17th IIFA Awards

The 2016 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 17th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the best Hindi films of 2015, took place on 25 June 2016.^[2] The official ceremony took place on 25 June 2016 in IFEMA, Madrid, Spain.^[3] The nominations were announced on 26 May 2016.^[4]

Date23 June 2016 (2016-06-23)–
26 June 2016 (2016-06-26)

SiteIFEMA
Madrid, Spain

Hosted by

• Shahid Kapoor
• Farhan Akhtar^[1]

Best PictureBajrangi Bhaijaan

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17th IIFA Awards
Date	23 June 2016 (2016-06-23)– 26 June 2016 (2016-06-26)
Site	IFEMA Madrid, Spain
Hosted by	Shahid Kapoor Farhan Akhtar[1]
Highlights
Best Picture	Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Most awards	Bajirao Mastani (13)
Most nominations	Bajirao Mastani (18)
Television coverage
Network	Colors TV
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Bajirao Mastani led the ceremony with 8 nominations, followed by Bajrangi Bhaijaan with 7 nominations and Piku with 6 nominations.

Bajirao Mastani won 13 awards, including Best Director (for Sanjay Leela Bhansali), Best Actor (for Ranveer Singh), and Best Supporting Actress (for Priyanka Chopra), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Deepika Padukone received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Bajirao Mastani and Piku, winning for the latter.