Iifa award(International Indian Film Academy Awards)

The International Indian Film Academy Awards, also known as the IIFA Awards are presented annually by the International Indian Film Academy to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in Bollywood, the Hindi language film industry

History of iifa
The first awards were presented in 2000 at The Millennium Dome in London, United Kingdom. From then on the awards were held at locations around the world signifying the international success of Bollywood. Since 2000 the event has expanded from one-night event to a three-days celebration, hosting various events and activities relating to the Indian film industry. The award ceremonies are held in various places around the world:

CIBC Plans Multiple Events In Run Up To IIFA Awards

Toronto: A weekend celebrating Indian cinema featuring top-ranked Indian musicians and dancers; ten outdoor movie screenings of 2011 IIFA-nominated films; free tickets to the June 25 awards show; the public finale of CIBCs Bollywood Moves dance contest; and free trips to India highlight CIBCs International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) festivities in June.

IIFA Best Choreography

An Indian film is always considered incomplete without a blend of good music and dance. It is an art to plan dance routines for songs in the movies. The IIFA best choreography award is one of the sub-categories of technical awards. The winner of the award is chosen by viewers of Hindi cinema worldwide. The award was introduced in the year 2008 and it was first presented to Vaibhavi Merchant for the film

Aaja Nachle. She is a well-known dance choreographer in the Bollywood and also the proud granddaughter of pioneering choreographer Shri B. Hiralal. She has done choreography for over 100 films till date. Given below is the list of choreographers who were named in this award category.

Samsung International Indian Film Academy Winners For Best Choreography Award Were
Year 2010 2009 2008 Winner Bosco Martis, Gonsalves Farah Khan Vaibhavi Merchant Film Caesar Love Aaj Kal Dostana Aaja Nachle

Popular awards
Best Movie Best Director

Best Actor Best Actress

 Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Performance in a Negative Role Best Performance in a Comic Role Star Debut of the Year Male Star Debut of the Year Female Best Music Director Best Lyricist Best Playback Singer Male Best Playback Singer Female

Special awards

Style Icon Style Diva Most Glamorous Star of the Yewr Best On-Screen Beauty Contribution to a Greener Earth Face of the Year Special Award for Global Impact Outstanding Contribution to Indian cinema Outstanding Achievement in Indian cinema

 Outstanding Achievement by an Indian in International Cinema Artists of the Decade

Technical awards
Best Art Direction Best Action

Best Background Score Best Cinematography Best Choreography Best Costume Design Best Dialogue Best Editing Best Makeup Best Screenplay Best Sound Recording Best Sound Re-Recording Best Special Effects Best Story

IIFA Award for Best Actor

The IIFA Best Actor award is given annually by the International Indian Film Academy. The recipient

is chosen by viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony. With four awards, Shahrukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan share the record for most wins in this

category.

IIFA Award for Best Actress

The IIFA Best Actress Award is chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the actual ceremony. The most wins are by Rani Mukerji, leading with three consecutive wins. 2012 Vidya Balan - The Dirty Picture as Reshma/Silk Kangna Ranaut - Tanu Weds Manu as Tanuja Trivdei (Tanu) Kareena Kapooor Bodyguard as Divya Mahie Gill - Saheb Biwi aur Gangster as Madhavi Priyanka Chopra - 7 Khoon Maaf as Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes

IIFA Award for Best Movie

IIFA Award for Best Movie

 Awarded for------Best Movie of the Year Presented by -----International Indian Film Academy Country--------India First awarded-------2000 (for films released in 1999) Currently held by--------Dabangg (2010) Official website-------iifa.com

The IIFA Best Movie Award is chosen via a worldwide poll and the winner is announced at the ceremony.

AWARDS CEREMONIES
The following is a listing of all International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremonies since since 2000.

Ceremony 1st IIFA Awards 2nd IIFA Awards 3rd IIFA Awards

Date

Best Picture winner

Host(s)

Venue Millennium Dome

City London

June 24, Hum Dil De Yukta Mookhey 2000 Chuke Sanam Anupam Kher June 16, 2001 April 6, 2002 Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai Lagaan Priyanka Chopra Kabir Bedi Lara Dutta

Super Bowl Arena

Sun City Genting Highlands

Arena of Stars

Ceremony 4th IIFA Awards 5th IIFA Awards 6th IIFA Awards 7th IIFA Awards 8th IIFA Awards 9th IIFA Awards 10th IIFA Awards 11th IIFA Awards 12th IIFA Awards

Date May 17, 2003

Best Picture winner Devdas

Host(s) Anil Kapoor Dia Mirza

Venue Coca-Cola Dome Singapore Indoor Stadium Amsterdam Arena Dubai International Convention Centre Hallam FM Arena

City

Johannesburg Singapore

May 22, Kal Ho Naa Ho Rahul Khanna 2004 June 11, 2005 June 17, 2006 June 9, 2007 Veer-Zaara Shahrukh Khan Fardeen Khan Karan Johar Fardeen Khan Lara Dutta Boman Irani Lara Dutta Boman Irani Ritesh Deshmukh Boman Irani Ritesh Deshmukh Boman Irani Ritesh Deshmukh Boman Irani Ritesh Deshmukh

Amsterdam

Black Rang De Basanti

Dubai Sheffield

June 8, Chak De! India 2008 June 13, Jodhaa Akbar 2009 June 5, 2010 June 25, 2011

Siam Paragon

Bangkok

The Venetian Macao

Macau

3 Idiots

Sugathadasa Stadium

Colombo[3]

Dabangg

Rogers Centre

Toronto[6]

13th IIFA Awards

Shahid Kapoor Farhan Akhtar June 9, Zindagi Na Ayushmann Khurrana 2012 Milegi Dobara Chitrangada Singh

Singapore Indoor Stadium

Singapore[7][8]

IIFA spreads the magic of Indian cinema to various exotic locales around the world. The events have marched to London, Sun City, Johannesburg, Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, Amsterdam, Yorkshire, Bangkok, Macau and Colombo. IIFA celebrated a decade of International Indian Film Academy magic in Macau. The IIFA award ceremony promises grand, fun-filled activities and action-packed event.

The awards are given out to the artist in order to honor their best and outstanding talent which propelled Indian Cinema to reach glorious pinnacles.