Abhishek Chaubey, Sabrina Dhawan and Vishal Bhardwaj My Name Is Khan – Shibani Bathija Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai – Rajat Arora Raajneeti – Anjum Rajabali and Prakash Jha Best Dialogue Vishal Bhardwaj for Ishqiya Dilip Shukla and Abhinav Kashyap for Dabangg Habib Faisal for Band Baaja Baaraat Prakash Jha for Raajneeti Rajat Aroraa for Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Technical awards Best Art Direction Best Action Robot – Sabu Cyril Dabangg – Vijayen Master Best Cinematography Best Choreography Guzaarish – Sudeep Chatterjee Dabangg – Farah Khan for Munni Badnaam Hui Best Costume Design Best Editing Band Baaja Baaraat – Niharika Khan Band Baaja Baaraat – Namrata Rao Best Makeup Best Sound Recording Robot – Banu Love Sex aur Dhokha – Pritam Das Best Sound Re-Recording Best Special Effects Dabangg – Leslie Fernandes Robot – Indian Artists
Special awards
Green Globe Award Priyanka Chopra
Star Plus Hottest Pair Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh
Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Sharmila Tagore (Indian Cinema) Irrfan Khan (International Cinema)
Lifetime Achievement Award Sharmila Tagore Asha Bhosle
Superlatives +Films with multiple nominationsNominationsFilm12Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai11Dabangg9IshqiyaRaajneeti8Band Baaja Baaraat7My Name Is Khan5Guzaarish4Golmaal 33I Hate Luv StorysUdaan +Films with multiple awardsAwardsFilm10Dabangg5Band Baaja BaaraatMy Name Is Khan3Robot
Presenters and performers
The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Presenters
Name(s) RoleAnil Kapoor Introduced Praful Patel, Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises in India and Dalton McGuinty, Premier of OntarioDalton McGuinty Introduced special welcoming presentation of Ontario, CanadaNehal ModiArshad Warsi Presenters of the award for Best Playback Singer (Female)Nikhil DwivediMahi Gill Presenters of the award for Best Playback Singer (Male)Sohail KhanDino MoreaRahul Khanna Presenters of the award for Best LyricsBhushan KumarGenelia D'Souza Presenters of the award for Best MusicSachiin J Joshi Introduced the first look at "Aazaan", one of the most expensive Bollywood films to dateSridevi Presenter of the award for Best StorySajid NadiadwalaFardeen KhanBrett Lee Presenters of the award for Best ScreenplayZeenat AmanRakeysh Omprakash MehraSanch Atwal Presenters of the award for Best DialogueShahrukh KhanRamesh Sippy Presenters of the award for Lifetime Achievement Award (Male)Karan Johar Introduced Shabana Azmi, Ameesha Patel, Lisa Ray and Nithan KrurejarShabana Azmi Presenter of the award for Outstanding Achievement in Indian CinemaAmeesha PatelLisa RayNithan Krurejar Presenters of the award for Star Plus Hottest PairDia MirzaShashi TharoorManeesh Sharma Presenters of the Green Globe AwardRishi KapoorNeetu Singh Presenters of the award for Debutant Star Award (Male)Hema MaliniEsha DeolArjan Bajwa Presenters of the award for Debutant Star Award (Female)Dia MirzaZayed KhanSahil Sangha Presenters of the award for Best Performance in a Comic Role and Introduced the first trailer for Love Breakups ZindagiMallika SherawatBrian J. White Presenters of the award for Best Performance in a Negative RoleVidhu Vinod ChopraAnushka Sharma Presenters of the award for Outstanding Achievement in International CinemaPriyanka ChopraSubhash Ghai Presenters of the award for Lifetime Achievement Award (Female)Sharman JoshiNeha Dhupia Presenters of the award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female)SimranVivek OberoiSunil Jain Presenters of the award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male)Shilpa ShettyRajiv Jain Presenters of the award for Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female)Hilary SwankAnil Kapoor Presenters of the award for Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male)Bipasha BasuCuba Gooding, Jr. Presenters of the award for Best DirectorRajkumar HiraniDalton McGuinty Presenters of the award for Best Film
Performers
Name(s) NotesOntario Premier Dalton McGuintyMandy May CheethamOliver Pigott Discover Ontario Opening Ceremony PerformanceKangana Ranaut Sunny DeolBobby Deol Dharmendra Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award (Male)Arjun Rampal Danced to "Sheela Ki Jawani" with Boman Irani and Ritesh DeshmukhKaran JoharShilpa Shetty Danced to "Zubbi Dubbi" with Boman Irani and Ritesh DeshmukhBipasha Basu Ranveer SinghSonakshi Sinha Winners of the Debutant Star Award (Male) and (Female)Priyanka Chopra Recipient of the IIFA Green Globe AwardShahrukh Khan Winner of Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
Controversies
Shahrukh Khan and stage crasher While co-hosting the Music Awards, a man jumped on stage and clamped himself to Shahrukh Khan's injured leg. He was later removed from the stage, when Shahrukh said "You're hurting my leg. Please move!". But, Shahrukh did agree to meet after the show upon the request of the man.
See also International Indian Film Academy Awards Bollywood Cinema of India
References
External links IIFA.com Official website IIFA Weekend Promotional Website