| Number: | 13 |
| Award: | IIFA Awards |
| Award Link: | International Indian Film Academy |
| Date: | – |
| Site: | Singapore Indoor Stadium Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore |
| Best Picture: | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara |
| Best Direction: | Zoya Akhtar |
| Best Direction Film: | (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara) |
| Best Actor: | Ranbir Kapoor |
| Best Actor Film: | (Rockstar) |
| Best Actress: | Vidya Balan |
| Best Actress Film: | (The Dirty Picture) |
| Most Wins: | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (9) |
| Most Nominations: | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (14) |
| Channel: | Star Plus |
| Network: | STAR TV |
| Last: | 12th |
| Next: | 14th |
The 2012 IIFA Awards, officially the 13th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the films of 2011 took place between 7–9 June 2012. The official ceremony took place on 9 June 2012, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore for the second time after 2004. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Star Plus. Actors Shahid Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar co-hosted the ceremony the first time. The IIFA Red Carpet was hosted by Karan Tacker
In related events, IIFA Rocks, also known as the IIFA Music and Fashion Extravaganza took place on 8 June 2012 at the Esplanade Concert Hall. The event was hosted by Ayushmann Khurrana and Chitrangada Singh. During the event, all technical awards were presented to the winners. It was telecast on 1 & 7 July on popular Hindi Entertainment channel Star Plus.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara led the ceremony with 14 nominations, followed by The Dirty Picture with 10 nominations and Rockstar with 9 nominations.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara won 9 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Zoya Akhtar) and Best Supporting Actor (for Farhan Akhtar), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Following the IIFA Voting Weekend,[1] which occurred from 31 March – 1 April 2012, the nominees, along with the winners of the technical awards were announced on 4 May 2012 on the IIFA website by Sabbas Joseph, director of Wizcraft International Entertainment.
The winners will be announced during the main awards ceremony on 9 June 2012. The technical awards will be given to their respective winners during the IIFA Rocks on 8 June 2012.
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| Best Sound Mixing | Best Sound Recording | |
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| Category | Recipient(s) | |
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| Hottest Pair of the Year | Ranbir Kapoor & Nargis Fakhri (for Rockstar) | |
| IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award | Rekha | |
| Special Award for Cinema at 100 | Zohra Sehgal | |
| IIFA outstanding contribution to Environment | Dia Mirza | |
| IIFA outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema (Male) | Ramesh Sippy | |
| IIFA outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema (Female) | Vijayashanti | |
| IIFA outstanding contribution to International Cinema | Liv Ullmann |
The following eleven films received multiple nominations:
The following films received multiple awards: