16th IIFA Awards
The 2015 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 16th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the best Hindi films of 2014, took place on 5 June 2015. The official ceremony took place on 7 June 2015 in Ritz Carlton Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Colors for the first time. The ceremony was co–hosted by actors Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh, for the first time as hosts. This show was telecasted on colors on Sunday 5 July 2015, 8pm.
IIFA Rocks, otherwise known as the IIFA Music and Fashion Extravaganza took place on 5 June 2015.
2 States led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by [Haider (film)|Haider] with 8 nominations, [PK (film)|PK] with 6 nominations, and Ek Villain and Queen with 5 nominations each.
Haider won 9 awards, including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Villain, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Winners and nominees
Popular awards
Special awards
| IIFA Award for Woman of the Year |
| Deepika Padukone |
Musical awards
| Best Music Direction | Best Lyrics |
| 2 States – Shankar–Ehsaan–LoyEk Villain – Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari and SochHaider – Vishal BhardwajYaariyan – Pritam Chakraborty, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Mithoon, Arko Pravo Mukherjee | Manoj Muntashir – "Galliyan" – Ek Villain |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
| Ankit Tiwari – Galliyan" – Ek Villain | Kanika Kapoor – "Baby Doll" – Ragini MMS 2 |
| Best Sound Design | Best Background Score |
| Shajith Koyeri – Haider | Vishal Bhardwaj – Haider |
Technical awards
| Best Action | Best Special Effects |
| Parvez Shaikh & Andy Armstrong – Bang Bang | Reupal Rawal – Kick |
| Best Choreography | Best Cinematography |
| Ahmed Khan – Kick | Binod Pradhan – 2 States |
| Best Costume Design | Best Dialogue |
| Dolly Ahluwalia – Haider | Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani – PK |
| Best Editing | Best Makeup |
| Anurag Kashyap & Abhijit Kokate – Queen | Preetisheel Singh & Clover Wootton – Haider |
| Best Production Design | Best Screenplay |
| Subrata Chakraborty & Amit Ray – Haider | Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar & Parveez Shaikh – Queen |
| Best Sound Mixing | Best Sound Recording |
| Debajit Changmai – Haider | Eric Pillai – "Galliyan" – Ek Villain |
Superlatives
| Awards | Film |
| 9 | Haider |
| 5 | Queen |
| 4 | Ek Villain |
| 3 | Kick |
| 2 | 2 States |
| 2 | Heropanti |
| 2 | PK |