# 15th IIFA Awards

The 2014 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 15th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the best Hindi films of 2014, took place between 23 and 26 April 2014. The official ceremony took place on 26 April 2014 at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, in the United States for the first time. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Star Plus for the tenth & last consecutive year. The ceremony was co-hosted by actors Shahid Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar, returning as hosts for the third and second time respectively.
IIFA Rocks, otherwise known as the IIFA Music and Fashion Extravaganza took place on 25 April 2014. During the event, the technical awards were presented by actor Saif Ali Khan.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag led the ceremony with 10 nominations, followed by Aashiqui 2, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani with 7 nominations each, and Krrish 3 with 5 nominations each.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag won 14 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra), Best Actor (for Farhan Akhtar) and Best Supporting Actress (for Divya Dutta), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Deepika Padukone received triple nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Chennai Express, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, winning for Chennai Express.

## Winners and nominees
### Popular awards

| Best Picture | Best Director |
| Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – Reliance Entertainment Dhoom 3 – Yash Raj Films Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani – UTV Motion Pictures Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela – Eros International Krrish 3 – Filmkraft Productions Pvt. Ltd Kai Po Che! – UTV Motion Pictures Chennai Express – UTV Motion Pictures | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Abhishek Kapoor – Kai Po Che! Ayan Mukerji – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Rakesh Roshan – Krrish 3 Rohit Shetty – Chennai Express Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Best Actress in a Leading Role |
| Farhan Akhtar – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag as Milkha Singh Hrithik Roshan – Krrish 3 as Rohit Mehra / Krishna Mehra (Krrish) Ranbir Kapoor – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Kabir "Bunny" Thapar Ranveer Singh – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Ram Rajari Shahrukh Khan – Chennai Express as Rahul Mithaiwala Sushant Singh Rajput – Kai Po Che! as Ishaan Bhatt | Deepika Padukone – Chennai Express as Meenalochni Azhagusundaram Deepika Padukone – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Leela Sanera Deepika Padukone – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Naina Talwar Nimrat Kaur – The Lunchbox as Ila Shraddha Kapoor – Aashiqui 2 as Aarohi Keshav Shirke Sonakshi Sinha – Lootera as Pakhi Roy Chaudhary |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Aditya Roy Kapur – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Avinash "Avi" Arora Anupam Kher – Special 26 as P. K. Sharma Nawazuddin Siddiqui – The Lunchbox as Shaikh Pawan Malhotra – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag as Hawaldar (Constable) Gurudev Singh Saurabh Shukla – Jolly LLB as Justice Tripathi | Divya Dutta – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag as Ishri Kaur Kalki Koechlin – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Aditi Mehra Kangana Ranaut – Krrish 3 as Kaya Richa Chadda – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Rasila Shruti Haasan – D-Day as Suraiya Swara Bhaskar – Raanjhanaa as Bindiya |
| Male Debutant Star | Female Debutant Star |
| Dhanush – Raanjhanaa as Kundan | Vaani Kapoor – Shuddh Desi Romance as Tara |
| Best Performance in a Comic Role | Best Performance in a Negative Role |
| Arshad Warsi – Jolly LLB as Jagdish Tyagi (Jolly) Ritesh Deshmukh – Grand Masti as Amar Saxena Varun Sharma – Fukrey as Choocha (Dilip Singh) | Rishi Kapoor – Aurangzeb as DCP Ravikant, HPS Rishi Kapoor – D-Day as Iqbal Seth alias Goldman Supriya Pathak – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Dhankor Baa Sanera Vivek Oberoi – Krrish 3 as Kaal |
| Best Story | Debutant Director |
| Prasoon Joshi – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Pubali Chaudhari, Supratik Sen, Abhishek Kapoor, Chetan Bhagat – Kai Po Che! Ritesh Batra – The Lunchbox | |

### Special awards

| Category | Recipient(s) |
| IIFA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema | Shatrughan Sinha |
| IIFA Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema | John Travolta |
| IIFA Award for Entertainer of the Year | Deepika Padukone |

### Musical awards

| Best Music Direction | Best Lyrics |
| Aashiqui 2 – Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Jeet Ganguly Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani – Pritam Chakraborty | Tum Hi Ho from Aashiqui 2 – Mithoon "O Rangrez" from Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – Prasoon Joshi "Sunn Raha Hai" from Aashiqui 2 – Sandeep Nath |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
| Arijit Singh for Tum Hi Ho – Aashiqui 2 Ankit Tiwari for "Sunn Raha Hai" – Aashiqui 2 Siddharth Mahadevan for "Zinda" – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Shreya Ghoshal for Sunn Raha Hai – Aashiqui 2 Bhoomi Trivedi for "Ram Chahe Leela" – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela Monali Thakur for "Sawar Loon" – Lootera Shreya Ghoshal for "O Rangrez" – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag |
| Best Sound Design | Best Background Score |
| Nakul Kamte – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag |

### Technical awards

| Best Action | Best Special Effects |
| Sham Kaushal & Tony Ching Siu Tung – Krrish 3 | Keitan Yadav & Haresh Hingorani (Red Chillies VFX) – Krrish 3 |
| Best Choreography | Best Cinematography |
| Remo D'Souza – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | Binod Pradhan – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag |
| Best Costume Design | Best Dialogue |
| Dolly Ahluwalia – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Prasoon Joshi – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag |
| Best Editing | Best Makeup |
| P. S. Bharti – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Vikram Gaikwad – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag |
| Best Production Design | Best Screenplay |
| Wasiq Khan – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela | Prasoon Joshi – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag |
| Best Sound Mixing | Best Sound Recording |
| Anup Dev – Chennai Express, Debajit Changmai – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Vinod Verma for "Lungi Dance" – Chennai Express |

## Hindi Films with multiple nominations

* 19: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
* 8: Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
* 7: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Krrish 3 and Aashiqui 2
* 6: Chennai Express
* 4: Kai Po Che!
* 3: The Lunchbox
* 2: D-Day, Lootera and Jolly LLB
Films with multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 10 | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag |
| 7 | Aashiqui 2 |
| 7 | Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela |
| 7 | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani |
| 5 | Krrish 3 |
| 4 | Chennai Express |
| 4 | Kai Po Che! |
| 3 | The Lunchbox |
| 2 | D-Day |
| 2 | Jolly LLB |
| 2 | Lootera |
Films with multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 14 | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag |
| 4 | Aashiqui 2 |
| 3 | Chennai Express |
| 2 | Krrish 3 |
| 2 | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani |

## Hindi Films with multiple awards

* 14: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
* 4: Aashiqui 2
* 3: Chennai Express
* 2: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Krrish 3