The IIFA Award for Best Music Director is chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the actual ceremony.
Superlatives
CategoryNameSuperlativeNotesMost awardsA. R. Rahman8 awardsMost nominations without a winAnu Malik7 nominations –
List of winners A. R. Rahman (8 wins) is the most awarded artist, followed by Amaal Mallik (4) and Pritam (4), Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy (3). Anu Malik is the artist with most nominations (7) without a win.
The winners are listed below: Year Music Director Film 2000 A.R. Rahman Taal 2001 Rajesh Roshan Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai 2002 A.R. Rahman Lagaan 2003 Saathiya 2004 Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Kal Ho Naa Ho 2005 Madan Mohan Veer-Zaara 2006 Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Bunty Aur Babli 2007 A.R. Rahman Rang De Basanti 2008 Guru 2009 Jodhaa Akbar 2010 Pritam Love Aaj Kal 2011 Sajid–Wajid & Lalit Pandit Dabangg 2012 A.R. Rahman Rockstar 2013 Pritam Barfi! 2014 Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Jeet Ganguly Aashiqui 2 2015 Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy 2 States 2016 Amaal Mallik, Ankit Tiwari, Meet Bros Anjjan Roy 2017 Pritam Ae Dil Hai Mushkil 2018 Amaal Mallik, Tanishk Bagchi, Akhil Sachdeva Badrinath Ki Dulhania 2019 Amaal Mallik, Guru Randhawa, Rochak Kohli, Saurabh-Vaibhav, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Zack KnightSonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety 2020 Mithoon, Amaal Mallik, Vishal Mishra, Sachet–Parampara and Akhil Sachdeva Kabir Singh 2021 AWARDS FUNCTION WAS SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC2022A.R. RahmanAtrangi Re2023PritamBrahmāstra: Part One – Shiva2024Pritam, Vishal Mishra, Manan Bhardwaj, Shreyas Puranik, Jaani, Bhupinder Babbal, Ashim Kemson, Harshavardhan RameshwarAnimal2025Ram SampathLaapataa Ladies
See also IIFA Awards Bollywood Cinema of India
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