The 2004 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 5th

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ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honored the best films of 2003 and took place between 20 and 22 May 2004. This year, the city of Singapore played host to the Indian Film Industry. The tag line of this year's IIFA Awards was ''Uniquely IIFA, Uniquely Singapore ...''. The official ceremony took place on 22 May 2004, at the

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, in

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. During the ceremony,

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were awarded in 27 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on

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. Actors

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hosted the ceremony. ''

Kal Ho Naa Ho ''Kal Ho Naa Ho'' (, ), also abbreviated as ''KHNH'', is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Nikhil Advani, written by Karan Johar with dialogue by Niranjan Iyengar, and produced by Yash Johar. The film stars Ja ...

'' led the ceremony with 17 nominations, followed by ''

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. ''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.'' () is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film written and directed by Rajkumar Hirani (in his directorial debut) and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It was the first installment of '' Munna Bhai series''. Releas ...

'' with 12 nominations and '' Koi... Mil Gaya'' with 11 nominations. ''Kal Ho Naa Ho'' won 13 awards, including

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(for

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), Best Supporting Actor (for

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) and Best Supporting Actress (for

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), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. Other multiple awards winners included ''Koi... Mil Gaya'' with 5 awards, ''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.'' with 4 awards and ''

Ishq Vishk ''Ishq Vishk'' ( ''Love Shmove'') is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romantic comedy film starring Shahid Kapoor in his debut film performance, Amrita Rao, Shenaz Treasurywala, Yash Tonk, Satish Shah and Vishal Malhotra. It is about ...

'' with 2 awards. In addition, movies receiving a single award included ''

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'' for (Best Sound Re-Recording), ''Jism'' for (Best Female Playback Singer) and ''

Janasheen ''Janasheen'' (transl. ''Heir'') is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language romantic action thriller film co-written, edited, produced and directed by Feroz Khan who stars along with his son, Fardeen Khan, and Celina Jaitly. It was partly shot in Afghanis ...

'' for (Best Villain). Preity Zinta received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in ''Kal Ho Naa Ho'' and ''Koi... Mil Gaya'', winning for the former, her first and only win in the category.

Background

The awards began in 2000 and the first ceremony was held in

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at The

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. From then on the awards were held at locations around the world signifying the international success of

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. The next award ceremony was announced to be held in

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in 2005.

also hosted the

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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

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Popular awards

Shah Rukh Khan graces the launch of the new Santro

Musical awards

Backstage awards

Technical awards

Special awards

Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema

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Outstanding Achievement In Indian Cinema

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Samsung Diva

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Sony face of the year – Male

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Sony face of the year – Female

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Multiple nominations and awards

The following eleven films received multiple nominations: * Seventeen: ''

'' * Twelve: ''

'' * Eleven: '' Koi... Mil Gaya'' * Seven: ''

Tere Naam ''Tere Naam'' () is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language romantic tragedy film directed by Satish Kaushik. Written by Bala and Jainendra Jain, the film stars Salman Khan and Bhumika Chawla in her Hindi film debut. It is a remake of Bala's own Tami ...

'' * Six: ''

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'' and ''

'' * Four: ''

'' * Three: ''

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'' , Jism and ''

Jhankaar Beats ''Jhankaar Beats'' is a 2003 Indian musical comedy film written and directed by Sujoy Ghosh in his feature directorial debut and produced by Pritish Nandy Communications. It stars Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose, debutant Shayan Munshi, Rin ...

'' * Two: ''

'' The following films received multiple awards: * Thirteen: ''

'' * Five: '' Koi... Mil Gaya'' * Four: ''

'' * Two: ''

'' and ''Jism''

References

External links

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