7th IIFA Awards


The 2006 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 7th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honoured the best films of 2005 and took place between 15–17 June 2006. Dubai, with its old world charm and new age dynamism played host to the 3 day IIFA Weekend and its many events.
The official ceremony took place on 17 June 2006, at the Dubai International Convention Centre, in Dubai, UAE. During the ceremony, IIFA Awards were awarded in 29 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Star Plus. Actors Fardeen Khan and Lara Dutta co-hosted the ceremony. Fardeen had also co-hosted the 2005 IIFA awards while Lara had hosted the 2002 awards
The weekend began with the IIFA Inaugural Press Conference. This was followed by the IIFA World Premiere of Jagmohan Mundra's 'Provoked'. The world premiere also featured south Indian films viz., Chandramukhi, Kannathil Muthamittal, Nayakan, Pokiri, Autograph, Anniyan and Ayutha Ezhuthu. A unique IIFA Foundation Fashion Extravaganza was also hosted to raise funds for the IIFA Foundation.
Parineeta received a total of seventeen nominations out of the total twenty nine categories but could only manage to win six, out of which only the was among the popular one. Black, on the other hand, won nine out of its eleven nominations. Among them the popular awards included:.
Other multiple awards winners included Bunty Aur Babli with four awards and Dus, Apaharan and Aashiq Banaya Aapne receiving two awards each.
In addition movies receiving a single awards included, Sarkar for, Salaam Namaste for, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi for and Iqbal for

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 Sheffield, England in 2007.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Popular awards

Best PictureBest Director

  • Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Black
  • * Pradeep Sarkar – Parineeta
  • * Madhur Bhandarkar – Page 3
  • * Nagesh Kukunoor – Iqbal
  • * Prakash Jha – Apaharan
    • Best Performance In A Leading Role MaleBest Performance In A Leading Role Female
  • Amitabh Bachchan – Black as Debraj Sahai
  • * Amitabh Bachchan – Sarkar as Subhash Nagre
  • * Saif Ali Khan – Parineeta as Shekhar Rai
  • * Saif Ali Khan – Salaam Namaste as Nikhil "Nick" Arora
  • * Shah Rukh Khan – Paheli as Kishanlal/The Ghost as Prem
  • Rani Mukerji – Black as Michelle McNally
  • * Rani Mukerji – Bunty Aur Babli as Vimmi Saluja / Babli
  • * Priety Zinta – Salaam Namaste as Ambar "Amby" Malhotra / Hambar
  • * Konkona Sen Sharma – Page 3 as Madhvi Sharma
  • * Vidya Balan – Parineeta as Lalita
    • Best Performance In A Supporting Role MaleBest Performance In A Supporting Role Female
  • Abhishek Bachchan – Sarkar as Shankar Nagre
  • * Amitabh Bachchan – Bunty Aur Babli as Dashrath Singh
  • * John Abraham – Garam Masala as Shyam "Sam"
  • * Naseeruddin Shah – Iqbal as Mohit
  • * Sanjay Dutt – Parineeta as Girish
  • Ayesha Kapoor – Black as Young Michelle McNally
  • * Juhi Chawla – My Brother…Nikhil as Anamika
  • * Lara Dutta – No Entry as Kaajal
  • * Shernaz Patel – Black as Catherine McNally
  • * Shweta Prasad – Iqbal as Khadija
    • Best Performance In A Comic RoleBest Performance In A Negative Role
  • Javed Jaffrey – Salaam Namaste as Jaggu Yadav aka Crocodile Dundee
  • * Akshay Kumar – Garam Masala as Makrand 'Mac' Godpure
  • * Boman Irani – ' as Nattu, Pooja's fatherv
  • * Eesha Koppikhar – Kyaa Kool Hai Hum as Sub-Inspector Urmila Martodkar
  • * Ritesh Deshmukh – Bluffmaster! as Aditya Srivastav aka Dittu
  • Nana Patekar – Apaharan as Tabrez Alam
  • * Ajay Devgn – Kaal as Kaali Pratap Singh
  • * Amrita Singh – Kalyug as Simi Roy
  • * Nana Patekar – Bluffmaster! as Chandrakant Parekh aka Chandru
  • * Pankaj Kapoor – Dus as Himmat Mehendi/Jamwaal
    • Male Debutant StarFemale Debutant Star
  • Shiney Ahuja – Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi as Vikram Malhotra
  • Vidya Balan – Parineeta as Lalita'''

    • Musical awards

    Backstage awards

    Technical awards

    Special awards

    IIFA Award for Most Glamorous Star of the Year

    The following eleven films received multiple nominations:
    The following films received multiple awards: