The International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) are also known as the Indian Oscars. Wizcraft Entertainment Pvt. Ltd conduct these awards ever year. It is a way to honour the people of the film fraternity for their contribution to the Hindi Film Industry. An online voting system chooses the winners of these awards.
With a dream of representing Indian Cinema on a global stage and fulfilling the vision of “One People, One World”, IIFA’s journey began in 2000. The first edition of this award was held in 2000 at Millenium Dome in London. Since then, it has been held annually in different parts of the world.
International Indian Academy Awards (IIFA) 2022
After two years, the 22nd edition of the IIFA awards finally took place in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, in the initial days of June 2022. The ceremony was hosted by Salman Khan along with Riteish Deshmukh and Maniesh Paul.
Many celebrities like Abhishek Bacchan, Tiger Shroff, Ananya Pandey, Sara Ali Khan, Nora Fatehi, Honey Singh, Neha Kakkar, and others set the stage on fire with their entertaining performances.
Other celebrities at the award ceremony include Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Lara Dutta, Bobby Deol, Shahid Kapoor, Farhan Khan, Tamannaah Bhatia, Nargis Fakhri, and Urvashi Rautela. Other significant film producers like Boney Kapoor and Ramesh Turani also graced the event with their presence.
Who won at IIFA 2022?
The full list of IIFA 2022 awardees is here:
| Category | Winner | Movie |
| Best Actor (Male) | Vicky Kaushal | Sardar Udham |
| Best Actor (Female) | Kriti Sanon | Mimi |
| Best Director | Vishnuvardhan | Shershaah |
| Best Film | Hiroo Yash Johar
Karan Johar Apoorva Mehta Shabbir Boxwala Ajay Shah Himanshu Gandhi |
Shershaah |
| Best Playback Singer Female | Asees Kaur for ‘Raataan Lambiyan | Shershaah |
| Best Playback Singer Male | Jubin Nautiyal for ‘Raataan Lambiyan | Shershaah |
| Best Lyrics | Kausar Munir for “Lehra Do” | 83 |
| Best Music Direction | A R Rahman
_________ Jasleen Royal Javed – Mohsin Vikram Montrose B Praak Jaani |
Atrangi Re
_________ Shershaah |
| Best Male Debut | Ahan Shetty | Tadap |
| Best Female Debut | Sharvari Wagh | Bunty Aur Babli 2 |
| Best Story Adapted | Kabir Khan
Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan |
83 |
| Best Original Story | Anurag Basu | Ludo |
| Best Supporting Actor Female | Sai Tamhankar | Mimi |
| Best Supporting Actor Male | Pankaj Tripathi | Ludo |
| Best Screenplay | Sandeep Shrivastava | Shershaah |
| Best Dialogue | Anubhav Sinha
Mrunmayee Lagoo |
Thappad |
| Best Cinematography | Avik Mukhopadhyay | Sardar Udham |
| Best Choreography | Vijay Ganguly for “Chaka Chak” | Atrangi Re |
| Best Editing | Chandrashekhar Prajapati | Sardar Udham |
| Best Special Effects | Naveen Paul (nyvfxwaala) | Sardar Udham |
| Best Background Score | A R Rahman | Atrangi Re |
| Best Sound Design | Lochan Kanvinde | Tanhaji |
| Best Sound Mixing | Ajay Kumar P. B.
Manik Batra |
83 |
