One of the biggest nights for the Indian film industry, i.e. the IIFA Awards 2025, is all set to kickstart in Jaipur. Unlike being organised abroad every year, the IIFA Awards 2025 is being held in India for the first time, i.e. in Jaipur, Rajasthan. IIFA Awards celebrations kickstarted on March 7, and it will conclude on March 9. This award started in the year 2000 and has completed 26 years. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan landed in Jaipur on Friday, and a sea of fans welcomed him. This year, IIFA will be hosted by Karan Johar and Kartik Aaryan. Both of them are already in Jaipur. With the buzz around the event so high, fans have been digging deep into IIFA 2025 online streaming or IIFA Awards 2025 where to watch etc. If you are also looking to know about it, continue reading below.
IIFA Awards 2025 OTT Streaming
IIFA (International Indian Film Academy Awards) 2025 will not be streaming live. It means that while the main event of IIFA 2025 will be on March 9, i.e., on Sunday, its online or TV streaming will take place later. For instance, IIFA 2024 is available for streaming on Zee5. It means that if the organisers decide to go on a similar route, the mega night will be streaming on OTT only after the official release date will be announced. Last year, the event was organised in Abu Dhabi.
For those who want to watch the event live, the tickets for IIFA 2025 are available on the official website of the awards. Additionally, you can also grab a seat using the District app by Zomato. The IIFA ticket prices start at Rs 3,000 and go up to Rs 1.5 lakh.
What is IIFA?
The full form of IIFA is International Indian Film Academy Awards. This award is given to artists associated with Indian films. That is, not only Bollywood but South films are also awarded in this. This award is given in various categories related to films, ranging from music, story, director, and actors.
It was created by a company named Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. This company is an international event management company. Fans of the Indian film industry vote in it through online voting. Awards are given in different categories after the worldwide poll.
IIFA was first started in London, England, in the year 2000. Since then, it has been organized in many different countries.
IIFA has been organized in different cities of 17 different countries since its inception. These include countries like South Africa's Sun City and Johannesburg, Singapore, Netherlands, Dubai, UK, Thailand, Macau, Sri Lanka, Canada, China, USA, Malaysia, Spain, Abu Dhabi, and Thailand.
It is amazing that the awards created for the Indian film industry have been held in India only once so far. The year 2019 was the only year when it was organized in Mumbai. However, after this, it was postponed in 2020-21 due to the coronavirus pandemic. After being held in Abu Dhabi last year, this time it is being organized in Jaipur, Rajasthan. This means that this will be the second time that the IIFA Awards have been organized in a city of India.
IIFA Awards 2025 Nominations
Best Picture
- Laapataa Ladies
- Kill
- Article 370
- Laapataa Ladies
- Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank
- Shaitaan
- Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
Best Direction
- Kiran Rao (Laapataa Ladies)
- Nikhil Nagesh Bhat (Kill)
- Amar Kaushik (Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank)
- Siddharth Anand (Fighter)
- Aditya Suhas Jhambale (Article 370)
- Anees Bazmee (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3)
Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
- Nitanshi Goel (Laapataa Ladies)
- Alia Bhatt (Jigra)
- Yami Gautam (Article 370)
- Katrina Kaif (Merry Christmas)
- Shraddha Kapoor (Stree 2 – Sarkate Ka Aatank)
Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
- Sparsh Shrivastava (Laapataa Ladies)
- Rajkummar Rao (Srikanth)
- Kartik Aaryan (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3)
- Abhishek A Bachchan (I Want To Talk)
- Ajay Devgn (Maidaan)