Winners list of IIFA 12th Awards 2011 - Toronto

Toronto, Canada witnessed the 12th IIFA awards ceremony which is one of the most prestigious entity in Indian movie industry. Salman Khan took 6 IIFA awards for year 2011 and Shahrukh Khan took away best actor awards for year 2011.

Salman Khan’s blockbuster Dabangg won six awards at IIFA 2011, including the best picture award, but it was Shahrukh Khan who took home the award for best actor for his performance in My Name Is Khan.

Anushka Sharma won the best actress award for Band Baaja Baaraat which was a surprise 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.
Below we have the list of winners for the IIFA (International Indian Film Academy Awards) 2011--

General Awards

* Best Actor – Shahrukh Khan – My Name Is Khan
* Best Actress – Anushka Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat
* Best Supporting Actor – Arjun Rampal – Raajneeti
* Best Supporting Actress – Prachi Desai – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
* Best Comic Role – Ritesh Deshmukh – House Full
* Best Negative Role – Sonu Sood – Dabangg
* Best Director – Karan Johar – My Name Is Khan
* Best Film – Dabangg
* Best Story – Shibani Bhattija – My Name Is Khan
* Best Lyrics – Niranjan Iyengar – My Name Is Khan
* Best Playback Singer Male – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Dabangg
* Best Playback Singer Female – Mamta Sharma – Dabangg
* Best Music Director – Sajid – Wajid – Dabangg

IIFA 2011 Technical Awards Winners:

* Best Costume Designing – Niharika Khan – Band Baaja Baaraat
* Best Action – S. Vijayan – Dabangg
* Best Makeup – Banu (For Rajnikant) – Robot
* Best Background Score – Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy – My Name Is Khan
* Best Song Recording – Vijay Dayal and Ainvayi Ainvayi – Band Baaja Baaraat
* Best Choreography Award – Farah Khan – Munni Badnam for Dabangg
* Best Editing – Namrata Rao – Band Baaja Baaraat
* Best Sound Recording – Pritam Das – Love, Sex Aur Dhokha
* Best Dialogue – Vishal Bharadwaj – Ishqiya
* Best Sound Re-recording – Leslie Fernandes – Dabangg
* Best Screenplay – Abhinav Kashyap , Dileep Shukla – Dabangg
* Best Cinematography – Sudeep Chatterjee – Guzaarish
* Best Art Direction – Sabu Cyril – Robot
* Best Special Effects -Indian Artists – Robot