6th IIFA Awards

6th IIFA Awards
Date	9 June 2005 (2005-06-09)– 11 June 2005 (2005-06-11)^[1]
Site	Amsterdam Arena Amsterdam, Netherlands
Host	Fardeen Khan Shahrukh Khan Karan Johar
Highlights
Best Picture	Veer-Zaara
Best Direction	Yash Chopra (Veer-Zaara)
Best Actor	Shahrukh Khan (Veer-Zaara)
Best Actress	Rani Mukerji (Hum Tum)
Most awards	Veer-Zaara (7)
Most nominations	Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (13)
Television coverage
Channel	Star Plus
Network	STAR TV

The 2005 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 6th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honoured the best films of 2004 and took place between 9–11 June 2005.

The weekend began with the IIFA Inaugural Press Conference at which IIFA Brand Ambassador, actor Amitabh Bachchan, officially launched the three-day extravaganza.

This was followed by the IIFA World Premiere held at the centuries-old Pathe Tuschinski Theatre. The film screened was Pradeep Sarkar's Parineeta.^[2]

This was the first year where the IIFA Film Festival was held which showcased some of the best films Indian Cinema has to offer. It was inaugurated by Yash Chopra and was held at the Pathe Tuschinski Theatre.^[2]

An IIFA Workshop was also held which served as a unique meeting between some prominent filmmakers from India and Dutch film professionals. Key speakers at the workshop included Karan Johar, Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar and Abhishek Bachchan. The workshop also featured a screening of the blockbuster Kal Ho Na Ho^[2]

Other events included the FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum and the IIFA Foundation Celebrity Cricket Match. The IIFA Foundation Celebrity Cricket Match saw teams captained by Shahrukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan face against each other with Hrithik's team emerging as the victors.

The official ceremony took place on 11 June 2005, at the Amsterdam Arena, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. During the ceremony, IIFA Awards were awarded in 29 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Star Plus. Actors Fardeen Khan and Shahrukh Khan along with director Karan Johar co-hosted the ceremony. Along with the award distribution, the ceremony also included performances by international pop group Bombay Rockers, international magician Hans Kolak, Salman Khan, Malaika Arora Khan, Amrita Arora, Esha Deol, Isha Sharvani, Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor and Daler Mehndi. It also included Abhishek Bachchan's first-ever international performance.^[2]

Mujhse Shaadi Karogi received a total of thirteen nominations out of the total twenty nine but could only manage to win five, out of which only the (Best Performance In A Comic Role) was among the popular one. Veer-Zaara on the other hand won seven out of its nine nominations. Among them the popular awards included: (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Performance In A Leading Role Male and Best Performance In A Supporting Role Female).

Other multiple awards winners included Aitraaz, Dhoom and Murder with three awards each and Main Hoon Na and Maqbool receiving two awards each.

In addition movies receiving a single awards included, Chameli for (Best Cinematographer), Swades for (Best Lyrics), Taarzan: The Wonder Car for (Female Debutant Star), Hum Tum for (Best Performance In A Leading Role Female) and Yuva for (Best Performance In A Supporting Role Male)

Background

The awards began in 2000 and the first ceremony was held in London at The Millennium Dome. From then on the awards were held at locations around the world signifying the international success of Bollywood. The next award ceremony was announced to be held in Dubai, UAE in 2006.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[2]^[4]

Popular awards

^[2]^[5]

Yash Chopra (Best Director)

Shahrukh Khan (Best Actor)

Rani Mukerji (Best Actress)

Abhishek Bachchan (Best Supporting Actor)

Rani Mukerji (Best Supporting Actress)

Best Picture	Best Director
Veer-Zaara – Yash Raj Films Hum Tum – Yash Raj Films Dhoom – Yash Raj Films Mujhse Shaadi Karogi – Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Pvt. Ltd Swades – UTV Motion Pictures and Ashutosh Gowariker Productions	Yash Chopra – Veer-Zaara Ashutosh Gowarikar – Swades Farah Khan – Main Hoon Na Kunal Kohli – Hum Tum David Dhawan – Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
Best Performance In A Leading Role Male	Best Performance In A Leading Role Female
*Shah Rukh Khan – Veer-Zaara* as Veer Pratap Singh** Salman Khan – Mujhse Shaadi Karogi as Sameer Malhotra Saif Ali Khan – Hum Tum as Karan Kapoor Shah Rukh Khan – Swades as Mohan Bhargava Nana Patekar – Ab Tak Chhappan as Inspector Sadhu Agashe	*Rani Mukerji – Hum Tum* as Rhea Prakash** Kareena Kapoor – Aitraaz as Priya Saxena/Malhotra Priyanka Chopra – Mujhse Shaadi Karogi as Rani Singh Shilpa Shetty – Phir Milenge as Tamanna Sahni Urmila Matondkar – Ek Hasina Thi as Sarika Vartak
Best Performance In A Supporting Role Male	Best Performance In A Supporting Role Female
*Abhishek Bachchan – Yuva* as Lallan Singh** Amitabh Bachchan – Veer-Zaara as Choudhary Sumer Singh Pankaj Kapur – Maqbool as Jahangir Khan (Abbaji) Paresh Rawal – Aitraaz as Advocate Patel Zayed Khan – Main Hoon Na as Lakshman Prasad Sharma a.k.a. Lucky	*Rani Mukerji – Veer-Zaara* as Saamiya Siddiqui** Rani Mukerji – Yuva as Shashi Biswas Divya Dutta – Veer-Zaara as Shabbo Esha Deol – Dhoom as Sheena Kishori Ballal – Swades as Kaveri Amma
Best Performance In A Comic Role	Best Performance In A Negative Role
*Akshay Kumar – Mujhse Shaadi Karogi* as Arun Khanna a.k.a. Sunny** Arshad Warsi – Hulchul as Lucky Paresh Rawal – Hulchul as Kishen / Murari twins brother Uday Chopra – Dhoom as Sub-Inspector Ali Akbar Fateh Khan Ritesh Deshmukh – Masti as Amar	*John Abraham – Dhoom* as Kabir** Ajay Devgn – Khakee as Yashwant Angre Saif Ali Khan – Ek Hasina Thi as Karan Singh Rathod Sanjay Dutt – Musafir as Billa Suniel Shetty – Main Hoon Na as Raghavan / Major Raghav Dutta
Best Debut Director	Female Debutant Star
Farah Khan – Main Hoon Na	*Ayesha Takia – Taarzan: The Wonder Car* as Priya**

Musical awards

Best Music Director	Best Lyrics
Late Madan Mohan – Veer-Zaara Sajid-Wajid – Mujhse Shaadi Karogi Anu Malik – Murder Himesh Reshammiya – Aitraaz Anu Malik – Main Hoon Na Pritam – Dhoom	*"Pal Pal Hai Bhari" from Swades* – Javed Akhtar "Bheegay Hooth Tere" from Murder – Sayeed Quadri** "Lal Dupatta" from Mujhse Shaadi Karogi – Arun Bhairav "Saaki Saaki" from Musafir – Dev Kohli "Woh Tassvur Ka Aalam" from Aitraaz – Sameer
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Kunal Ganjawala for "Bheegay Hooth Tere" – Murder Udit Narayan for "Aakhe Bandh Karke" – Aitraaz Sonu Nigam for " Main Hoon Na" – Main Hoon Na Udit Narayan for "Lal Dupatta" – Mujhse Shaadi Karogi Udit Narayan for "Yeh Tara Woh Tara" - Swades	Sunidhi Chauhan for "Dhoom Machale" – Dhoom Sunidhi Chauhan for "Sajna Ve" – Chameli Alka Yagnik for "Aakhe Bandh Karke" – Aitraaz Alka Yagnik for "Hum Tum" (sad version) – Hum Tum Alka Yagnik for "Lal Dupatta" – Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
Best Song Recording	Best Background score
Murder – Satish Gupta	Mujhse Shaadi Karogi – Salim-Sulaiman

Backstage awards

Best Story	Best Screenplay
Veer-Zaara – Aditya Chopra Murder – Anurag Basu Aitraaz – Shiraz Ahmed and Shyam Goel Ab Tak Chhappan – Sandeep Shrivastava Swades - Ashutosh Gowariker and M. G. Sathya	Maqbool – Abbas Tyrewala and Vishal Bhardwaj
Best Dialogue
Vishal Bhardwaj for Maqbool

Technical awards

Best Art Direction	Best Action
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi – Sharmista Roy	Dhoom – Allan Amin
Best Cinematographer	Best Choreography
Chameli – Aseem Bajaj	Mujhse Shaadi Karogi – Farah Khan
Best Costume Design	Best Editing
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi – Vikram Phadnis	Aitraaz – Hussain Barmawala
Best Makeup	Best Sound Recording
Veer-Zaara – Anil Pimpriker	Aitraaz – Rakesh Rajan
Best Sound Re-Recording	Best Special Effects
Aitraaz – Anup Dev	Main Hoon Na – Rajtaru Video Sonic & Eagle Video Films

Special awards

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Lifetime Achievement Award

Multiple nominations and awards

The following eleven films received multiple nominations:

Thirteen: Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
Ten: Aitraaz
Nine: Veer-Zaara
Seven: Dhoom,Swades,Main Hoon Na
Five: Hum Tum and Murder
Three: Maqbool
Two: Ab Tak Chhappan,Hulchul,Yuva,Ek Hasina Thi,Chameli and Musafir

The following films received multiple awards:

Seven: Veer-Zaara
Five: Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
Three:Aitraaz,Dhoom and Murder
Two: Main Hoon Na and Maqbool

References

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↑ "Showcase: IIFA 2006 – Dubai". IIFA. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
1 2 "IIFA Awards 2005". Whereincity.com. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
↑ http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/indian-film-academy-awards-2005/

IIFA Awards

Main 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

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

Special awards	Style Icon Style Diva Most Glamorous Star of the Year Hottest Pair Lifetime Achievement Award

Ceremonies	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Related	IIFA Utsavam (2016)

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