International Indian Film Academy Award

The International Indian Film Academy Awards ( IIFA Awards for short ) are awards from the Hindi film industry . They have been awarded annually at a gala event outside of India since 2000 .

The organizer is the event management company Wizcraft International Entertainment , which is also behind the IIFA. It has set itself the task of making Indian film (i.e. the Hindi film) known beyond India and establishing it on an international level.

The IIFA has been organized in the form of a foundation since 2003 and is supported by an advisory team made up of people from the film industry. This includes Amitabh Bachchan , Ramesh Sippy , Jyoti Prakash Dutta , Vinod Khanna , Jaya Bachchan , Pahlaj Nahalani , Shyam Shroff and David Dhawan .

The representatives of the Hindi film industry select the films and people for nomination. The winners will be determined in a worldwide public fan vote via MSN .

The price statuette is around 45 cm tall and made of brass with a 24-carat gold plating. It represents a sun. Two elongated rays symbolize the meeting of Indian film with world cinema, the nine sun rays represent the nine navrasas .

The award galas took place in the following cities:

• 2000 - London , United Kingdom
• 2001 - Sun City , South Africa
• 2002 - Genting Highlands, Malaysia
• 2003 - Johannesburg , South Africa
• 2004 - Singapore
• 2005 - Amsterdam , Netherlands
• 2006 - Dubai , United Arab Emirates
• 2007 - Sheffield , United Kingdom
• 2008 - Bangkok , Thailand
• 2009 - Macau , China
• 2010 - Colombo , Sri Lanka
• 2011 - Toronto , Canada
• 2012 - Singapore
• 2013 - Macau, China
• 2014 - Tampa , USA

The prizes were awarded for the previous calendar year, in 2000 the films of 1999 were honored.

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Artistic prizes Best movie Best director Best Actor Best main actress Best supporting actor The best supporting actress Best villain Best comedian Best music Best lyrics Best playback singer Best playback singer Best debut Life's work

Technical prices Best production design Best camera Best cut Best choreography Best story Best script Best dialogue Best background music Best song recording Best tone Best sound mix Best stunt director Best visual effects Best costume Best makeup

Special prices Style Diva of the Year Style Icon of the Year Personality of the Year Glamor Star of the Year (male) Glamor Star of the Year (female) Sony Faces of the Year Innovation in Indian Cinema

Prizes that were awarded only once

• IIFA Award - Most Popular Actor to Shah Rukh Khan (2000)
• IIFA Award - Outstanding Indian Achievement in World Cinema to Shekhar Kapur (2000)
• IIFA Award - Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema an East is East (2000)
• IIFA Award - Excellence in International Cinema to Jackie Chan (2000)
• IIFA Award - Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema to Mira Nair (2001)
• IIFA Award - Invaluable Contribution to Indian Cinema to Yash Chopra (2002)
• IIFA Award - Best Debut Director to Farah Khan for Main Hoon Na (2005)
• IIFA Award - Idea Creative Person of the Year to Nagesh Kukunoor for Iqbal and Pradeep Sarkar for Parineeta (2006)
• IIFA Award - Tiara Biggest Entertainer of the Year to No Entry (2006)
• IIFA Award - Special Honor to Eros Entertainment (2007)
• IIFA Award - Creative Person of the Year to Rakesh Roshan for Krrish (2007)

Web links

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• Official IIFA Awards page
• International Indian Film Academy
• IIFA Award in the IMDb

Individual evidence

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