12th IIFA Awards
The 2011 IIFA Awards, officially the 12th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honoured the best films of 2010 and took place between 23 and 25 June 2011. The official ceremony took place on 25 June 2011, at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. During the ceremony, IIFA Awards were awarded in 24 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Star Plus. Actors Boman Irani and Ritesh Deshmukh co-hosted the ceremony for the fourth time.
| 12th IIFA Awards | |
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 The official logo of the 12th IIFA Awards | |
| Date | 23 June 2011– 25 June 2011 |
| Site | Rogers Centre Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto |
| Hosted by | |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Dabangg |
| Best Direction | Karan Johar (My Name is Khan) |
| Best Actor | Shahrukh Khan (My Name is Khan) |
| Best Actress | Anushka Sharma (Band Baaja Baaraat) |
| Most awards | Dabangg (10) |
| Most nominations | Dabangg (15) |
| Television coverage | |
| Channel | Star Plus |
| Network | STAR TV |
| Duration | 2 hours, 47 minutes |
In related events, the IIFA Music and Fashion Extravaganza took place on 24 June 2011 at the Ricoh Coliseum. The event was hosted by Karan Johar (Best Director winner) and Anushka Sharma (Best Actress winner). During the event, all technical awards and one musical award were presented to the winners.
Dabangg led the ceremony with 15 nominations, followed by Band Baaja Baaraat and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai with 12 nominations each, and Ishqiya with 9 nominations.
Dabangg won 10 awards, including Best Film, Best Female Debut (for Sonakshi Sinha) and Best Villain (for Sonu Sood), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Band Baaja Baaraat and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai were the runners-up of the ceremony with 5 awards each. Other multiple winners include I Hate Luv Storys, Robot and Udaan with 3 awards each. In addition, Guzaarish, Housefull and Love Sex aur Dhokha, each received 1 award.
Background
This was the first time the IIFA Awards were held in Canada and North America. Toronto's large South Asian population likely influenced the choice as a host city (Ontario is the province with the most Indo-Canadians at 573,250[1] with 484,655 in the Greater Toronto Area). The award ceremonies are held in various places around the world and has not necessarily been held in locale with a large South Asian population.
The awards ceremony was telecasted on 24 July 2011 on Star Plus.[2]
Winners and nominees
The list of winners of the awards is given below. Winners are listed first, and highlighted in boldface.[3]
Popular awards
Music
Technical
| Best Story | Best Screenplay |
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| Best Dialogue | |
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Technical awards
| Best Art Direction | Best Action
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| Best Cinematography | Best Choreography | ||
| Best Costume Design | Best Editing | ||
| Best Makeup | Best Sound Recording | ||
| Best Sound Re-Recording | Best Special Effects | ||
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Special awards
Green Globe Award
Star Plus Hottest Pair
Outstanding Achievement in Cinema
- Sharmila Tagore (Indian Cinema)
- Irrfan Khan (International Cinema)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Multiple nominations and awards
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The following eleven films received multiple nominations:
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The following four films received multiple awards:
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Presenters and performers
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The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Presenters
| Name(s) | Role |
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| Anil Kapoor | Introduced Praful Patel, Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises in India and Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario |
| Dalton McGuinty | Introduced special welcoming presentation of Ontario, Canada |
| Nehal Modi Arshad Warsi | Presenters of the award for Best Playback Singer (Female) |
| Nikhil Dwivedi Mahi Gill | Presenters of the award for Best Playback Singer (Male) |
| Sohail Khan Dino Morea Rahul Khanna | Presenters of the award for Best Lyrics |
| Bhushan Kumar Genelia D'Souza | Presenters of the award for Best Music |
| Sachiin J Joshi | Introduced the first look at "Aazaan", one of the most expensive Bollywood films to date |
| Sridevi | Presenter of the award for Best Story |
| Sajid Nadiadwala Fardeen Khan Brett Lee | Presenters of the award for Best Screenplay |
| Zeenat Aman Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Sanch Atwal | Presenters of the award for Best Dialogue |
| Shahrukh Khan Ramesh Sippy | Presenters of the award for Lifetime Achievement Award (Male) |
| Karan Johar | Introduced Shabana Azmi, Ameesha Patel, Lisa Ray and Nithan Krurejar |
| Shabana Azmi | Presenter of the award for Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema |
| Ameesha Patel Lisa Ray Nithan Krurejar | Presenters of the award for Star Plus Hottest Pair |
| Dia Mirza Shashi Tharoor Maneesh Sharma | Presenters of the Green Globe Award |
| Rishi Kapoor Neetu Singh | Presenters of the award for Debutant Star Award (Male) |
| Hema Malini Esha Deol Arjan Bajwa | Presenters of the award for Debutant Star Award (Female) |
| Dia Mirza Zayed Khan Sahil Sangha | Presenters of the award for Best Performance in a Comic Role and Introduced the first trailer for Love Breakups Zindagi |
| Mallika Sherawat Brian J. White | Presenters of the award for Best Performance in a Negative Role |
| Vidhu Vinod Chopra Anushka Sharma | Presenters of the award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema |
| Priyanka Chopra Subhash Ghai | Presenters of the award for Lifetime Achievement Award (Female) |
| Sharman Joshi Neha Dhupia | Presenters of the award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) |
| Simran Vivek Oberoi Sunil Jain | Presenters of the award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) |
| Shilpa Shetty Rajiv Jain | Presenters of the award for Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) |
| Hilary Swank Anil Kapoor | Presenters of the award for Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) |
| Bipasha Basu Cuba Gooding, Jr. | Presenters of the award for Best Director |
| Rajkumar Hirani Dalton McGuinty | Presenters of the award for Best Film |
Performers
| Name(s) | Notes |
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| Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty Mandy May Cheetham Oliver Pigott | Discover Ontario Opening Ceremony Performance |
| Kangana Ranaut | |
| Sunny Deol Bobby Deol | |
| Dharmendra | Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award (Male) |
| Arjun Rampal | Danced to "Sheela Ki Jawani" with Boman Irani and Ritesh Deshmukh |
| Karan Johar Shilpa Shetty | Danced to "Zubbi Dubbi" with Boman Irani and Ritesh Deshmukh |
| Bipasha Basu | |
| Ranveer Singh Sonakshi Sinha | Winners of the Debutant Star Award (Male) and (Female) |
| Priyanka Chopra | Recipient of the IIFA Green Globe Award |
| Shahrukh Khan | Winner of Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) |
Controversies
Shahrukh Khan and stage crasher
While co-hosting the Music Awards, a man jumped on stage and clamped himself to Shahrukh Khan's injured leg. He was later removed from the stage, when Shahrukh said "You're hurting my leg. Please move!". But, Shahrukh did agree to meet after the show upon the request of the man.
References
- "Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada Highlight Tables, 2006 Census". Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- "IIFA Awards 2011". Star Plus. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- "The 12th IIFA Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners". iifa.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
External links
- IIFA.com Official website
- IIFA Weekend Promotional Website Archived 22 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine