Awards Highlight:Best Actor Male: Shahid Kapoor (Haider) Best Actor Female: Kangana Ranaut (Queen) Best Picture: Queen Best Director: Rajkumar Hirani (PK) IIFA Woman of the Year: Deepika Padukone Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema: Subhash Ghai |
Actors Kangana Ranaut (for Queen) and Shahid Kapoor (for Haidar) won lead actor awards while director Subhash Ghai was honoured with a special award for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema at IIFA 2015.
The award for Best Picture went to Queen, while Rajkumar Hirani took home the award for Direction for PK. Deepika Padukone won an award for IIFA Woman of the Year, she commented saying, “This one is for the millions of women who inspire me every day”. One of the many special moments on stage was Ranveer reciting a poem for Deepika.
Bollywood’s “Ant and Dec” duo- Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor played host at the awards ceremony and won over audiences with their witty one-liners and on-stage camaraderie.
When Subhash Ghai was awarded for his Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema, he said, “So many emotions I am going through, so many memories. That is why you fall, then rise, then rise again. Thank you, IIFA.”
Indian cinema’s fresh talents Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon were lauded for their debut performances and took to the IIFA stage to collect their awards while Kay Kay Menon bagged an award for the Best Actor in a Negative Role for his spectacular performance in Haider.
Bollywood’s ace dancers Hrithik Roshan and Shahid Kapoor stunned audiences with their electrifying performances and awesome dance moves. Sonakshi Sinha, Shraddha Kapoor and Anushka Sharma gave a spell-binding performances on popular Bollywood numbers at IIFA 2015