17th IIFA Awards


The 2016 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 17th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the best Hindi films of 2015, took place on 25 June 2016. The official ceremony took place on 25 June 2016 in IFEMA, Madrid, Spain. The nominations were announced on 26 May 2016.
Bajirao Mastani led the ceremony with 8 nominations, followed by Bajrangi Bhaijaan with 7 nominations and Piku with 6 nominations.
Bajirao Mastani won 13 awards, including Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Deepika Padukone received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Bajirao Mastani and Piku, winning for the latter.

Winners and nominees

Popular awards

Best FilmBest Director
Bajrangi Bhaijaan – Salman Khan Films, Kabir Khan FilmsBajirao Mastani – Bhansali ProductionsPiku – MSM Motion Pictures, Saraswati EntertainmentTalvar – VB PicturesTanu Weds Manu Returns – Colour YellowSanjay Leela Bhansali – Bajirao Mastani
Best Actor In A Leading RoleBest Actress In A Leading Role
Ranveer Singh - Bajirao Mastani as Bajirao I
  • Amitabh Bachchan – Piku as Bhashkor Banerjee
  • Ranbir Kapoor – Tamasha as Ved Vardhan Sahni
  • Salman Khan – Bajrangi Bhaijaan as Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi
  • Varun Dhawan – Badlapur as Raghav "Raghu" Pratap Singh
    		• Deepika Padukone – Piku as Piku Banerjee
  • Deepika Padukone – Bajirao Mastani as Mastani
  • Kangana Ranaut – Tanu Weds Manu Returns as Tanuja 'Tanu' Trivedi / Kumari 'Kusum' Sangwan
  • Priyanka Chopra – Dil Dhadakne Do as Ayesha Sangha née Mehra
  • Shraddha Kapoor – ABCD 2 as Vini
    • Best Actor In A Supporting RoleBest Actress In A Supporting Role
    Anil Kapoor – Dil Dhadakne Do as Kamal Mehra
  • Deepak Dobriyal – Tanu Weds Manu Returns as Pappi
  • Farhan Akhtar – Dil Dhadakne Do as Sunny Gill
  • Irrfan Khan – Piku as Rana Chaudhary
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Bajrangi Bhaijaan as Chand Nawab
    		• Priyanka Chopra – Bajirao Mastani as Kashibai
  • Anushka Sharma – Dil Dhadakne Do as Farah Ali
  • Huma Qureshi – Badlapur as Jhimli
  • Konkona Sen Sharma – Talvar as Nutan Tandon
  • Tanvi Azmi – Bajirao Mastani as Radhabai
    • Best Male DebutBest Female Debut
    Vicky Kaushal – Masaan as Deepak ChaudharyBhumi Pednekar – Dum Laga Ke Haisha as Sandhya Verma
    Best Performance In A Comic RoleBest Performance In A Negative Role
    Deepak Dobriyal – Tanu Weds Manu Returns as Pappi
  • Kapil Sharma – Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon as Kumar Shiv Ram Kishan
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Bajrangi Bhaijaan as Chand Nawab
    		• Darshan Kumar – NH10 as Satbir
  • Gajraj Rao – Talvar as Inspector Dhaniram
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Badlapur as Liak Mohammed Tungrekar
  • Vinay Pathak – Badlapur as Harman Khatri
    • Best StoryBest Debut Couple
    Juhi Chaturvedi – Piku
  • Massimo Carlotto – Badlapur
  • V. Vijayendra Prasad – Bajrangi Bhaijaan
    		• Sooraj Pancholi & Athiya Shetty – Hero

    Special awards

    IIFA Award for Woman of the Year
    Priyanka Chopra
    Prasad

    Musical awards

    IIFA Award for [Best Music Director|Best Music Direction]Best Lyrics
    Roy – Amaal Mallik, Meet Bros Anjjan, Ankit TiwariBajirao Mastani – Sanjay Leela BhansaliBajrangi Bhaijaan – Pritam ChakrabortyMoh Moh Ke Dhaage from Dum Laga Ke Haisha – Varun Grover
    Best Male Playback SingerBest Female Playback Singer
    Papon for "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" – Dum Laga Ke Haisha
  • Arijit Singh for "Hamari Adhuri Kahani" – Hamari Adhuri Kahani
  • Arijit Singh for "Sooraj Dooba Hain" – Roy
    		• Monali Thakur for "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" – Dum Laga Ke Haisha
  • Kanika Kapoor for "Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan" – Roy
  • Shreya Ghoshal for "Deewani Mastani" – Bajirao Mastani
  • Sunidhi Chauhan for "Girls Like To Swing" – Dil Dhadakne Do
    • Best Sound DesignBest Background Score
    Bishwadeep Chaterjee & Nihar Ranjal Samal – Bajirao MastaniSanchit Balhara – Bajirao Mastani

    Technical awards

    Best ActionBest Special Effects
    Sham Kaushal – Bajirao MastaniPrasad Sutar – Bajirao Mastani
    Best ChoreographyBest Cinematography
    Remo D'Souza – Bajirao MastaniSudeep Chatterjee – Bajirao Mastani
    Best Costume DesignBest Dialogue
    Anju Modi & Maxima Basu – Bajirao MastaniJuhi Chaturvedi – Piku
    Best EditingBest Makeup
    A. Sreekar Prasad – TalvarVikram Gaikwad – Tanu Weds Manu Returns
    Best Production DesignBest Screenplay
    Saloni Dhatrak, Sriram Iyengar & Sujeet Sawant – Bajirao MastaniKabir Khan & Parveez Shaikh – Bajrangi Bhaijaan
    Best Sound MixingBest Sound Recording
    Ajay Kumar P. B. – Bajirao MastaniTanay Gajjar for Deewani Mastani – Bajirao Mastani

    Superlatives

    AwardsFilm
    13Bajirao Mastani
    4Dum Laga Ke Haisha
    3Piku
    2Bajrangi Bhaijaan
    2Tanu Weds Manu Returns