7th IIFA Awards

7th IIFA Awards
7th IIFA Awards
	The official logo of the 2006 IIFA Awards
Date	15 June 2006–; 17 June 2006
Site	Dubai International Convention Centre ; Dubai, UAE
Hosted by	Fardeen Khan; Lara Dutta;
Highlights
Best Picture	Black
Best Direction	Sanjay Leela Bhansali; (Black)
Best Actor	Amitabh Bachchan; (Black)
Best Actress	Rani Mukerji; (Black)
Most awards	Black (9)
Most nominations	Parineeta (17)
Television coverage
Channel	Star Plus
Network	STAR TV
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The 2006 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 7th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honoured the best films of 2005 and took place between 15 and 17 June 2006. Dubai, with its old world charm and new age dynamism played host to the 3 day IIFA Weekend and its many events.

The official ceremony took place on 17 June 2006, at the Dubai International Convention Centre, in Dubai, UAE.^[1] 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 Lara Dutta co-hosted the ceremony. Fardeen had also co-hosted the 2005 IIFA awards while Lara had hosted the 2002 awards

The weekend began with the IIFA Inaugural Press Conference. This was followed by the IIFA World Premiere of Jagmohan Mundra's 'Provoked'. The world premiere also featured south Indian films viz., Chandramukhi, Kannathil Muthamittal, Nayakan, Pokiri, Autograph, Anniyan and Ayutha Ezhuthu.^[2] A unique IIFA Foundation Fashion Extravaganza was also hosted to raise funds for the IIFA Foundation.^[3]

Parineeta received a total of seventeen nominations out of the total twenty nine categories but could only manage to win six, out of which only the (Female Debutant Star) was among the popular one. Black, on the other hand, won nine out of its eleven nominations. Among them the popular awards included: (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Performance In A Leading Role Male, Best Performance In A Leading Role Female and Best Performance In A Supporting Role Female). Other multiple awards winners included Bunty Aur Babli with four awards and Dus, Apaharan and Aashiq Banaya Aapne receiving two awards each. In addition movies receiving a single awards included, Sarkar for (Best Performance In A Supporting Role Male), Salaam Namaste for (Best Performance In A Comic Role), Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi for (Male Debutant Star) and Iqbal for (Best Story)

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 Sheffield, England in 2007.^[4]

Winners and nominees[]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[5]^[3]

Popular awards[]

Amitabh Bachchan (Best Actor)

Rani Mukerji (Best Actress)

Abhishek Bachchan (Best Supporting Actor)

Ayesha Kapur (Best Supporting Actress)

Best Picture	Best Director
**Black – Applause Entertainment** Bunty Aur Babli – Yash Raj Films Iqbal – Mukta Arts No Entry – Sahara One and S K Films Enterprises Page 3 – Sahara One and Light House Films Pvt. Ltd. Parineeta – Vinod Chopra Productions	Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Black Pradeep Sarkar – Parineeta Madhur Bhandarkar – Page 3 Nagesh Kukunoor – Iqbal Prakash Jha – Apaharan
Best Performance In A Leading Role Male	Best Performance In A Leading Role Female
*Amitabh Bachchan – Black* as Debraj Sahai** Amitabh Bachchan – Sarkar as Subhash Nagre (Sarkar) Saif Ali Khan – Parineeta as Shekhar Rai Saif Ali Khan – Salaam Namaste as Nikhil "Nick" Arora Shah Rukh Khan – Paheli as Kishanlal/The Ghost as Prem	*Rani Mukerji – Black* as Michelle McNally** Rani Mukerji – Bunty Aur Babli as Vimmi Saluja / Babli Preity Zinta – Salaam Namaste as Ambar "Amby" Malhotra / Hambar Konkona Sen Sharma – Page 3 as Madhvi Sharma Vidya Balan – Parineeta as Lalita
Best Performance In A Supporting Role Male	Best Performance In A Supporting Role Female
*Abhishek Bachchan – Sarkar* as Shankar Nagre** Amitabh Bachchan – Bunty Aur Babli as Dashrath Singh John Abraham – Garam Masala as Shyam "Sam" Naseeruddin Shah – Iqbal as Mohit Sanjay Dutt – Parineeta as Girish	*Ayesha Kapur – Black* as Young Michelle McNally** Juhi Chawla – My Brother…Nikhil as Anamika Lara Dutta – No Entry as Kaajal (Kishan's wife) Shernaz Patel – Black as Catherine McNally Shweta Prasad – Iqbal as Khadija
Best Performance In A Comic Role	Best Performance In A Negative Role
*Javed Jaffrey – Salaam Namaste* as Jaggu Yadav aka Crocodile Dundee** Akshay Kumar – Garam Masala as Makrand 'Mac' Godpure Boman Irani – Waqt: The Race Against Time as Nattu, Pooja's fatherv Eesha Koppikhar – Kyaa Kool Hai Hum as Sub-Inspector Urmila Martodkar Ritesh Deshmukh – Bluffmaster! as Aditya Srivastav aka Dittu	*Nana Patekar – Apaharan* as Tabrez Alam** Ajay Devgn – Kaal as Kaali Pratap Singh Amrita Singh – Kalyug as Simi Roy Nana Patekar – Bluffmaster! as Chandrakant Parekh aka Chandru Pankaj Kapoor – Dus as Himmat Mehendi/Jamwaal
Male Debutant Star	Female Debutant Star
*Shiney Ahuja – Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi* as Vikram Malhotra**	*Vidya Balan – Parineeta* as Lalita**

Musical awards[]

Best Music Director	Best Lyrics
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy – Bunty Aur Babli Vishal–Shekhar – Bluffmaster! Vishal–Shekhar – Dus Himesh Reshammiya – Aashiq Banaya Aapne Shantanu Moitra – Parineeta	*"Kajra Re" from Bunty Aur Babli* – Gulzar** "Naam Ada Likhna" from Yahaan – Gulzar "Piya Bole" from Parineeta – Swanand Kirkire "Dheere Jalna" from Paheli – Gulzar "Aashiq Banaya Apne" from Aashiq Banaya Apne – Sameer
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Himesh Reshammiya for "Aashiq Banaya Apne" – Aashiq Banaya Apne Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for "Jiya Dhadak" – Kalyug Sonu Nigam for "Piya Bole" – Parineeta Atif Aslam for "Woh Lamhe" – Zeher Shaan and KK for "Dus Bahane" - Dus	Alisha Chinai for "Kajra Re" – Bunty Aur Babli Shreya Ghoshal for "Piya Bole" – Parineeta Kavita Krishnamurthy for "Main Vaari Vaari" – Mangal Pandey: The Rising Sunidhi Chauhan for "Deedar De" – Dus Sunidhi Chauhan for "Kaisi Paheli" – Parineeta
Best Song Recording	Best Background score
Parineeta – Bishwadeep Chatterjee	Black – Monty Sharma

Backstage awards[]

Best Story	Best Screenplay
Iqbal – Nagesh Kukunoor Page 3 – Madhur Bhandarkar Black – Sanjay Leela Bhansali Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi – Sudhir Mishra Parineeta - Pradeep Sarkar and Vidhu Vinod Chopra	Parineeta – Pradeep Sarkar and Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Best Dialogue
Prakash Jha for Apaharan

Technical awards[]

Best Art Direction	Best Action
Parineeta – Keshto Mondol and Elridge Rodrigues	Dus – Allan Amin
Best Cinematographer	Best Choreography
Black – Ravi K. Chandran	Kajra re from Bunty Aur Babli – Vaibhavi Merchant
Best Costume Design	Best Editing
Parineeta – Subarna Ray Chaudhari	Black – Bela Segal
Best Makeup	Best Sound Recording
Parineeta – Vidyadhar Bhatte	Black – Anup Dev
Best Sound Re-Recording	Best Special Effects
Aashiq Banaya Aapne – P.Balaraman	Dus –

Multiple nominations and awards[]

The following eleven films received multiple nominations:

Seventeen: Parineeta
Eleven: Black
Seven: Bunty Aur Babli
Six: Dus
Four: Page 3 and Aashiq Banaya Aapne
Five: Iqbal
Three: Apaharan, Salaam Namaste and Bluffmaster!
Two: No Entry, Paheli, Kalyug, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi and Garam Masala

The following films received multiple awards:

Nine: Black
Six: Parineeta
Four: Bunty Aur Babli
Three:Krrish
Two: Dus, Apaharan and Aashiq Banaya Aapne

References[]

^ "IIFA Awards 2006 to be held in Dubai - Businessofcinema.com". businessofcinema.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
^ R Rangaraj (9 June 2006). "IIFA to showcase South films in Dubai". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b ":: Welcome To International Indian Film Academy::". Iifa.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
^ "Showcase: IIFA 2007 – Yorkshire". IIFA. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
^ "IIFA 2006 Nominees". Bollywood Hungama. 6 May 2006. Archived from the original on 11 November 2006. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ "IIFA Awards 2006". Whereincity.com. Retrieved 14 June 2012.

[1] "IIFA Awards 2006 to be held in Dubai - Businessofcinema.com". businessofcinema.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

[2] R Rangaraj (9 June 2006). "IIFA to showcase South films in Dubai". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

[dubai-3] ":: Welcome To International Indian Film Academy::". Iifa.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.

[4] "Showcase: IIFA 2007 – Yorkshire". IIFA. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.

[5] "IIFA 2006 Nominees". Bollywood Hungama. 6 May 2006. Archived from the original on 11 November 2006. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[altfg-6] "IIFA Awards 2006". Whereincity.com. Retrieved 14 June 2012.

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v t 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 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
IIFA Utsavam	2016 2017

7th IIFA Awards
The official logo of the 2006 IIFA Awards
Date	15 June 2006 (2006-06-15)– 17 June 2006 (2006-06-17)
Site	Dubai International Convention Centre Dubai, UAE
Hosted by	Fardeen Khan Lara Dutta
Highlights
Best Picture	Black
Best Direction	Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Black)
Best Actor	Amitabh Bachchan (Black)
Best Actress	Rani Mukerji (Black)
Most awards	Black (9)
Most nominations	Parineeta (17)
Television coverage
Channel	Star Plus
Network	STAR TV
← 6th IIFA Awards 8th →

7th IIFA Awards

Background[]

Winners and nominees[]

Popular awards[]

Musical awards[]

Backstage awards[]

Technical awards[]

Special awards[]

IIFA Award for Most Glamorous Star of the Year[]

Outstanding Achievement In Indian Cinema[]

Multiple nominations and awards[]

References[]