Jacqueline bags IIFA Award
Ruwini Jayawardana
Sri Lankan born Indian actress Jacqueline Fernandez jointly won the
Best Debut Female Actor award with Mahie Gill at the 11th International
Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards which concluded at the Sugathadasa
Indoor Stadium Saturday. Jackie won the award for her debut movie Aladin
while Mahie bagged the award for her role in Dev D.
Rajkumar Hirani’s comedy film 3 idiots swept the board by clinching
16 awards including the awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor,
Best Supporting Actor, Best Performance in a Negative Role and others.
Winners: From left: Raj Kumar (Best Director), Vidya Balan and
Kareena Kapoor (Best Actress), Amithab Bachchan (Best Actor)
Sharman Joshi (Best Supporting Actor) and Divya Dutta (Best
Supporting Actress) |
Upon release, the movie broke all opening box office records in
India. It also holds the record for being the highest grossing movie of
all time in India. The movie which is based on three students at a
renowned engineering college had been nominated in 12 of the 13 main
categories at the awards ceremony.
Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan won the Best Actor award for his
performance as a progeria-afflicted child in Paa while the Best Actress
award was jointly shared by Kareena Kapoor and Vidya Balan for their
roles in 3 Idiots and Paa.
Top Bollywood stars Salman Khan, Govinda, Anil Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan,
Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif
and others took part in the performances while actors Sanjaya Dutt,
Fardeen Khan, Irrfan Khan, Neha Dhupia, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Dia Mirza,
Anupam Kher, Malaika Arora Khan, Sharman Joshi, Omi Vaidya and
cricketers Mohammad Kaif, Kumar Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya took
part in handing out awards.
IIFA 2010 winners |
Best Film : Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s 3 Idiots
Best Director : Rajkumar Hirani (3 Idiots)
Best Leading Role (Male) : Amitabh Bachchan (Paa)
Best Leading Role (Female) : Kareena Kapoor (3 Idiots)
Vidya Balan (Paa)
Best Supporting Actor (Male) : Sharman Joshi (3 Idiots)
Best Supporting Actress (Female) : Divya Dutta (Dilli 6)
Best Performance in a Negative Role : Boman Irani (3 Idiots)
Best Performance in a Comic Role : Sanjay Dutt (All the Best)
Debut Actor of the Year (Male) : Omi Vaidya (3 Idiots)
Jackky Bhagnani
(Kal Kissne Dekha)
Debut Actress of the Year (Female) : Jacqueline Fernandez (Aladin)
Mahie Gill (Dev D)
Best Playback Singer (Male) : Shaan for Behti Hawa Sa
Tha Who (3 Idiots)
Best Playback Singer (Female) : Kavita Seth for Ek Tara
(Wake Up Sid) |
Award winning filmmakers like Rakesh Roshan also graced the occasion.
The Micromax IIFA awards was hosted by Lara Dutta, Boman Irani and
Ritesh Deshmukh.
One of the highlights of the event was unveiling the world’s biggest
cinematic themed theatrical musical extravaganza, Kingdom of Dream’s
Zangoora, the gypsy prince. Veteran filmmaker J Om Prakash, maternal
grandfather of Hrithik Roshan, and yesteryear actress Zeenat Aman were
felicitated with the Lifetime Achievement award while Anil Kapoor walked
away with the Outstanding International Commitment award for putting
Indian cinema in the global map through international projects like
Slumdog Millionaire and 24.
Special awards were also handed out to Vivek Oberoi and Salman Khan
for their roles towards global warming and habitat for humanity which
will fund the construction of 100 houses in the North and rehabilitate
child soldiers.
Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne and wife, First Lady Shiranthi
Rajapaksa, Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Economic
Development Deputy Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena and wife and
Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa graced the star studded event.
Speaking at the event Abeywardena said that IIFA is the emblem of
solidarity and unity between India and Sri Lanka.
“IIFA is a window of a great opportunity for all. Sri Lanka has a
strong Indian influence. Their language, culture, literature and
political leaders such as Javahallal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi have had
an impact on us. With three decades of terrorism the country is looking
towards the dawn of a peaceful era. We had only two months to prepare
for the IIFA Weekends and awards. It would not have been possible to
stage the mega event if not for the commitment of President Mahinda
Rajapaksa and Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa,” he said.
The IIFA team also announced that IIFA 2011 will be held in Toronto,
Canada.
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