IIFA AWARDS : JODHAA AKBAR Shines with 10 Awards

IIFA AWARDS : In a glitterating ceremony at Macau, China, Saturday night, Ashutosh Gowariker's historical romance "JODHAA AKBAR" clean bowled everybody and won a total of 10 trophies during the 10th International Indian Film Acadmey (IIFA) awards 2009.

Following are the nominations alongwith the WINNERS marked in BLUE :

Best Picture : Ghajini, A Wednesday, Dostana, Race, Jodhaa Akbar & Rock On!!

Best Direction : AR Murugadoss - Ghajini, Ashutosh Gowariker - Jodhaa Akbar, Madhur Bhandarkar - Fashion, Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On!! & Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday

Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) : Aamir Khan - Ghajini, Hrithik Roshan - Jodhaa Akbar, Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana, Shah Rukh Khan - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi & Naseeruddin Shah - A Wednesday

Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) : Priyanka Chopra - Fashion, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Jodhaa Akbar, Katrina Kaif - Singh is Kinng, Asin Thottumkal - Ghajini & Bipasha Basu - Race

Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) : Abhishek Bachchan - Sarkar Raj, Arjun Rampal - Rock On!!, Sonu Sood - Jodhaa Akbar, Vinay Pathak - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi & Irrfan Khan - Mumbai Meri Jaan

Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) : Bipasha Basu - Bachna Ae Haseeno, Kangana Ranaut - Fashion, Ila Arun - Jodhaa Akbar, Shahana Goswami - Rock On!! & Kirron Kher - Dostana

Best Performance in a Negative Role : Akshaye Khanna - Race, Paresh Rawal - Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Imran Khan - Kidnap, Pradeep Rawat - Ghajini & Visswa Badola - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Performance in a Comic Role : Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana, Anil Kapoor - Race, Shreyas Talpade - Welcome To Sajjanpur, Tusshar Kapoor - Golmaal Returns, Rajpal Yadav - Bhoothnath & Tejpal Singh - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Music Director : AR Rahman - Jodhaa Akbar, AR Rahman - Ghajini, Pritam Chakraborty - Race, Vishal-Shekhar - Dostana & Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - Rock On!!

Best Story : Haidar Ali - Jodhaa Akbar, Abhishek Kapoor - Rock On!!, Madhur Bhandarkar, Anuradha Tewari & Ajay Monga - Fashion, Shiraz Ahmed - Race & Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday

Best Lyrics : Javed Akhtar - Jashan-e-Bahara (Jodhaa Akbar), Javed Akhtar - Socha Hai (Rock On!!), Jaideep Sahni - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi), Anvita Dutt Guptan - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno) & Sameer - Pehli Nazar Mein (Race)

Best Playback Singer (Male) : Sukhwinder Singh - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi), Farhan Akhtar - Socha Hai (Rock On!!), Atif Aslam- Pehli Nazar Mein (Race), Javed Ali - Jashan-e-Baharaa (Jodhaa Akbar) & KK- Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)

Best Playback Singer (Female) : Sunidhi Chauhan - Desi Girl (Dostana), Shreya Ghoshal - Teri Ore (Singh is Kinng), Bela Shinde - Man (Jodhaa Akbar),Shilpa Rao - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno) & Monali - Zara Zara Touch Me (Race)

Male Debutant : Farhan Akhtar - Rock On!!

Female Debutant : Asin Thottumkal - Ghajini

Following honours were also dedicated to commemorate 10 years of IIFA awards :

Film of the decade : "LAGAAN".

Lifetime Achievement Award : Rajesh Khanna

Male actor of the decade : Shah Rukh Khan

Female actor of the decade : Aishwarya Rai

Director of the decade : Rakesh Roshan

Composer of the decade : A.R. Rehman

Outstanding achievement in International Cinema : Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Technical Awards :

"Jodhaa Akbar" bagged the maximum Technical awards at IIFA.

Best Costume design : Neeta Lulla - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Editing : Ballu Saluja - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Art direction : Nitin Chandrakant Desai - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Make Up award : Madhav Kadam - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Sound recording : Resul Pokkutty & Amrit - Ghajini

Best Cinematography : Jason West - 'Rock On!!'

Best choreography : Farah Khan - "Desi girl" (Dostana)

Best Action : Peter Heins & Stun Suva - Ghajini

Best Visual Special Effects – Prime Focus - Ghajini

Best Song Recording – Purple Haze - Rock On!!

Best Background Score : A.R. Rehman - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Sound Re-recording : Leslie Fernandes - Race

Best Dialogue : Manu Rishi - Oye Lucky Lucky Oye

Best Screenplay : Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday