International Indian Film Academy Awards
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This article is about the award function. For the main organization, see IIFA.
The International Indian Film Academy Awards (commonly known as the IIFA Awards) is an award ceremony, celebrating and honouring Hindi Bollywood cinema around the world.
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[edit] History
The awards began in 2000 and was first held in London at The Millennium Dome. From then on the awards would move around the world signifying the international purpose of Hindi Cinema. The award ceremonies were held in various cities around the world:
- 2000 - London, United Kingdom
- 2001 - Sun City, South Africa
- 2002 - Genting Highlands, Malaysia
- 2003 - Johannesburg, South Africa
- 2004 - Singapore
- 2005 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2006 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- 2007 - Sheffield, United Kingdom [1]
These awards celebrate cinematic achievement of the previous calendar year. For example, IIFA trophies handed out in 2005 recognized movies that were released in 2004.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Popular awards
- Best Movie
- Best Director
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Villain
- Best Comedian
- Best Music Director
- Best Lyricist
- Best Male Playback
- Best Female Playback
[edit] Special awards
- Style Diva of the Year
- Style Icon of the Year
- Personality of the Year[2]
[edit] Technical awards
- Best Art Direction
- Best Action
- Best Cinematographer
- Best Editing
- Best Choreography
- Best Story
- Best Screenplay
- Best Background Score
- Best Dialogue
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- IIFA.com Official website
- 2007 Nominees
