The 2016 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 17th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the best Hindi films of 2015, took place on 25 June 2016. The official ceremony took place on 25 June 2016 in IFEMA, Madrid, Spain. The nominations were announced on 26 May 2016.
Bajirao Mastani led the ceremony with 8 nominations, followed by Bajrangi Bhaijaan with 7 nominations and Piku with 6 nominations.
Bajirao Mastani won 13 awards, including Best Director (for Sanjay Leela Bhansali), Best Actor (for Ranveer Singh), and Best Supporting Actress (for Priyanka Chopra), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Deepika Padukone received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Bajirao Mastani and Piku, winning for the latter.
Winners and nominees
Popular awards
Best Film Best Director Bajrangi Bhaijaan – Salman Khan Films, Kabir Khan Films Bajirao Mastani – Bhansali Productions Piku – MSM Motion Pictures, Saraswati Entertainment Talvar – VB Pictures Tanu Weds Manu Returns – Colour Yellow Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Bajirao Mastani Aanand L. Rai – Tanu Weds Manu Returns Kabir Khan – Bajrangi Bhaijaan Meghna Gulzar – Talvar Shoojit Sircar – Piku Best Actor In A Leading Role Best Actress In A Leading Role Ranveer Singh - Bajirao Mastani as Bajirao I Amitabh Bachchan – Piku as Bhashkor Banerjee Ranbir Kapoor – Tamasha as Ved Vardhan Sahni Salman Khan – Bajrangi Bhaijaan as Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi Varun Dhawan – Badlapur as Raghav "Raghu" Pratap Singh Deepika Padukone – Piku as Piku Banerjee Deepika Padukone – Bajirao Mastani as Mastani Kangana Ranaut – Tanu Weds Manu Returns as Tanuja 'Tanu' Trivedi / Kumari 'Kusum' Sangwan (Datto) Priyanka Chopra – Dil Dhadakne Do as Ayesha Sangha née Mehra Shraddha Kapoor – ABCD 2 as Vini Best Actor In A Supporting Role Best Actress In A Supporting Role Anil Kapoor – Dil Dhadakne Do as Kamal Mehra Deepak Dobriyal – Tanu Weds Manu Returns as Pappi Farhan Akhtar – Dil Dhadakne Do as Sunny Gill Irrfan Khan – Piku as Rana Chaudhary Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Bajrangi Bhaijaan as Chand Nawab Priyanka Chopra – Bajirao Mastani as Kashibai Anushka Sharma – Dil Dhadakne Do as Farah Ali Huma Qureshi – Badlapur as Jhimli Konkona Sen Sharma – Talvar as Nutan Tandon Tanvi Azmi – Bajirao Mastani as Radhabai Best Male Debut Best Female Debut Vicky Kaushal – Masaan as Deepak Chaudhary Bhumi Pednekar – Dum Laga Ke Haisha as Sandhya Verma Best Performance In A Comic Role Best Performance In A Negative Role Deepak Dobriyal – Tanu Weds Manu Returns as Pappi Kapil Sharma – Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon as Kumar Shiv Ram Kishan Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Bajrangi Bhaijaan as Chand Nawab Darshan Kumar – NH10 as Satbir Gajraj Rao – Talvar as Inspector Dhaniram Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Badlapur as Liak Mohammed Tungrekar Vinay Pathak – Badlapur as Harman Khatri Best Story Best Debut Couple Juhi Chaturvedi – Piku Massimo Carlotto – Badlapur V. Vijayendra Prasad – Bajrangi Bhaijaan Sooraj Pancholi & Athiya Shetty – Hero
Special awards
IIFA Award for Woman of the Year Priyanka Chopra Prasad
Musical awards
Best Music Direction Best Lyrics Roy – Amaal Mallik, Meet Bros Anjjan, Ankit Tiwari Bajirao Mastani – Sanjay Leela Bhansali Bajrangi Bhaijaan – Pritam Chakraborty Moh Moh Ke Dhaage from Dum Laga Ke Haisha – Varun Grover "Agar Tum Saath Ho" from Tamasha – Irshad Kamil "Gerua" from Dilwale – Amitabh Bhattacharya Best Male Playback Singer Best Female Playback Singer Papon for "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" – Dum Laga Ke Haisha Arijit Singh for "Hamari Adhuri Kahani" – Hamari Adhuri Kahani Arijit Singh for "Sooraj Dooba Hain" – Roy Monali Thakur for "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" – Dum Laga Ke Haisha Kanika Kapoor for "Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan" – Roy Shreya Ghoshal for "Deewani Mastani" – Bajirao Mastani Sunidhi Chauhan for "Girls Like To Swing" – Dil Dhadakne Do Best Sound Design Best Background Score Bishwadeep Chaterjee & Nihar Ranjal Samal – Bajirao Mastani Sanchit Balhara – Bajirao Mastani
Technical awards
Best Action Best Special Effects Sham Kaushal – Bajirao Mastani Prasad Sutar – Bajirao Mastani Best Choreography Best Cinematography Remo D'Souza – Bajirao Mastani Sudeep Chatterjee – Bajirao Mastani Best Costume Design Best Dialogue Anju Modi & Maxima Basu – Bajirao Mastani Juhi Chaturvedi – Piku Best Editing Best Makeup A. Sreekar Prasad – Talvar Vikram Gaikwad – Tanu Weds Manu Returns Best Production Design Best Screenplay Saloni Dhatrak, Sriram Iyengar & Sujeet Sawant – Bajirao Mastani Kabir Khan & Parveez Shaikh – Bajrangi Bhaijaan Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Recording Ajay Kumar P. B. – Bajirao Mastani Tanay Gajjar for Deewani Mastani – Bajirao Mastani
Superlatives +Films with multiple nominationsNominationsFilm8Bajirao Mastani7Bajrangi Bhaijaan6Piku5BadlapurDil Dhadakne DoTanu Weds Manu Returns4Talvar3Dum Laga Ke Haisha3Roy2Tamasha +Films with multiple awardsAwardsFilm13Bajirao Mastani4Dum Laga Ke Haisha3Piku2Bajrangi BhaijaanTanu Weds Manu Returns
See also
International Indian Film Academy Awards Bollywood Cinema of India
References
External links The Nominees 2016