15th IIFA Awards


The 2014 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 15th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the best Hindi films of 2014, took place between 23 and 26 April 2014. The official ceremony took place on 26 April 2014 at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, in the United States for the first time. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Star Plus for the tenth & last consecutive year. The ceremony was co-hosted by actors Shahid Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar, returning as hosts for the third and second time respectively.
IIFA Rocks, otherwise known as the IIFA Music and Fashion Extravaganza took place on 25 April 2014. During the event, the technical awards were presented by actor Saif Ali Khan.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag led the ceremony with 10 nominations, followed by Aashiqui 2, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani with 7 nominations each, and Krrish 3 with 5 nominations each.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag won 14 awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Deepika Padukone received triple nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Chennai Express, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, winning for Chennai Express.

Winners and nominees

Popular awards

Best PictureBest Director
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – Reliance EntertainmentDhoom 3 – Yash Raj FilmsYeh Jawaani Hai Deewani – UTV Motion PicturesGoliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela – Eros InternationalKrrish 3 – Filmkraft Productions Pvt. LtdKai Po Che! – UTV Motion PicturesChennai Express – UTV Motion PicturesRakeysh Omprakash Mehra – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Actor in a Leading RoleBest Actress in a Leading Role
Farhan Akhtar – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag as Milkha Singh
  • Hrithik Roshan – Krrish 3 as Rohit Mehra / Krishna Mehra
  • Ranbir Kapoor –' ''Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Kabir "Bunny" Thapar
  • Ranveer Singh – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Ram Rajari
  • Shahrukh Khan – Chennai Express as Rahul Mithaiwala
  • Sushant Singh Rajput – Kai Po Che! as Ishaan Bhatt
    		• Deepika Padukone – Chennai Express as Meenalochni Azhagusundaram
  • Deepika Padukone – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Leela Sanera
  • Deepika Padukone – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Naina Talwar
  • Nimrat Kaur – The Lunchbox as Ila
  • Shraddha Kapoor – Aashiqui 2 as Aarohi Keshav Shirke
  • Sonakshi Sinha – Lootera as Pakhi Roy Chaudhary
    • Best Actor in a Supporting RoleBest Actress in a Supporting Role
    Aditya Roy Kapur – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Avinash "Avi" Arora
  • Anupam Kher – Special 26 as P. K. Sharma
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui – The Lunchbox as Shaikh
  • Pawan Malhotra – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag as Hawaldar Gurudev Singh
  • Saurabh Shukla – Jolly LLB as Justice Tripathi
    		• Divya Dutta – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag as Ishri Kaur
  • Kalki Koechlin – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Aditi Mehra
  • Kangana Ranaut – Krrish 3 as Kaya
  • Richa Chadda – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Rasila
  • Shruti Haasan – D-Day as Suraiya
  • Swara Bhaskar – Raanjhanaa as Bindiya
    • Male Debutant StarFemale Debutant Star
    Dhanush – Raanjhanaa as KundanVaani Kapoor – Shuddh Desi Romance as Tara
    Best Performance in a Comic RoleBest Performance in a Negative Role
    Arshad Warsi – Jolly LLB as Jagdish Tyagi
  • Ritesh Deshmukh – Grand Masti as Amar Saxena
  • Varun Sharma – Fukrey as Choocha
    		• Rishi Kapoor – Aurangzeb as DCP Ravikant, HPS
  • Rishi Kapoor – D-Day as Iqbal Seth alias Goldman
  • Supriya Pathak – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Dhankor Baa Sanera
  • Vivek Oberoi – Krrish 3 as Kaal
    • Best StoryDebutant Director
    Prasoon Joshi – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'''
  • Pubali Chaudhari, Supratik Sen, Abhishek Kapoor, Chetan Bhagat – Kai Po Che!
  • Ritesh Batra – The Lunchbox

    • Special awards

    CategoryRecipient
    IIFA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian CinemaShatrughan Sinha
    IIFA Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema John Travolta
    IIFA Award for Entertainer of the Year Deepika Padukone

    Musical awards

    Best Music DirectionBest Lyrics
    Aashiqui 2 – Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Jeet Ganguly
    		Tum Hi Ho from Aashiqui 2 – Mithoon
  • "O Rangrez" from Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – Prasoon Joshi
  • "Sunn Raha Hai" from Aashiqui 2 – Sandeep Nath
    • Best Male Playback SingerBest Female Playback Singer
    Arijit Singh for Tum Hi Ho – Aashiqui 2
  • Ankit Tiwari for "Sunn Raha Hai" – Aashiqui 2
  • Siddharth Mahadevan for "Zinda" – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
    		• Shreya Ghoshal for Sunn Raha Hai – Aashiqui 2
  • Bhoomi Trivedi for "Ram Chahe Leela" – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
  • Monali Thakur for "Sawar Loon" – Lootera
  • Shreya Ghoshal for "O Rangrez" – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
    • Best Sound DesignBest Background Score
    Nakul Kamte – Bhaag Milkha BhaagShankar–Ehsaan–Loy – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

    Technical awards

    Best ActionBest Special Effects
    Sham Kaushal & Tony Ching Siu Tung – Krrish 3Keitan Yadav & Haresh Hingorani ' – Krrish 3
    Best ChoreographyBest Cinematography
    Remo D'Souza – Yeh Jawaani Hai DeewaniBinod Pradhan – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
    Best Costume DesignBest Dialogue
    Dolly Ahluwalia – Bhaag Milkha BhaagPrasoon Joshi – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
    Best EditingBest Makeup
    P. S. Bharti – Bhaag Milkha BhaagVikram Gaikwad – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
    Best Production DesignBest Screenplay
    Wasiq Khan – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-LeelaPrasoon Joshi – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
    Best Sound MixingBest Sound Recording
    Anup Dev – Chennai Express, Debajit Changmai – Bhaag Milkha BhaagVinod Verma for "Lungi Dance" – Chennai Express'

    Hindi Films with multiple nominations

    NominationsFilm
    10Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
    7Aashiqui 2
    7Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
    7Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
    5Krrish 3
    4Chennai Express
    4Kai Po Che!
    3The Lunchbox
    2D-Day
    2Jolly LLB
    2Lootera

    Hindi Films with multiple awards