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{{Short description|Indian film award ceremony in 2007}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 8
| award = IIFA Awards
| award_link = International Indian Film Academy
| type =
| image = Iifa_2007_logo.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = The official logo of the 2007 IIFA Awards
| date = {{Start date|2007|06|07|df=y}}–<br />{{End date|2007|06|09|df=y}}
| site = [[Motorpoint Arena Sheffield|Hallam FM Arena]] <br/> [[Sheffield]], [[England]]
| host = {{Plainlist|
* [[Boman Irani]]
* [[Lara Dutta]]
}}
| producer =
| director =
| organizer =
| best_picture = ''[[Rang De Basanti]]''
| best_direction = ''[[Rajkumar Hirani]]''
| best_direction_film = ''([[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]])''
| best_actor = ''[[Hrithik Roshan]]''
| best_actor_film = ''([[Krrish]])''
| best_actress = ''[[Rani Mukerji]]''
| best_actress_film = ''([[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]])''
| most_wins = ''Rang De Basanti'' (11)
| most_nominations = ''Rang De Basanti'' (21)
| channel = [[Star Plus]]
| network = [[Star India|STAR TV]]
| duration =
| ratings =
| last = [[2006 IIFA Awards|7th]]
| next = [[2008 IIFA Awards|9th]]
}}

The '''2007 IIFA Awards''', officially known as the '''8th [[International Indian Film Academy|International Indian Film Academy Awards]] '''ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honored the [[Bollywood films of 2006|best films of 2006]] and took place between 7–9 June 2007. The official ceremony took place on 9 June 2007, at the [[Motorpoint Arena Sheffield|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 – the first time.

Some other salient events held during this weekend included the IIFA World Premiere, IIFA–BAFTA Film Workshop, FICCI–IIFA Global Business –um and the IIFA Foundation Celebrity Charity Cricket Match.<ref name=yorkshire>{{cite web |url=http://www.iifa.com/city_yorkshire.php |title= Welcome To International Indian Film Academy |publisher=Iifa.com |access-date=2012-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528050120/http://www.iifa.com/city_yorkshire.php |archive-date=28 May 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The tag line of the IIFA 2007 was ''IIFA 2007: Yorkshire "Love At First Sight".''

IIFA returned to [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]], after Debutant [[1st IIFA Awards|London 2000]].

''[[Rang De Basanti]]'' led the ceremony with 15 nominations, followed by [[Omkara (2006 film)|''Omkara'']] with 11 nominations, ''[[Dhoom 2]]'' and ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]'' with 10 nominations, ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]'' with 9 nominations, and ''[[Krrish]]'' with 7 nominations.

''Rang De Basanti'' won 11 awards, including [[IIFA Award for Best Film|Best Film]] and [[IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] ([[Soha Ali Khan]]), thus becoming the most–awarded film at the ceremony.

''Lage Raho Munna Bhai'' and ''Omkara'' won 4 awards each. Other multiple winners included ''Krrish'' with 3 awards and ''Dhoom 2'' and ''[[Fanaa (2006 film)|Fanaa]]'' with two each. In addition, films receiving a single award included, ''Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna'' (Best Actress), ''[[Golmaal: Fun Unlimited]]'' (Best Comedian), ''[[36 China Town]]'' (Best Male Debut) and ''[[Gangster (2006 film)|Gangster]]'' (Best Female Debut).

[[Rajkumar Hirani]] and [[A. R. Rahman]] each won three awards at the ceremony.

==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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iifa.com/web07/showcase/2008.htm |title=Showcase: IIFA 2008 – Thailand |publisher=IIFA |access-date=2012-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613232933/http://www.iifa.com/web07/showcase/2008.htm |archive-date=13 June 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Winners and nominees==
Winners are listed first and highlighted in '''boldface.'''<ref name=yorkshire/><ref>{{cite web |title=Nominees for IIFA Awards 2007 |url=http://www.indiafm.com/features/2007/04/04/2478/index.html |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106101301/http://www.indiafm.com/features/2007/04/04/2478/index.html |archive-date=6 January 2008 |date=4 April 2007}}</ref>

===Popular awards===
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|caption1=Rajkumar Hirani (''Best Director'')
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|caption2=Hrithik Roshan (''Best Actor'')
|image3=
|caption3=Rani Mukerji (''Best Actress'')
|image4=Arshad Warsi 2010 - Still 94194 crop.jpg
|caption4=Arshad Warsi (''Best Supporting Actor'')
|image5=Soha Ali Khan still6.jpg
|caption5=Soha Ali Khan (''Best Supporting Actress'')
}}
{| class=wikitable style="width=150%"
|-
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[Rang De Basanti]]'' – [[UTV Motion Pictures]]'''
** ''[[Dhoom 2]]'' – [[Yash Raj Films]] and [[AMC Entertainment]]
** ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]'' – [[Dharma Productions]] and [[Yash Raj Films]]
** ''[[Krrish]]'' – Filmkraft Productions (I) Pvt. Ltd.
** ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]'' – [[Vinod Chopra Productions]]
** ''[[Vivah]]'' – [[Rajshri Productions]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Rajkumar Hirani]] – ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]'''''
** [[Karan Johar]] – ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]''
** [[Rakesh Roshan]] – ''[[Krrish]]''
** [[Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra]] – ''[[Rang De Basanti]]''
** [[Vishal Bhardwaj]] – ''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]''
|-
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Actor|Best Performance In A Leading Role Male]]
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Actress|Best Performance In A Leading Role Female]]
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Hrithik Roshan]] – ''[[Krrish]]'' as Krishna Mehra / Rohit Mehra / Krrish'''
** [[Aamir Khan]] – ''[[Rang De Basanti]]'' as Daljeet 'DJ' / Chandrashekhar Azad
** [[Ajay Devgn]] – ''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]'' as Omkara 'Omi' Shukla
** [[Sanjay Dutt]] – ''[[Lage Raho Munnabhai]]'' as Murli Prasad Sharma or "Munna Bhai"
** [[Shah Rukh Khan]] – ''[[Don (2006 Hindi film)|Don]]'' as Don / Vijay
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Rani Mukerji]] – ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]'' as Maya Talwar'''
** [[Aishwarya Rai]] – ''[[Dhoom 2]]'' as Sunehri
** [[Kajol]] – ''[[Fanaa (2006 film)|Fanaa]]'' as Zooni Ali Beg
** [[Kangana Ranaut]] – ''[[Gangster (2006 film)|Gangster]]'' as Simran
** [[Kareena Kapoor]] – ''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]'' as Dolly Mishra
** [[Vidya Balan]] – ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]'' as Jhanvi
|-
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Performance In A Supporting Role Male]]
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Performance In A Supporting Role Female]]
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Arshad Warsi]] – ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]'' as Circuit'''
** [[Abhishek Bachchan]] – ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]'' as Rishi Talwar
** [[Amitabh Bachchan]] – ''Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna'' as Samarjit Singh Talwar (Sexy Sam)
** [[Atul Kulkarni (actor born 1965)|Atul Kulkarni]] – ''[[Rang De Basanti]]'' as Laxman Pandey / Ramprasad Bismil
** [[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977)|Kunal Kapoor]] – ''Rang De Basanti'' as Aslam / Ashfaqullah Khan
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Soha Ali Khan]] – ''[[Rang De Basanti]]'' as Sonia / Durga Bhabi'''
** [[Bipasha Basu]] – ''[[Dhoom 2]]'' as Shonali Bose / Monali Bose
** [[Kirron Kher]] – ''Rang De Basanti'' as Mitro
** [[Konkona Sen Sharma]] – ''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]'' as Indu
** [[Rekha]] – ''[[Krrish]]'' as Sonia Mehra
|-
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Performance In A Comic Role]]
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role|Best Performance In A Negative Role]]
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Tusshar Kapoor]] – ''[[Golmaal: Fun Unlimited]]'' as Lucky Gill'''
** [[Chunkey Pandey]] – ''[[Apna Sapna Money Money]]'' as Rana Jang Bahadur
** [[Paresh Rawal]] – ''[[Phir Hera Pheri]]'' as Baburao Ganpatrao Apte
** [[Sharman Joshi]] – ''[[Rang De Basanti]]'' as Sukhi / Rajguru
** [[Uday Chopra]] – ''[[Dhoom 2]]'' as Ali Akbar Fateh Khan
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Saif Ali Khan]] – ''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]'' as Ishwar 'Langda' Tyagi'''
** [[Boman Irani]] – ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]'' as Lucky Singh
** [[Emraan Hashmi]] – ''[[Gangster (2006 film)|Gangster]]'' as Akash
** [[Hrithik Roshan]] – ''[[Dhoom 2]]'' as Aryan / Mr. "A"
** [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]] – ''[[Zinda (film)|Zinda]]'' as Rohit Chopra
|-
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Male|Male Debutant Star]]
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female|Female Debutant Star]]
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Upen Patel]] – ''[[36 China Town]]'' as Rocky'''
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Kangana Ranaut]] – ''[[Gangster (2006 film)|Gangster]]'' as Simran'''
|}

===Musical awards===
{| class=wikitable style="width=150%"
|-
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyrics]]
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[A. R. Rahman]] – ''[[Rang De Basanti]]'''''
** [[Pritam]] – ''[[Dhoom 2]]''
** [[Rajesh Roshan]] – ''[[Krrish]]''
** [[Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]] – ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]''
** [[Vishal Bhardwaj]] – ''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]''
| valign="top" |
* '''"Chand Sifarish" from ''[[Fanaa (2006 film)|Fanaa]]'' – [[Prasoon Joshi]]'''
** "Beedi" from ''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]'' – [[Gulzar]]
** "Ru Baroo" from ''[[Rang De Basanti]]'' – Prasoon Joshi
** "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" from ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]'' – [[Javed Akhtar]]
** "Crazy Kiya Re" from ''[[Dhoom 2]]'' – [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]
|-
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Male Playback|Best Male Playback Singer]]
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Female Playback|Best Female Playback Singer]]
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]] – "Chand Sifarish" – ''[[Fanaa (2006 film)|Fanaa]]'''''
** [[A. R. Rahman]] and [[Naresh Iyer]] – "Ru Baroo" – ''[[Rang De Basanti]]''
** [[KK (singer)|KK]] – "Tu Hi Meri Shab" – ''[[Gangster (2006 film)|Gangster]]''
** [[Sonu Nigam]] – "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" – ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]''
** [[Zubeen Garg]] – "Ya Ali" – ''Gangster''
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Sunidhi Chauhan]] – "Beedi" – ''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]'''''
** [[Alka Yagnik]] – "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" – ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]''
** [[Lata Mangeshkar]] – "Luka Chhupi" – ''[[Rang De Basanti]]''
** [[Shreya Ghoshal]] – "Pal Pal" – ''[[Lage Raho Munnabhai]]''
** Sunidhi Chauhan – "Crazy Kiya Re" – ''[[Dhoom 2]]''
|-
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Song Recording
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | Best Background score
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Rang De Basanti]] – [[A. R. Rahman]]'''
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Rang De Basanti]] – [[A. R. Rahman]]'''
|-
|}

===Backstage awards===
{| class=wikitable style="width=150%"
|-
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Story|Best Story]]
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]] – ''[[Rajkumar Hirani]]'''''
** [[Dhoom 2]] – [[Aditya Chopra]]
** [[Krrish]] – [[Rakesh Roshan]]
** [[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]] – [[Vishal Bhardwaj]]
** [[Rang De Basanti]] – Kamlesh Pandey
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Rang De Basanti]] – ''[[Rensil D'Silva]] and [[Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra]]'''''
** [[Dhoom 2]] – [[Vijay Krishna Acharya]]
** [[Gangster (2006 film)|Gangster]] – [[Anurag Basu]]
** [[Lage Raho Munnabhai]] – [[Abhijat Joshi]], [[Rajkumar Hirani]] and [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]]
** [[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]] – [[Vishal Bhardwaj]], [[Abhishek Chaubey]] and Robin Bhatt
|-
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]]
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai|Lage Raho Munnabhai]] – ''[[Abhijat Joshi]] and [[Rajkumar Hirani]]'''''
** Girish Dhamija – [[Gangster (2006 film)|Gangster]]
** [[Prasoon Joshi]] and [[Rensil D'Silva|Rensil D’Silva]] – [[Rang De Basanti]]
** Sanjay Masoom – [[Krrish]]
** [[Vishal Bhardwaj]] – [[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]
|}

===Technical awards===
{| class=wikitable style="width=150%"
|-
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]]
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Action|Best Action]]
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Rang De Basanti]] – ''[[Samir Chanda]]'''''
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Krrish]] – ''Tony Siutung and Shyam Kushal'''''
|-
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematographer]]
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Rang De Basanti]] – ''[[Binod Pradhan]]'''''
| valign="top" |
* '''"Beedi Jalaile" from [[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]] – ''[[Ganesh Acharya]]'''''
|-
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Dhoom 2]] – ''Anaita Shroff Adajania'''''
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Rang De Basanti]] – ''P. S. Bharathi'''''
|-
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Makeup|Best Makeup]]
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Sound Recording|Best Sound Recording]]
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Dhoom 2]] – ''G. A. James'''''
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Rang De Basanti]] – ''Nakul Kamte'''''
|-
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Sound Re-Recording|Best Sound Re–Recording]]
! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%" | [[IIFA Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]]
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Rang De Basanti]] – ''Hitendra Gosh'''''
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Krrish]] – ''EFX Studios'''''
|}

===Special awards===
<ref name=altfg>{{cite web|author=Andre Soares |url=https://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/indian-film-academy-awards-2007/ |title=Indian Film Academy Awards 2007 |publisher=Altfg.com |date=2007-06-02 |access-date=2012-06-13}}</ref>

====Most Glamorous Star====
* [[Aishwarya Rai]] & [[Hrithik Roshan]] – ''[[Dhoom 2]]''

====Creative Person of the Year Award====
* [[Rakesh Roshan]] – ''[[Krrish]]''

====Special Award – Best Adaptation====
* [[Vishal Bhardwaj]] – [[Omkara (2006 film)|''Omkara'']], adapted from Shakespeare's ''[[Othello]]''

====Outstanding Achievement by an Indian in International Cinema====
* [[Deepa Mehta]]

====Lifetime Achievement Award====
* [[Basu Chatterjee]]
* [[Dharmendra]]

==Superlatives==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Films with multiple nominations
! scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Nominations
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Film
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center" |15
|''[[Rang De Basanti]]''
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center" |11
|[[Omkara (2006 film)|''Omkara'']]
|-
| rowspan="2" |10
|''[[Dhoom 2]]''
|-
|''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]''
|-
|9
|''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]''
|-
|7
|''[[Krrish]]''
|-
|6
|''[[Gangster: A Love Story]]''
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |3
|[[Fanaa (2006 film)|''Fanaa'']]
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Films with multiple awards
! scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Awards
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Film
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center" |11
|''[[Rang De Basanti]]''
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center" |4
|''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |3
|''[[Krrish]]''
|-
|[[Omkara (2006 film)|''Omkara'']]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2
|''[[Dhoom 2]]''
|-
|[[Fanaa (2006 film)|''Fanaa'']]
|}

== References ==

{{reflist}}
{{IIFA Awards}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2007 Iifa Awards}}
[[Category:International Indian Film Academy Awards|*]]
[[Category:2007 Indian film awards]]

8th IIFA Awards - Revision history

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