The 2004 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 5th International Indian Film Academy Awards 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 Singapore Indoor Stadium, in Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore. During the ceremony, IIFA Awards were awarded in 27 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Sony TV. Actors Rahul Khanna hosted the ceremony.
Kal Ho Naa Ho led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. with 9 nominations, Baghban and Koi... Mil Gaya with 8 nominations each, and Tere Naam with 7 nominations.
Kal Ho Naa Ho won 13 awards, including Best Film, Best Actress (for Preity Zinta), Best Supporting Actor (for Saif Ali Khan) and Best Supporting Actress (for Jaya Bachchan), thus becoming the mostâÂÂawarded 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 with 2 awards.
In addition, movies receiving a single award included LOC Kargil (Best Sound ReâÂÂRecording), Jism (Best Female Playback Singer) and Janasheen (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.
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 at Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2005.
Singapore also hosted the 2012 IIFA Awards.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
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