IIFA Rocks 2015 takes over Malaysia

The 16th IIFA is finally here! There is no better way to kick off the three-day Bollywood extravaganza than to showcase the best of Indian music with the IIFA Rocks.

The biggest names in B-town descended on the green carpet for IIFA Rocks at Istana Budaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during the evening of June 5, 2015.

Karan Tacker was the handsome Colors host at the green carpet. The Indian actor and model looks dashing in a light pink suit, matched with a brushed back hairstyle.

Aditi Rao Hydari pulled off the perfect look on the luscious green carpet. With one of the world’s most beautiful faces of 2014, Aditi stunned in a colourful and floral design by Sabyasachi Mukherji.

The star of ABCD 2 (2015), Shraddha Kapoor, arrived in a fierce black dress and took a moment to snap a quick selfie with her lucky fans. Singer Mika Singh also joined in the selfie fever!

But all the spotlight went to Sonakshi Sinha, who literally ‘rocked’ as she stepped onto the green carpet in a striking outfit, topped with an embellished necklace.

Hosted by Ayushmann Khurrana and Parineeti Chopra, this year’s IIFA Rocks separates itself from the fashion display and is entirely dedicated to music.

Lauren Gottlieb, Liza Soberano and Aditi Rao Hydari opened the show with their sultry dance moves, followed by a beautiful tribute to A R Rahman performed by Nooran Sister and Javed Ali.

Also taking to the stage was “Baby Doll” singer Kanika Kapoor. Kanika has seen huge success in Bollywood with her big item numbers that have regularly topped the charts.

Joining her on stage was Ankit Tiwari who also performed a number of his biggest songs from 2014.

The winners of the IIFA 2015 Technical Awards were also announced at Rocks. Haider emerged as the big winner, bagging 6 awards out of 14 categories.

Here is the full list of IIFA 2015 Technical Winners:

Best Cinematography
Binod Pradhan for 2 States

Best Screenplay
Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar, Parveez Shaikh for Queen

Best Dialogue
Abhijat Joshi and Rajkumar Hirani for PK

Best Editing
Anurag Kashyap and Abhijit Kokate for Queen

Best Production Design
Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray for Haider

Best Choreography
Ahmed Khan and Jumme Ki Raat for Kick

Best Action
Parvez Shaikh and Andy Armstrong for Bang Bang

Best Sound Design
Shajith Koyeri for Haider

Best Song Recording
Eric Pillai and Teri Galiyaan for Ek Villain

Best Sound Mixing
Debajit Changmai for Haider

Best Special Effects (Visuals)
Reupal Rawal and Prime Focus for Kick

Best Background Score
Vishal Bhardwaj for Haider

Best Costume Designing
Dolly Ahluwalia for Haider

Best Make-Up
Preetisheel Singh and Clover Wootton for Haider

With Haider being a big winner at the IIFA Technical Awards, could this also translate on IIFA’s main awards night? We shall have to see.

IIFA Malaysia 2015 continues with IIFA Fashion Extravaganza on Saturday 6th June, followed by the main awards on Sunday 7th June 2015.