The 17th International Indian Film Academy Awards also known as 2016 IIFA Awards took place from 23 June 2016 to 26 June 2016 in Madrid, Spain. This four-day extravaganza included MULA Fest/ IIFA Rocks, an exhibition of urban trends, IIFA Stomp, and the main IIFA Awards. For the awards ceremony, the nominations were announced previously on 26 May 2016. It was held to honour the films that released in 2015. It was presented by International Indian Film Academy. Colors TV broadcasted it later. The main awards ceremony took place on 26 June at Irema congress centre in Madrid.
The ceremony had green carpet segment before it. Two talented Bollywood actors, Farhan Akhtar One of the most recognized young director of India >> Read More... and Shahid Kapoor Shahid Kapoor also identifies as the name Shahid K >> Read More... hosted the show, and they came on donkeys which was surely hilarious. They totally rocked it. They spoke about many topics like Award Wapsi, Ghar Wapsi, and even on CBFC’s behavior towards a few films. Shahid even imitated the famous urination scene from the film Udta Punjab Click to look into! >> Read More... in a hilarious way. The other highlights of the show included the charming Priyanka Chopra Born on 18 July 1982, Priyanka Chopra is an establ >> Read More... ’ s performance, who not only danced on her popular numbers but also sung live on stage.
Deepika Padukone Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and model. S >> Read More... , whose father is a famous badminton player and herself was joined to sports, took the medium of the stage to talk about the importance of sports in everyone’s life. She even shared some secrets related to her life, like when she was in depression and how her sports background helped her overcame it. She did all this to launch Nike’s new Unstoppable ad which was featuring her. Sonakshi Sinha Sonakshi Sinha is a well-known Indian Actress. She >> Read More... rocked the stage & gave tribute to Sridevi, and Tiger Shoff was amazing with his superb dance moves. His performance was a tribute to his two idols, Hrithik Roshan Hrithik Roshan with his unimaginable dance moves i >> Read More... and Michael Jackson Story soon >> Read More... . Hrithik Roshan, one of the best dancers in the film industry, amazed the audience with his spectacular performance.
The most spellbound performance was of none other than Deepika Padukone especially when she did Ranveer’s famous dance step of Malhari. Her performance was also introduced in a funny way where Shahid became Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in A >> Read More... of Piku Click to look into! >> Read More... , and Farhan became Ranveer Singh Ranveer Singh Bhavnani is an Indian movie actor wh >> Read More... of Bajirao Mastani Click to look into! >> Read More... . The most rocking moment of the night was superstar Salman Khan Salman Khan is a very famous Indian actor and a pr >> Read More... ’s performance who danced on his songs of earlier and now too. He even made Deepika, Ranveer, and others to come on the stage to dance with him at the end. Bajirao Mastani became the show stealer of the night with most nominations and most awards. It got 13 awards out of 16 for which it was nominated.
Starting with the Best Director, it went to Sanjay Leela Bhansali Born on 24th February 1963, Sanjay Leela Bhansali >> Read More... for Bajirao Mastani. Bajrangi Bhaijaan Click to look into! >> Read More... became the Best Film. The perfect couple Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone bagged the Best Actor and Best Actress award for Bajirao Mastani and Piku, respectively. Ranveer Kapoor thanked her and even praised her. Anil Kapoor Anil Kapoor was born on 24th December 1956 in Mumb >> Read More... received Best Actor in a Supporting Role award for Dil Dhadakne Do Click to look into! >> Read More... , while Best Actress in a Supporting Role award went to Priyanka Chopra for Bajirao Mastani. Vicky Kaushal Vicky Kaushal is a famous Indian movie actor. He w >> Read More... won the Best Male Debut award for Masaan Click to look into! >> Read More... , and Bhumi Pednekar Bhumi Pednekar is Maharashtrian unconventional act >> Read More... won the Best Female Debut for Dum Laga Ke Haisha Click to look into! >> Read More... . Juhi Chaturvedi Juhi Chaturvedi is a screenwriter from India and h >> Read More... got the Best Story and Best Dialogue awards for Piku. Deepak Dobriyal Deepak Dobriyal is a talented theater and film act >> Read More... bagged the Best Performance in a Comic Role award for his funny role in Tanu Weds Manu Click to look into! >> Read More... Returns, while Best Performance in a Negative role went to Darshan Kumar It is not uncommon for those whose maiden acting v >> Read More... for NH10. Athiya Shetty Athiya Shetty is the star kid of the famous Bollyw >> Read More... and Sooraj Pancholi Sooraj Pancholi is the new chocolate face hero who >> Read More... became the Best Debut Couple for which they were all thanks to Salman Khan.
Priyanka Chopra was honored by giving her a special award known as IIFA Award for Women of the Year. Now, coming to musical awards, Varun Grover Varun Grover is a comedian, screenwriter, and even >> Read More... got the Best Lyrics award for song Moh Moh Ke Dhage from the movie Dum Laga Ke Haisha, and the singers of the song, Papon, and Monali Thakur Monali Thakur is a Kolkata-born playback singer an >> Read More... received the Best Playback Singer awards. Best Music Direction award went to Ankit Tiwari Ankit Tiwari was born on March 6, 1986 in Kanpur, >> Read More... , Meet Bros Anjaan, and Amaal Mallik Amaal Malik (D.O.B- 16 June 1991) is a music compo >> Read More... for Roy. Nihar Ranjal Samal and Bishwadeep Chatterjee Bishwadeep Chatterjee is an Indian-audio mixer, So >> Read More... won the Best Sound Design award for Bajirao Mastani, and Sanchit Balhara Sanchit Balhara is a background music composer who >> Read More... won the Best Background Score award for the same.
Sham Kaushal Sham Kaushal is an Indian stunt artist, popular am >> Read More... got the Best Action award for Bajirao Mastani, and Prasad Sutar Prasad Vasant Sutar is a famous Indian producer an >> Read More... won the Best Special Effects award for the same. Bajirao Mastani also got Best Choreography (Remo D’Souza), Best Cinematography ( Sudeep Chatterjee Sudeep Chatterjee is a well-known cinematographer >> Read More... ), Best Costume Design ( Maxima Basu Maxima Basu is a well-known costume designer from >> Read More... and Anju Modi 'Anju Modi' is a critically-acclaimed Indi >> Read More... ), Best Production Design ( Sujeet Sawant Sujeet Sawant or Sujeet Subhash Sawant is an India >> Read More... , Sriram Iyengar Sriram Iyengar is an Indian production designer/ a >> Read More... , and Saloni Dhatrak Saloni Dhatrak is an Indian production designer. S >> Read More... ), Best Sound Mixing (Ajay Kumar P.B.), and Best Sound Recording ( Tanay Gajjar Tanay Gajjar is a sound recording engineer of Indi >> Read More... for the song Deewani Mastani) awards. Vikram Gaikwad Vikram Gaikwad is an Indian makeup artist. He has >> Read More... won the Best Makeup award for Tanu Weds Manu Returns, and A. Sreekar Prasad got the Best Editing award for Talvar. Parveez Shaikh Bio coming soon... >> Read More... and Kabir Khan Kabir khan is a very much renowned director of Bol >> Read More... bagged the Best Screenplay award for Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
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International Indian Film Academy Awards 2016 is the most anticipated award show of the year in India. It is more commonly called as IIFA awards by the people. The 17th IIFA awards ceremony was held in Madrid, Spain.
The event officially took place on 25 June; 2016.The 2016 IIFA saw many stars gracing the occasion starting from Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Riteish Deshmukh Riteish Deshmukh is the son of a politician, late >> Read More... , Boman Irani Boman Irani is a well known name today in the Boll >> Read More... , Frieda Pinto, Deepika Padukon etc.It also saw many newcomers like Athiya Shetty, Bhumi Pednekar, Suraj Pancholi etc. The star studded event was hosted by the famous pair Farhan Akhtar and Shahid Kapoor. Pappu and Raju as they fondly call themselves, made sure that the audience was entertained with their silly and goofy antics and jokes. The nominations were announced on 26 may 2016 and the winners were declared on the main IIFA award ceremony on June 25 2016.
The awards were for Best film won by Bajrangi Bhaijan, Best actor in a leading role won by Ranveer Singh who portrayed the role of Peshwa Bajirao in Bajirao Mastani, the best actress in a leading role was won by Deepika Padukon for Piku, Best director won by Sanjay Leela Bansali for Bajirao Mastani, the best actor in a supporting role was won by Anil Kapoor for portraying his role flawlessly in Dil Dhadakne Do, Best actress in a supporting role was won by Priyanka Chopra for her role of Kashibai in Bajirao Mastani, Best male debut won Vicky Kaushal for Masaan, Best female debut won by Bhumi Pednekar for Dum Laga Ke Haisha. There were many more awards to honor the deserving candidates. To make the night more special famous stars like Tiger Shroff Jai Shroff or popularly known as Tiger Shroff is a >> Read More... and Sonakshi Sinha paid tributes to their idols, Hrithik Roshan and Michael Jackson and Sridevi respectively.
Apart from them there were many other stars that performed on their popular songs for their fans and lovers. Shahid Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar were fabulous hosts who did not leave any stone unturned to make their audience burst into peals of laughter. With their amazing comic timing ad the comfortable rapport with each other, they delivered their best on stage and were loved by all for their adorable antics. The mock face off done by them was the highlight of their anchoring. It also saw the performance of the very charming and popular Priyanka Chopra who sang her popular songs and performed on stage. Hrithik Roshan danced on stage and made the audience and his fans go crazy with his dancing skills. In totality this was an amazing award show as always and rose way above our expectations like always. This is an award show which has always excited the Indian people who wait eagerly for the day it will air.
Another Version of the Awards...
The 2016 IIFA AWARDS, also known as International Indian Film Academy Awards, organized its 17th award show, honoring the best Hindi films of 2015. The 17th International Indian Film Academy Awards IIFA held on 25 June 2016 in IFEMA Madrid, Spain. The hosts for the 17th IIFA were Shahid Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar. The main highlight of the 2016 IIFA was Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Bajirao Mastani. Bajirao Mastani won 13 leading awards out of 18 nominations, including Sanjay Leela Bhansali for the Best Director Award, Ranveer Singh for the Best Actor Award, and Priyanka Chopra for the Best Supporting Actress Award. Deepika Padukone was nominated for the Best Actress Award for both of her films, “Bajirao Mastani” and “Piku,” wins both latter.
The Best Debut Male Award went to Vicky Kaushal for “Masaan,” whereas the Best Debut Female Award went to Bhumi Pednekar for “Dum Laga Ke Haisha.” As for the Best Debut Couple Award – Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty won the award for their film “ Hero Click to look into! >> Read More... .” The Best Performance in a Negative Role Award was won by Darshan Kumar as Satbir for “NH10.” The Best Performance in a Comic Role Award was won by Deepak Dobriyal as Pappi for “Tanu Weds Manu.” The Best Story Award was won by Juhi Chaturvedi for “Piku.” As for the Special Award, IIFA awarded Priyanka Chopra the “IIFA Award for Woman of the Year.” Other category awards were also prepared, but Bajirao Mastani won most of the category awards. Many stunning performances by dazzling stars like Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Hrithik Roshan, and Salman Khan lifted the IIFA 2016 stage more.
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