The 2005 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 6th

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ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honoured the best films of 2004 and took place between 9–11 June 2005. The weekend began with the IIFA Inaugural Press Conference at which IIFA Brand Ambassador, actor

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, officially launched the three-day extravaganza. This was followed by the IIFA World Premiere held at the centuries-old Pathe Tuschinski Theatre. The film screened was Pradeep Sarkar's ''Parineeta''. This was the first year where the IIFA Film Festival was held which showcased some of the best films Indian Cinema has to offer. It was inaugurated by

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and was held at the Pathe Tuschinski Theatre. An IIFA Workshop was also held which served as a unique meeting between some prominent filmmakers from India and Dutch film professionals. Key speakers at the workshop included

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and

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. The workshop also featured a screening of the blockbuster ''

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''. Other events included the FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum and the IIFA Foundation Celebrity Cricket Match. The IIFA Foundation Celebrity Cricket Match saw teams captained by

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and

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face against each other with Hrithik's team emerging as the victors. The official ceremony took place on 11 June 2005, at the

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, in

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. During the ceremony,

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were awarded in 29 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on

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. Actors

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and

along with director

co-hosted the ceremony. Along with the award distribution, the ceremony also included performances by international pop group

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, international magician Hans Kolak,

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and

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. It also included

's first-ever international performance. ''

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'' led the ceremony with 13 nominations, followed by ''

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'' with 11 nominations and ''

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'' with 10 nominations. ''Veer-Zaara'' won 7 awards, including

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(for

), Best Actor (for

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), Best Supporting Actress (for

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) and Best Music Director (for Late Madan Mohan), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. Other multiple awards winners included ''Mujhse Shaadi Karogi'' with 5 awards, ''Aitraaz'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' with 3 awards each, and ''

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'' and ''

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'' receiving 2 awards each. In addition, movies receiving a single award included, '' Chameli'' for (Best Cinematography), ''

Swades ''Swades: We, the People'' () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language drama film co-written, directed and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi and Kishori Ballal while Daya Shankar Pandey, Rajesh Vivek, Lekh Tand ...

'' for (Best Lyricist), '' Taarzan: The Wonder Car'' for (Best Female Debut), '' Hum Tum'' for (

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) and ''

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'' for ( Best Supporting Actor). Shah Rukh Khan received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in ''Swades'' and ''Veer-Zaara'', winning for the latter. Rani Mukerji set an unmatched record by becoming the only actress till date to win both popular female acting awards in the same year, winning

for ''Hum Tum'' and Best Supporting Actress for ''Veer-Zaara.'' She also received an additional Best Supporting Actress nomination for her performance in ''Yuva''.

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 2006.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Popular awards

Musical awards

Backstage awards

Technical awards

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

* V. K. Murthy *

Samsung Style Icon Award

Samsung Style Diva Award

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Global Indian Media Personality Trophy

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Multiple nominations and awards

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

'' * Eleven: ''

'' * Ten: ''

'' * Seven: ''

'', ''

'' * Five: '' Hum Tum'' and ''

'' * Three: ''

'' * Two: ''

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'', '' Chameli'', '' Ek Hasina Thi'', '' Hulchul'', '' Musafir'' and ''

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

'' * Five: ''

'' * Three: ''

'', ''

'' and ''

'' * Two: ''

'' and ''

References

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