2009 INTERNATIONAL INDIAN FILM ACADEMY AWARDS

2009 IIFA winners: Macau on June 13, 2009

("*" denotes the winner in each category)

Starring Bollywood icons Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai, Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodhaa Akbar tells the story of a Muslim emperor who marries a Hindu princess in 16th-century India. Jodhaa Akbar was the big winner at the 2009 IIFA Awards, bagging 11 trophies including best picture, best director, best actor, and best music (A. R. Rahman).

POPULAR AWARDS

Best Picture 
A Wednesday
Dostana
Ghajini
* Jodhaa Akbar
Race
Rock On !!

Best Director 
A.R. Murugadoss – Ghajini
Madhur Bhandarkar – Fashion
Abhishek Kapoor – Rock On !!
* Ashutosh Gowariker – Jodhaa Akbar
Neeraj Pandey – A Wednesday

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Aamir Khan – Ghajini
Abhishek Bachchan – Dostana
* Hrithik Roshan – Jodhaa Akbar
Naseeruddin Shah – A Wednesday
Shahrukh Khan – Rab Ne Bana di Jodi

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Jodhaa Akbar
Asin – Ghajini
Bipasha Basu – Race
Katrina Kaif – Singh Is Kinng
* Priyanka Chopra – Fashion

Best Actor in a Supporting Role 
Abhishek Bachchan – Sarkar Raj
* Arjun Rampal – Rock On !!
Irrfan Khan – Mumbai Meri Jaan
Sonu Sood – Jodhaa Akbar
Vinay Pathak – Rab Ne Bana di Jodi

Best Actress in a Supporting Role 
Bipasha Basu – Bachna Ae Haseeno
Ila Arun – Jodhaa Akbar
* Kangana Ranawat – Fashion
Kirron Kher – Dostana
Shahana Goswami – Rock On !!

Best Performance in a Negative Role 
* Akshaye Khanna – Race
Imran Khan – Kidnap
Paresh Rawal – Oye Lucky Lucky Oye
Pradeep Rawat – Ghajini
Visswa Badola – Jodhaa Akbar

Best Performance in a Comic Role 
* Abhishek Bachchan – Dostana
Anil Kapoor – Race
Rajpal Yadav – Bhoothnath
Shreyas Talpade – Welcome To Sajjanpur
Tejpal Singh – Jodhaa Akbar
Tushar Kapoor – Golmaal Returns

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

Best Music Direction 
A. R. Rahman – Ghajini
* A. R. Rahman – Jodhaa Akbar
Pritam – Race
Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy – Rock On !!
Vishal Shekhar – Dostana

Best Lyrics 
Anvita Dutt Guptan – Khuda Jaane – Bachna Ae Haseeno
Jaideep Sahni – Haule Haule – Rab Ne Bana di Jodi
* Javed Akhtar – Jashan-e-Baharaa Jodhaa Akbar
Javed Akhtar – Socha hai – Rock On !!
Sameer – Pehli Nazar Mein – Race

Best Male Playback Singer 
Atif Aslam – Pehli Nazar Mein – Race
Farhan Akhtar – Socha hai – Rock On !!
* Javed Ali – Jashan-e-Baharaa – Jodhaa Akbar
KK- Khuda Jaane – Bachna Ae Haseeno
Sukhwinder Singh – Haule Haule – Rab Ne Bana di Jodi

Best Female Playback Singer 
Bela Shinde – Man Mohana – Jodhaa Akbar
Monali- Zara Zara Touch Me Race
Shilpa Rao- Khuda Jaane – Bachna Ae Haseeno
* Shreya Ghoshal- Teri Ore – Singh Is Kinng
Sunidhi Chauhan- Desi Girl – Dostana

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Screenplay: Neeraj Pandey, A Wednesday

Best Dialogue: Manu Rishi, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye

Best Cinematography: Jason West, Rock On !!

Best Editing: Ballu Saluja, Jodhaa Akbar

Best Background Score: A. R. Rahman, Jodhaa Akbar

Best Art Direction: Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Jodhaa Akbar

Best Costume Design: Neeta Lulla, Jodhaa Akbar

Best Visual Special Effects: Prime Focus, Ghajini

Best Song Recording: Purple Haze, Rock On !!

Best Sound Recording: Resul Pookutty and Amrit, Ghajini

Best Sound Rerecording: Leslie Fernandes, Race

Best Action: Peter Heins and Stun Siva, Ghajini

Best Choreography: Farah Khan for "Desi Girl," Dostana

Best Make Up: Madhav Kadam, Jodhaa Akbar

Lifetime Achievement Award: Rajesh Khanna

Picture of the Decade: Lagaan

Director of the Decade: Rakesh Roshan

Actor of the Decade: Shah Rukh Khan

Actress of the Decade: Aishwarya Rai

Music of the Decade: A.R. Rahman

Film Winners in 2009

BEST FILM SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Christian Colson THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin FROST/NIXON – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard MILK – Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen THE READER – Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM MAN ON WIRE – Simon Chinn, James Marsh HUNGER – Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch, Steve McQueen, Enda Walsh IN BRUGES – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh MAMMA MIA! – Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman, Phyllida Lloyd, Catherine Johnson SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film STEVE McQUEEN (Director/Writer) – Hunger SIMON CHINN (Producer) – Man On Wire JUDY CRAYMER (Producer) – Mamma Mia! GARTH JENNINGS (Writer) – Son of Rambow SOLON PAPADOPOULOS, ROY BOULTER (Producers) – Of Time And The City More about the Carl Foreman Award

DIRECTOR SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Danny Boyle CHANGELING – Clint Eastwood THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – David Fincher FROST/NIXON – Ron Howard THE READER – Stephen Daldry

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY IN BRUGES – Martin McDonagh BURN AFTER READING – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen CHANGELING – Joe Michael Straczynski I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG – Philippe Claudel MILK – Dustin Lance Black

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Simon Beaufoy THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Eric Roth FROST/NIXON – Peter Morgan THE READER – David Hare REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Justin Haythe

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG – Yves Marmion, Philippe Claudel THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX – Bernd Eichinger, Uli Edel GOMORRAH – Domenico Procacci, Matteo Garrone PERSEPOLIS – Marc-Antoine Robert, Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud WALTZ WITH BASHIR – Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli, Ari Folman More about this category

ANIMATED FILM WALL•E – Andrew Stanton PERSEPOLIS – Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud WALTZ WITH BASHIR – Ari Folman

LEADING ACTOR MICKEY ROURKE – The Wrestler FRANK LANGELLA – Frost/Nixon DEV PATEL – Slumdog Millionaire SEAN PENN – Milk BRAD PITT – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

LEADING ACTRESS KATE WINSLET – The Reader ANGELINA JOLIE – Changeling KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS – I’ve Loved You So Long MERYL STREEP – Doubt KATE WINSLET – Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTOR HEATH LEDGER – The Dark Knight ROBERT DOWNEY JR. – Tropic Thunder BRENDAN GLEESON – In Bruges PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – Doubt BRAD PITT – Burn After Reading

SUPPORTING ACTRESS PENÉLOPE CRUZ – Vicky Cristina Barcelona AMY ADAMS – Doubt FREIDA PINTO – Slumdog Millionaire TILDA SWINTON – Burn After Reading MARISA TOMEI – The Wrestler

MUSIC SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – A. R. Rahman THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Alexandre Desplat THE DARK KNIGHT – Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard MAMMA MIA! – Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus WALL•E – Thomas Newman

CINEMATOGRAPHY SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Anthony Dod Mantle CHANGELING – Tom Stern THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Claudio Miranda THE DARK KNIGHT – Wally Pfister THE READER – Chris Menges, Roger Deakins

EDITING SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Chris Dickens CHANGELING – Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall THE DARK KNIGHT – Lee Smith FROST/NIXON – Mike Hill, Dan Hanley IN BRUGES – Jon Gregory As there was a tie in this category there are six nominations

PRODUCTION DESIGN THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo CHANGELING – James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis THE DARK KNIGHT – Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Mark Digby, Michelle Day

COSTUME DESIGN THE DUCHESS – Michael O'Connor CHANGELING – Deborah Hopper THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Jacqueline West THE DARK KNIGHT – Lindy Hemming REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Albert Wolsky

SOUND SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp CHANGELING – Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff THE DARK KNIGHT – Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick, Gary Rizzo QUANTUM OF SOLACE – Jimmy Boyle, Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor WALL•E – Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Matthew Wood

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, Edson Williams THE DARK KNIGHT – Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL – Pablo Helman, Marshall Krasser, Steve Rawlins IRON MAN – Hal Hickel, Shane Patrick Mahan, John Nelson, Ben Snow QUANTUM OF SOLACE – Chris Corbould, Kevin Tod Haug

MAKE UP & HAIR THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Jean Black, Colleen Callaghan THE DARK KNIGHT – Peter Robb-King THE DUCHESS – Daniel Phillips, Jan Archibald FROST/NIXON – Edouard Henriques, Kim Santantonio MILK – Steven E. Anderson, Michael White

SHORT ANIMATION WALLACE AND GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH – Steve Pegram, Nick Park, Bob Baker CODSWALLOP – Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod VARMINTS – Sue Goffe, Marc Craste More about our Shorts categories

SHORT FILM SEPTEMBER – Stewart le Maréchal, Esther May Campbell KINGSLAND #1 THE DREAMER – Kate Ogborn, Tony Grisoni LOVE YOU MORE – Caroline Harvey, Anthony Minghella, Sam Taylor-Wood, Patrick Marber RALPH – Olivier Kaempfer, Alex Winckler VOYAGE D’AFFAIRES (THE BUSINESS TRIP) – Celine Quideau, Sean Ellis More about our Shorts categories

ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD NOEL CLARKE MICHAEL CERA MICHAEL FASSBENDER REBECCA HALL TOBY KEBBELL

Standard Life Audience Award Latest

The latest results in the Standard Life Audience Award see The Secret Of Kells retain the top spot for the fourth day in a row.

The race for the Standard Life Audience Award continues to heat up as The Secret Of Kells clings onto pole position for a fourth day running.

It's also been handbags at dawn for fifth place with Vogue documentary The September Issuepushing French gangster flick Mesrine: Killer Instinct out of the top five.

Meanwhile Moon has rocketed back up to second place leaving Crying With Laughter in fourth.

The standings are as follows:

1. The Secret Of Kells

2. Moon

3. The First day of the Rest of Your Life

4. Crying With Laughter

5. The September Issue.

Remember to cast your vote at all British Gala and Gala screenings.

Avatar overtakes Titanic as top-grossing film ever

Avatar won the Golden Globe awards for best drama and best director Sci-fi spectacular Avatar has surpassed Titanic to become the highest grossing movie of all time, figures from distributor 20th Century Fox show. Avatar's worldwide takings in just six weeks stand at $1.859bn (£1.15bn), versus Titanic's $1.843bn (£1.14bn). The figures are not adjusted for inflation or the higher cost of Avatar's 3D film tickets. Director James Cameron holds the remarkable distinction of directing both the world's top grossing movies. Titanic, which starred Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, set a new box office record during its release in 1997-1998. It also won Cameron an Oscar for best director. Avatar - Cameron's latest epic - won two Golden Globes last week, and is expected to garner an Oscar nomination next month. Earlier this month, it became the fastest movie ever to achieve $1bn (£623m) in ticket sales around the world, and took over second place from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. It has proved a worldwide sensation, dominating the box office from North America to China and Russia. The science-fiction adventure, about a disabled marine who infiltrates a race of giant blue aliens, mixes live action with digitally-created performances. It was reportedly the most expensive film ever made, with a budget of at least $300m (£185m).

Bollywood rules 56th National Film Awards

New Delhi, Bollywood ruled the 56th National Film Awards Saturday, bagging as many as 13 awards, with films like “Fashion”, “Rock On!!”, “Firaaq” and “Jodha Akbar” winning two awards each in various categories. But Bengali film “Antaheen” won the best feature film award and three more.

While Madhur Bhandarkar’s “Fashion”, a dark tale about the Indian fashion industry, won its heroine Priyanka Chopra the best actress award and got Kangana Ranaut the best supporting actress honour, Farhan Akhtar’s cult music-based film “Rock On!!” got the best Hindi film award. Actor Arjun Rampal won the best supporting actor for the film too.

Ashutosh Gowariker’s epic “Jodha Akbar” won Chinni Prakash and his wife Rekha Prakash the best choreography award for the song “Azeem-o-shaan shehenshah”, a number that depicts dance forms of different Indian states. Fashion designer Neeta Lulla, who styled actress Aishwarya Rai in the film, has won the best costume designer award.

Nandita Das’ directorial debut “Firaaq”, which was based on the 2002 Gujarat riots, has won the awards for best editing (A. Sreekar Prasad) and best art direction (Gautam Sen).

Even films like “A Wednesday”, “Roadside Romeo”, “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!”, “Mumbai Meri Jaan” and “Thanks Maa” took one award each.

While Neeraj Pandey’s “A Wednesday” has bagged the Indira Gandhi award for Best First Film of a director, Yash Raj Films’ “Roadside Romeo” bagged the best animation film.

Dibakar Banerjee’s satirical “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!” has been adjudged the best popular film providing wholesome entertainment, “Mumbai Meri Jaan” directed by Nishikant Kamat has got the award for best special effects (Govardhan), and “Thanks Maa” has got Shams Patel the best child artist award.

The award for best direction has gone to Bala for Tamil film “Naan Kadauul”, while the best actor is Upendra Limaye for Marathi film “Jogva”.

Bengali film “Antaheen”, directed by Annirudh Roy-Chowdhary, has won four awards including for best feature film.

COMPLETE LIST

56th National Film Awards For 2008
Feature Films
1 Best Feature Film Antaheen (Bengali)
Producer: Screenplay Films Pvt. Ltd.
Director : Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Swarna Kamal
Rs 2,50,000/-

2 Indira Gandhi Award For Best First Film Of A Director
A Wednesday (Hindi)
Producer: Utv Motion Pictures
Director : Neeraj Pandey
Swarna Kamal
Rs 1,25,000/-

3 Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Oye Lucky ! Lucky Oye (Hindi)
Producer: Utv Motion Pictures
Director : Dibakar Banerjee
Swarna Kamal
Rs 2,00,000/-

4 Nargis Dutt Award For Best Feature Film On National Integration
Aai Kot Nai (Assamese)
Producer: Rajen Bora
Director : Manju Borah
Rs 1,50,000/-

5 Best Film On Family Values
Little Zizou (English, Gujarati)
Producer: Jigri Dost Productions
Director : Sooni Taraporevala
Rajat Kamal
Rs 1,50,000/-

6 Best Film On Social Issues Such As Prohibition, Women And Child Welfare, Anti-Dowry, Drug Abuse, Welfare Of The Handicapped Etc.
Jogva (Marathi)
Producer: Shripal Morakhia
Director : Rajeev Patil
Rajat Kamal
Rs 1,50,000/-

7 Best Film On Environment Conservation/ Preservation
Jianta Bhoota (Oriya)
Producer: Akshay Kumar Parija
Director : Prashanta Nanda
Rajat Kamal
Rs 1,50,000/-

8 Best Children’s Film
Gubbachigalu (Kannada)
Producer: Media House Studio
Director : Abhaya Simha
Swarna Kamal
Rs 1,50,000/-

9 Best Animation Film
Roadside Romeo (Hindi)
Producer: Aditya Chopra
Director : Jugal Hansraj
Animator: Tata Elxsi/Vcl
Swarna Kamal
Rs 1,00,000/-

10 Best Direction
Naan Kadauul (Tamil)
Bala Swarna Kamal
Rs 2,50,000/-

11 Best Actor Jogva (Marathi)
Upendra Limaye Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

12 Best Actress Fashion (Hindi)
Priyanka Chopra
Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

13 Best Supporting Actor
Arjun Rampal Rock On !! (Hindi)
Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

14 Best Supporting Actress
Kangana Ranaut Fashion (Hindi)
Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

15 Best Child Artist
Thanks Maa (Hindi)
Shams Patel Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

16 Best Male Playback Singer
Jogva (Marathi)
Hariharan
For The Song “ Jeev Dangla Gungla Rangla ….”
Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

17 Best Female Playback Singer
Antaheen (Bengali)
Shreya Ghoshal
Rajat Kamal

Jogva (Marathi)
For The Song “Pherari Mon…..” & “Jeev Dangla Gungla Rangla ”
Rs 50,000/-

18 Best Cinematography
Antaheen (Bengali)
Avik Mukhopadhyay
Lab: Filmlab, Mumbai
Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

19 Best Screenplay Gandha (Marathi)
Sachin Kundalkar Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

20 Best Audiography Gandha (Marathi)
Pramod J. Thomas
Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

21 Best Editing Firaaq (Hindi)
A. Sreekar Prasad Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

22 Best Art Direction Firaaq (Hindi)
Gautam Sen Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

23 Best Costume Designer
Jodha Akbar (Hindi)
Neeta Lulla Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

24 Best Make-Up Artist Naan Kadauul (Tamil)
Moorthy V.
Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

25 Best Music Direction
Jogva (Marathi)
Ajay And Atul
Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

26 Best Lyrics Antaheen (Bengali)
Anindya Bannerjee & Chandranil Bhattacharya
For The Lyric “Pherari Mon…..”
Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

27 Special Jury Award
Bioscope (Malayalam)
Producer: National Film
Development Corporation
Director : K.M. Madhusudhanan
Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

28 Best Special Effects
Mumbai Meri Jaan (Hindi)
Govardhan (Tata Elxsi)
Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-

29 Best Choreography Jodha Akbar (Hindi)
Chinni Prakash & Rekha Prakash
“Azeem‐O‐Shaan Shaheshah….”
Rajat Kamal
Rs 50,000/-