8th IIFA Awards


The 2007 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 8th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honoured the best films of 2006 and took place between 7–9 June 2007. The official ceremony took place on 9 June 2007, at the Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield, England. During the ceremony, IIFA Awards were awarded in 29 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Star Plus. Actors Boman Irani and Lara Dutta co-hosted the ceremony for the first time.
Some other salient events held during this weekend included the IIFA World Premiere, IIFA-BAFTA Film Workshop, FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum and the IIFA Foundation Celebrity Charity Cricket Match.
The tag line of the IIFA 2007 was IIFA 2007: Yorkshire "Love At First Sight".
Rang De Basanti received twenty one nominations out of the total twenty nine and won eleven awards, two of which were popular awards: Omkara and Lage Raho Munna Bhai won four awards each. Other multiple winners included Krrish with three awards and Dhoom 2 and Fanaa with two each. In addition movies receiving a single awards included, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna for, for, 36 China Town for and Gangster for.
Rajkumar Hirani and A. R. Rahman each won three awards in the event.

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 Bangkok, Thailand in 2008.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Popular awards

Best PictureBest Director

  • Rajkumar Hirani – Lage Raho Munna Bhai
  • *Karan Johar – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
  • * Rakesh Roshan – Krrish
  • *Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra – Rang De Basanti
  • *Vishal Bhardwaj – Omkara
    • Best Performance In A Leading Role MaleBest Performance In A Leading Role Female
  • Hrithik Roshan – Krrish as Krishna Mehra / Rohit Mehra / Krrish
  • *Aamir Khan – Rang De Basanti as Daljeet 'DJ' / Chandrashekhar Azad
  • * Ajay Devgn – Omkara as Omkara 'Omi' Shukla
  • * Sanjay Dutt – Lage Raho Munnabhai as Murli Prasad Sharma "Munna Bhai"
  • * Shah Rukh Khan – Don as Don / Vijay
  • *Shah Rukh Khan – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Dev Saran
  • Rani Mukerji – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Maya Talwar
  • *Aishwarya Rai – Dhoom 2 as Sunehri
  • * Kajol – Fanaa as Zooni Ali Beg
  • * Kangana Ranaut – Gangster as Simran
  • * Kareena Kapoor – Omkara as Dolly Mishra
  • *Vidya Balan – Lage Raho Munna Bhai as Jhanvi
    • Best Performance In A Supporting Role MaleBest Performance In A Supporting Role Female
  • Arshad Warsi – Lage Raho Munna Bhai as Circuit
  • *Amitabh Bachchan – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Samarjit 'Sam' Talwar
  • * Abhishek Bachchan – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Rishi Talwar
  • * Atul Kulkarni – Rang De Basanti as Laxman Pandey / Ramprasad Bismil
  • *Kunal Kapoor – Rang De Basanti as Aslam / Ashfaqullah Khan
  • Soha Ali Khan – Rang De Basanti as Sonia / Durga Bhabhi
  • * Kirron Kher – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Kamaljit 'Kamal' Saran
  • *Kirron Kher – Rang De Basanti as Mitro
  • * Konkona Sen Sharma – Omkara as Indu
  • * Preity Zinta – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna as Rhea Saran
  • * Rekha – Krrish as Sonia Mehra
    • Best Performance In A Comic RoleBest Performance In A Negative Role
  • Tusshar Kapoor – ' as Lucky Gill
  • * Chunkey Pandey – Apna Sapna Money Money as Rana Jang Bahadur
  • * Paresh Rawal – Phir Hera Pheri as Baburao Ganpatrao Apte
  • * Uday Chopra – Dhoom 2 as Ali Akbar Fateh Khan
  • * Sharman Joshi – Rang De Basanti as Sukhi / Rajguru
  • Saif Ali Khan – Omkara as Ishwar 'Langda' Tyagi
  • * Hrithik Roshan – Dhoom 2 as Aryan / Mr. "A"
  • * Emraan Hashmi – Gangster as Akash
  • * Boman Irani – Lage Raho Munna Bhai as Lucky Singh
  • * John Abraham – Zinda as Rohit Chopra
    • Male Debutant StarFemale Debutant Star
  • Upen Patel – 36 China Town as Rocky
  • Kangana Ranaut – Gangster as Simran'''

    • Musical awards

    Backstage awards

    Technical awards

    Special awards

    Most Glamorous Star

    The following eleven films received multiple nominations:
    The following films received multiple awards: