The 2010 IIFA Awards, officially the 11th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honoured the best films of 2009 and took place between 3 – 5 June 2010. The official ceremony took place on 5 June 2010, at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[1][2] During the ceremony, IIFA Awards were awarded in 23 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Star Plus. The ceremony was hosted by Boman Irani, Ritesh Deshmukh and Lara Dutta.
In related events, the IIFA Music and Fashion Extravaganza took place on 4 June 2010 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall. During the event, all technical awards were presented to the winners.
3 Idiots led the ceremony with 22 nominations, followed by Love Aaj Kal with 12 nominations, and Kaminey and Paa with 9 nominations each.
3 Idiots won 16 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Rajkumar Hirani), Best Actress (for Kareena Kapoor), Best Supporting Actor (for Sharman Joshi) and Best Villain (for Boman Irani), thus becoming the most–awarded film at the ceremony.
Other winners were Aladin, Love Aaj Kal and Paa with 3 awards, and All the Best: Fun Begins, Delhi–6, Dev.D, Kal Kissne Dekha, Kaminey and Wake Up Sid with 1 award.
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 Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2011.[3] The award ceremonies are held in various places around the world.
