13th IIFA Awards
| 13th IIFA Awards | |
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 The official logo of the 13th IIFA Awards | |
| Date | 7 June 2012– 9 June 2012 |
| Site | Singapore Indoor Stadium Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore |
| Hosted by | |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara |
| Best Direction | Zoya Akhtar (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara) |
| Best Actor | Ranbir Kapoor (Rockstar) |
| Best Actress | Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture) |
| Most awards | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (9) |
| Most nominations | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (14) |
| Television coverage | |
| Channel | Star Plus |
| Network | STAR TV |
The 2012 IIFA Awards, officially the 13th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the films of 2011 took place between 7–9 June 2012. The official ceremony took place on 9 June 2012, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore for the second time after 2004. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Star Plus. Actors Shahid Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar co-hosted the ceremony the first time. The IIFA Red Carpet was hosted by Karan Tacker
In related events, IIFA Rocks, also known as the IIFA Music and Fashion Extravaganza took place on 8 June 2012 at the Esplanade Concert Hall. The event was hosted by Ayushmann Khurrana and Chitrangada Singh. During the event, all technical awards were presented to the winners. It was telecast on 1 & 7 July on popular Hindi Entertainment channel Star Plus.
The Dirty Picture led the ceremony with 10 nominations, followed by Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara with 9 nominations, Rockstar with 8 nominations, Bodyguard with 7 nominations, and 7 Khoon Maaf with 5 nominations.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara won 9 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Zoya Akhtar) and Best Supporting Actor (for Farhan Akhtar), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Winners and nominees
Following the IIFA Voting Weekend,[1] which occurred from 31 March – 1 April 2012, the nominees, along with the winners of the technical awards were announced on 4 May 2012 on the IIFA website by Sabbas Joseph, director of Wizcraft International Entertainment.
The winners will be announced during the main awards ceremony on 9 June 2012. The technical awards will be given to their respective winners during the IIFA Rocks on 8 June 2012.
Popular awards
Musical awards
| Best Music Direction | Best Lyrics |
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| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
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| Best Song Recording | Best Background Score |
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Technical awards
| Best Action | Best Special Effects |
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| Best Choreography | Best Cinematography |
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| Best Costume Design | Best Dialogue |
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| Best Editing | Best Makeup |
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| Best Production Design | Best Screenplay |
| Best Sound Mixing | Best Sound Recording |
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Special awards
| Category | Recipient(s) |
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| Hottest Pair of the Year | Ranbir Kapoor & Nargis Fakhri
(for Rockstar) |
| IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award | Rekha |
| Special Award for Cinema at 100 | Zohra Sehgal |
| IIFA outstanding contribution to Environment | Dia Mirza |
| IIFA outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema (Male) | Ramesh Sippy |
| IIFA outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema (Female) | Vijayashanti |
| IIFA outstanding contribution to International Cinema | Liv Ullmann |
Superlatives
| Nominations | Film |
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| 10 | The Dirty Picture |
| 9 | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara |
| 8 | Rockstar |
| 7 | Bodyguard |
| 5 | 7 Khoon Maaf |
| 4 | Singham |
| Tanu Weds Manu | |
| 2 | Don 2 |
| No One Killed Jessica | |
| Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster | |
| Stanley Ka Dabba |
| Awards | Film |
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| 9 | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara |
| 6 | Rockstar |
| 4 | Ra.One |
| The Dirty Picture | |
| 2 | Ladies vs Ricky Bahl |
| Singham |
See also
References
- ^ Editorial, Glamsham (4 May 2012). "ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA, THE DIRTY PICTURE dominate IIFA 2012 Nominations". Glamsham. Glamsham. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
External links
- IIFA.com Official website
- IIFA Weekend Promotional Website
- indya.com Star Plus – Official broadcaster of IIFA
- IIFA on BBC Asian Network