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
