Winners of IIFA Awards 2009, Macau

PR Log (Press Release) – Jun 18, 2009 – Jodhaa Akbar bags top honours at The 10th IDEA IIFA Awards announced at the CotaiArena, The Venetian Macao

12000 gather to witness the biggest celebration of Indian Cinema

Macau, June 13, 2009: The tenth year of IIFA surpassed all expectations with a spectacular show that saw epic movie Jodhaa Akbar bag most of the top Awards. The film won the coveted Best Picture Award, while Ashutosh Gowarikar won the award for Best Director and Hrithik Roshan for Best Actor for Jodhaa Akbar. Celebrating a decade of magic, the IDEA IIFA Awards show was held at the Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hotel, that played host to the three day Videocon IIFA Weekend.


Priyanka Chopra won the Award for Best Actress for her much acclaimed role in Fashion, while her co-star Kangana Ranawat won the Award for her performance as supporting female actor. Arjun Rampal came out victorious for Best Male performance in a supporting role for Rock On.  The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented by IIFA Brand Ambassador, Amitabh Bachchan to Rajesh Khanna, who received a standing ovation from the packed arena.


Abhishek Bachchan won the Award for best performance in a comic role for his hilarious character in Dostana, while Akshaye Khanna won for Best performance in a negative role. Neeraj Pandey’s powerful film, ‘A Wednesday’ won the Award for Best Story.


To commemorate the last decade in Indian Cinema, the Videocon IIFA Golden Decade Honors were instituted and presented at the Idea IIFA Awards. The Male Star of the Decade went to Shah Rukh Khan, while Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won in the female category. Movie of the decade went to Lagaan, with Rakesh Roshan winning Director of the decade and the talented AR Rahman won the award for Music of the decade. The star debut of the year was awarded to Asin and Farhan Akhtar. The IIFA and Green globe Foundation presented an Award to Rahul Bose for his contribution to creating awareness on global warming.


Other categories that featured Jodhaa Akbar wins were Music Direction by AR Rahman, and Javed Akhtar and Javed Ali for Best Lyrics and Best Playback Singer (Male) respectively for the hit song, Jashan-e-Baharaa from Jodhaa Akbar.


The action packed show had stellar performances by Sonam Kapoor, Jacky Bhagnani, Bipasha Basu, Anoushka Sharma, Govinda, Riteish Deshmukh and Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, as well as an impromptu Antakshri session which Amitabh Bachchan concluded.


This electrifying awards presentation ceremony will be beamed to a global audience and reach out to more than 500 million households on STAR TV, IDEA IIFA Awards broadcast partner. The 10th IDEA IIFA Awards ceremony will be telecast on Star TV on July 5th, 2009.


The Winners for the IDEA IIFA Awards 2009 are as follows:


Category   Winners


Best Background Score Award   A R Rahman (Jodhaa Akbar)

Best Dialogue   Mano Rishil (Oye Lucky)

Best Editing   Ballu Saluja (Jodhaa Akbar)

Best Art Direction   Nitin Chandrakant Desai (Jodhaa Akbar)

Best Costume Award   Neeta Lulla (Jodha Akbar)

Best Make-up   Madhav Kadam (Jodhaa Akbar)

Best Picture   Jodhaa Akbar

Best Screenplay   Neerai Pandey (A Wednesday Short and Sweet)

Best Story   Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday

Lyrics   Javed Akhtar - Jashan-e-Baharaa (Jodhaa Akbar)

Music Direction   A.R. Rahman - Jodhaa Akbar

Performance in a Comic Role   Abhishek Bachchan - Dostana

Performance in a Negative Role   Akshaye Khanna – Race

Playback Singer (Female)   Shreya Ghoshal - Teri Ore (Singh Is King)

Playback Singer (Male)   Javed Ali - Jashan-e-Baharaa (Jodhaa Akbar)

Best Sound Re-editing    Leslie Fernandes (Race)

Sound Recording   Resul Pookutty & Amrit (Ghajini)

Best Action   Peter Steins & Stun Siva (Ghajini)

Special Effects Awards   Ghajini

Sounding Recording Award   Rock On !!

IDEA Style ICON Award (Female)   Bipasha Basu

IDEA Style Icon Award (Male)   Hrithik Roshan

Debutant Star Female Award   Asin – Ghajini

Debutant Star Male Award   Farhan Akhtar – Rock On

Best Director   Ashutosh Gowariker - Jodhaa Akbar  

Performance in a Supporting Role (Female)   Kangana Ranawat – Fashion

Performance in a Supporting Role (Male)   Arjun Rampal - Rock On !!

Performance in a Leading Role (Female)   Priyanka Chopra - Fashion

Performance in a Leading Role (Male)   Hrithik Roshan - Jodhaa Akbar

Videocon Music of Decade Award   A.R.  Rahman

Videocon Star of Decade (Female)   Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Videocon Star of Decade (Male)   Shahrukh Khan

Videocon Movie of the Decade   Lagaan

Videocon Director of Decade Award   Rakesh Roshan


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From a one night celebration in 2000 at the Millennium Dome, London, the last nine years have seen the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) movement grow into a cine-packed weekend of film-festivals, workshops, exhibitions, film-showcases, global business forums and sporting events, all of which climaxes into the IIFA Awards. The IIFAs have been celebrated in London, Sun City, Johannesburg, Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, Amsterdam, Yorkshire and the last edition was hosted by Thailand in the amazing city of Bangkok. This year, IIFA celebrates its 10th anniversary scheduled for June 2009 at The Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hotel in China. IIFA 2009 vows to be a virtuoso, enthralling Weekend; while the IIFA Awards will seek celebrate A Golden Decade in Indian Cinema.