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Jodhaa Akbar scores a perfect 10
Published on Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 01:21, Updated on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:33 in Entertainment section
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Macau: In true Oscar-style, Ashutosh Gowariker’s historical romance Jodhaa Akbar swept the International Indian Film Acadmey (IIFA) awards 2009 on Saturday with a perfect 10 bag of trophies, being named the Best Film and fetching its male lead Hrithik Roshan the Best Actor Award and Gowariker the Best Director award.
Priyanka Chopra was named the Best Actress for essaying the trials and tribulations of the style industry in Fashion.
The award for the Best Female in a Supporting Role went to Kangana Ranaut for her performance as a down-in-the-dumps model in Fashion, while Arjun Rampal walked away with the award for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role trophy for playing an unsuccessful and brooding musician in Rock On!.
Abhishek Bachchan got the Best Comic Actor for his performance in Dostana and immediately dedicated it to wife Aishwarya Rai and ailing Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh.
The award for Best Actor in a Negative Role went to Akshaye Khanna for Race. Anil Kapoor received the award as Akshay had to leave for some personal work. Neeraj Pandey was given IIFA Best Story Award for his critically acclaimed A Wednesday.
Lagaan was declared the Best Movie of the Decade, veteran actor Rajesh Khanna was given the Lifetime Achievement Award, Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai were respectively declared the Male and Female Actors of the Decade, Rakesh Roshan was named Director of the Decade and double Oscar-winning A R Rahman was honoured with the Composer of the Decade Award.
This set of honours were meant to commemorate 10 years of IIFA awards.
Rahman was also named the Best Music Director for his soulful compositions in Jodhaa Akbar. The music maestro couldn’t attend the event and Gowariker received the award on his behalf.
The Best Male Playback Singer Award went to Javed Ali for crooning Jashn-e-bahaara in Johdaa Akbar, while Shreya Ghoshal was named the Best Female Playback Singer for Teri ore in hit romantic comedy Singh is Kinng.
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