The 2012 IIFA Awards, officially the 13th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the films of 2011 took place between 7–9 June 2012. The official ceremony took place on 9 June 2012, at the

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for the second time after

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. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on

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. Actors

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and

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co-hosted the ceremony the first time. The IIFA Red Carpet was hosted by Karan Tacker In related events, IIFA Rocks, also known as the IIFA Music and Fashion Extravaganza took place on 8 June 2012 at the Esplanade Concert Hall. The event was hosted by

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and Chitrangada Singh. During the event, all technical awards were presented to the winners. It was telecast on 1 & 7 July on popular Hindi Entertainment channel

. ''

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'' led the ceremony with 10 nominations, followed by ''

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'' with 9 nominations, ''Rockstar'' with 8 nominations, ''Bodyguard'' with 7 nominations, and ''

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'' with 5 nominations. ''Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara'' won 9 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for

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) and Best Supporting Actor (for

), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Winners and nominees

Following the IIFA Voting Weekend, which occurred from 31 March – 1 April 2012, the nominees, along with the winners of the technical awards were announced on 4 May 2012 on the IIFA website by Sabbas Joseph, director of Wizcraft International Entertainment. The winners will be announced during the main awards ceremony on 9 June 2012. The technical awards will be given to their respective winners during the IIFA Rocks on 8 June 2012.

Winners and nominees

Popular awards

Musical awards

Technical awards

Special awards

Superlatives

See also

References

External links