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.

Winners and nominees

Popular awards

Best FilmBest Director

  • Rajkumar Hirani – PK
  • Abhishek Varman – 2 States
  • Imtiaz Ali – Highway
  • Vikas Bahl – Queen
  • Vishal Bhardwaj – Haider
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Shahid Kapoor – Haider as Haider Meer
  • Hrithik Roshan – Bang Bang as Rajveer / Jai Nanda
  • Aamir Khan – PK as PK
  • Arjun Kapoor – 2 States as Krish Malhotra
  • 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
  • Ronit Roy – 2 States as Vikram Malhotra
  • Randeep Hooda – Kick as Himanshu Tyagi
  • Naseeruddin Shah – Finding Fanny as Ferdinand "Ferdie" Pinto
  • 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 Bablu
  • Kriti Sanon - Heropanti as Dimpy
    • Best Performance In A Comic RoleBest Performance In A Negative Role
  • Varun Dhawan – Main Tera Hero as Seenu
  • Sharib Hashmi – Filmistaan as Sunny
  • Sanjay Dutt – PK as Bhairon Singh
  • Govinda - Happy Ending as Armaan
  • Kay Kay Menon – Haider as Khurram Meer
  • Ritesh Deshmukh – Ek Villain as Rakesh Mahadkar
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Kick as Shiv Gajra
    • Best StoryDebutant Director
  • Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar, Parveez Shaikh- Queen
  • Chetan Bhagat- 2 States
  • Abhijat Joshi and Rajkumar Hirani- PK
  • Sajid Nadiadwala for Kick
  • Omung Kumar for Mary Kom

    • Special awards

    IIFA Award for Woman of the Year

    • Deepika Padukone

    Musical awards

    Best Music DirectionBest Lyrics

  • Galliyan from Ek Villain – Manoj Muntashir
  • "Muskurane" from CityLights – Rashmi Singh
  • "Mast Magan" from 2 States – Amitabh Bhattacharya
    • Best Male Playback SingerBest Female Playback Singer
  • Ankit Tiwari for Galliyan" – Ek Villain
  • Arijit Singh for "Muskurane" – CityLights
  • Mika Singh for "Jumme Ki Raat" – Kick
  • Sukhwinder Singh for "Bismil" - Haider
  • Kanika Kapoor for "Baby Doll" – Ragini MMS 2
  • Shreya Ghoshal for Samjhawan – Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
  • Nooran Sisters for "Patakha Guddi" – Highway
    • Best Sound DesignBest Background Score
  • Shajith Koyeri – Haider
  • Vishal Bhardwaj – Haider

    • Technical awards

    Best ActionBest Special Effects

    • Parvez Shaikh & Andy Armstrong – Bang Bang
  • Reupal Rawal – Kick
    • Best ChoreographyBest Cinematography
  • Ahmed Khan – Kick
  • Binod Pradhan – 2 States
    • Best Costume DesignBest Dialogue
  • Dolly Ahluwalia – Haider
  • Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani – PK
    • Best EditingBest Makeup
  • Anurag Kashyap & Abhijit Kokate – Queen
  • Preetisheel Singh & Clover Wootton – Haider
    • Best Production DesignBest Screenplay
  • Subrata Chakraborty & Amit Ray – Haider
  • Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar & Parveez Shaikh – Queen
    • Best Sound MixingBest Sound Recording
  • Debajit Changmai – Haider
  • Eric Pillai for Galliyan – Ek Villain

    • Most Nominations

  • 14; Haider
  • 10; 2 States
  • 7; PK and Queen
  • 6; Ek Villain and Kick
  • 4; Highway
  • 2; Happy New Year, Mary Kom, CityLights, Heropanti and Bang Bang

    Most Wins

  • 9; Haider
  • 5; Queen
  • 4; Ek Villain
  • 3; Kick
  • 2; PK