IIFA has always be an affair to remember and this year wasn’t any different. Premiere, Fashion shows, performances by Hot Desi girls like Anushka, Bipasha, Sonakshi, Dia and Mallika was enough to set fire at Toronto this year. Cherry on the top was Shahrukh Khan who also bagged the Best Actor Award for his movie My Name Is Khan. Dabangg & My Name is Khan were the two movies which grabbed most of the awards this year.
Salman Khan’s blockbuster Dabangg won six awards at IIFA 2011, including the best picture award.

Anushka Sharma won the best actress award for Band Baaja Baaraat and co-star Ranveer Singh won the award for Best Debut Male. Together they won the award for the hottest pair.

Sonakshi Sinha won the award for best debut female. Other awards received by the Dabangg cast and crew are — best screenplay went to Abhinav Kahsyap and Dileep Shukla, best music direction went to Sajid-Wajid and Lalit Pandit, best female playback singer went to Mamta Sharma for her song “Munni Badnaam”, best male playback singer went to Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for “Tere Mast Mast Do Nain” and rounding up the list is Sonu Sood who received the award for best performance in a negative role.

Sharmila Tagore and Dharmendra (who has not completed 50 years as an actor) were presented with outstanding achievement awards. Other big winners were Karan Johar - best director award for My Name Is Khan, Arjun Rampal best supporting actor for Rajneeti , Prachi Desai - best supporting actress for Once upon a time in Mumbaai.

The entertaining hosts for the evening were Boman Irani and Riteish Deshmukh, who had plenty of comedy gags. Riteish was also an award winner, winning the award for best comic role for Housefull.

Unfortunately we missed Bachchan Family & Being Human Salman Khan this year.

List of 12th IIFA Awards 2011 Winners (for films released in 2010)

Best Film: Dabangg
Best Direction: Karan Johar (My Name is Khan)
Best Actor(Male): Shah Rukh Khan (My Name is Khan)
Best Actor(Female): Anushka Sharma (Band Baaja Baaraat)
Best Screenply: Abhinav Kashyap & Dilip Shukla (Dabangg)
Best Story: Shibani Bhatija (My Name Is Khan)
Best Dialogue: Vishal Bhardwaj (Ishqiya)
Best Editing: Namrata Rao (Band Baaja Baaraat)
Best Cinematography: Sudeep Chatterjee (Guzaarish)
Best Background Score: Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy (My Name Is Khan)
Best Supporting Actor(Male): Arjun Rampal (Rajneeti)
Best Supporting Actor(Female): Prachi Desai (Once upon a time in Mumbai)
Best Performance in a Negative role: Sonu Sood (Dabangg)
Best Performance in a Comic role: Riteish Deshmukh (Housefull)
Best Music: Sajid-Wajid & Lalit Pandit (Dabangg)
Best Lyrics: Niranjan Iyengar-Sajdaa (My Name is Khan)
Best Playback Singer(Female): Mamta Sharma – Munni Badnaam(Dabangg)
Best Playback Singer(Male): Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Tere mast mast do nain (Dabangg)
Best Costume Designing: Niharika Khan (Band Baaja Baaraat)
Best Action: S. Vijayan (Dabangg)
Best Makeup: Banu (Robot)
Best Song Recording: Vijay Dayal – Ainvayi Ainvayi (Band Baaja Baaraat)
Best Choreography Award: Farah Khan – Munni Badnam (Dabangg)
Best Sound Recording: Pritam Das (Love, Sex Aur Dhokha)
Best Sound Re-recording: Leslie Fernandes (Dabangg)
Best Art Direction: Sabu Cyril (Robot)
Best Debut (Female): Sonakshi Sinha (Dabangg)
Best Debut (Male): Ranveer Singh (Band Baaja Baaraat)
Outstanding achievement in international cinema: Irrfan khan
Green Globe Award: Priyanka Chopra
Hottest Pair: Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh
Outstanding Achievement in Indian cinema: Sharmila Tagore and Dharmendra