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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 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 Jodhaa Akbar, while Shreya Ghoshal was named the best female playback singer for Teri ore in hit romantic comedy Singh is Kinng.

Well-known Bollywood writer Javed Akhtar won the best lyricist award for penning the song Jashn-e-bahaara for Jodhaa Akbar.

Aishwarya, the daughter-in-law of IIFA brand ambassador Amitbabh Bachchan, was honoured with a special award for an outstanding achievement in international cinema.

Director-turned actor Farhan Akhtar got the best male debutant of the year award for Rock On!, while Asin Thottumkal got best female debut award for action thriller Ghajini.

Jodhaa Akbar bagged the maximum technical awards at IIFA.

While ace designer Neeta Lulla walked away with the best costume design award for Jodhaa Akbar, best editing trophy went to Ballu Saluja and best art direction to Nitin Chandrakant Desai for the Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai starrer historical romance. Best Make Up award went to Madhav Kadam for the same film.

Resul Pokkutty, who made history by winning an Oscar for his work in Slumdog Millionaire, bagged sound recording trophy for Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini.

The best cinematography award went to Jason West for Rock On! and the best choreography award went to Farah Khan for the song Desi girl in Dostana.

Among the winners in the technical category, Farah and Jason were not present at the event.

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Director Anurag Basu will also be there with them at 62nd Cannes Film Festival that opened on Wednesday.

“Yes Hrithik, Anurag, representatives from Big Pictures and I will be in Cannes. Barbara Mori will be joining us from Mexico. We’ll be screening a specially-prepared trailer of ‘Kites’ on May 15th. Then on May 16th we’ll screen the film at Cannes for international buyers.”

So far Rakesh Roshan’s productions including Koi… Mil Gaya (2003) and Krrish (2006) have been very desi in their appeal. Kites is being taken to an international audience and Cannes is the first stop, therefore very important.

“We hope to pitch Kites as our production house’s first truly international product. Cannes is a very important venue for international cinema. That’s why we’ve made sure to complete the film in time. Anurag and I have been working against time to do do, but we’ve managed,” said Rakesh Roshan.

Rakesh Roshan says that his visit to Cannes with the film Kites has nothing to do with the current producers-multiplex deadlock.

“Why should the strike in the multiplexes affect our visit to Cannes? We aren’t breaking any of conditions laid down during the strike. We’re not screening our film publicly or for media at Cannes. This is a screening only for potential buyers from the West,” he said.

The Kites team is scheduled to reach Cannes Thursday and will leave Sunday. They’ll be staying at The Martinez in Cannes.

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The Best Film category has quite the eclectic mix of genre of films and include A Wednesday!, Dostana, Ghajini, Jodhaa Akbar, Race and Rock On!!.

Four of the Best Film nominees’ directors have also been honored with a Best Director nomination: A.R. Murugadoss for Ghajini, Abhishek Kapoor for Rock On!!, Ashutosh Gowariker for Jodhaa Akbar, Neeraj Pandey for A Wednesday! and rounding out the list is Madhur Bhandarkar for Fashion.

Aamir Khan – Ghajini, Abhishek Bachchan – Dostana, Hrithik Roshan – Jodhaa Akbar, Naseeruddin Shah – A Wednesday! and Shah Rukh Khan – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi are the male stars up for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

In the female category for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Jodhaa Akbar, Asin – Ghajini, Bipasha Basu – Race, Katrina Kaif – Singh is Kinng and Priyanka Chopra – Fashion are all competing for the IIFA award.

Abhishek Bachchan is up for a second category in the Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his work in Sarkar Raj. Nominated along with him are Irrfan Khan – Mumbai Meri Jaan, Vinay Pathak – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Sonu Sood – Jodhaa Akbar, and Arjun Rampal – Rock On!!.

Bipasha Basu is also nominated in a second category for her work as a Supporting Actress in Bachna Ae Haseeno. She is joined by Ila Arun – Jodhaa Akbar, Kiron Kher – Dostana, Shahana Goswami – Rock On!! and Kangana Ranaut – Fashion.

Make that three for Abhi because he is also on the list for his hilarious performance in Dostana in the Best Actor in a Comic Role category. He is up against Anil Kapoor- Race, Rajpal Yadav – Bhoothnath, Tejpal Singh – Jodhaa Akbar, Shreyas Talpade – Welcome to Sajjanpur and Tusshar Kapoor – Golmaal Returns.

Newcomer Imran Khan is nominated for his second role in Kidnap as Best Actor in a Negative Role. Akshaye Khanna – Race, Paresh Rawal – Oye Lucky Lucky Oye!, Pradeep Rawat – Ghajini, Vishwas Badola – Jodhaa Akbar are also up for this award.

Competing for Best Story are Abhishek Kapoor – Rock On!!, Haidar Ali – Jodhaa Akbar, Madhur Bhandarkar, Ajay Monga, Anuradha Tiwari – Fashion, Neeraj Pandey – A Wednesday! and Shiraz Ahmed – Race.

In the Best Music category AR Rahman was king with two nominations for the soundtracks of Jodhaa Akbar and Ghajini. Also nominated were Pritam for Race, Vishal Shekhar for Dostana and Shankar Ehsaan Loy for Rock On!!.

Master lyricist Javed Akhtar was nominated for two songs in the Best Lyrics category with ‘Jashn-E-Bahara’ (Jodhaa Akbar) and ‘Socha Hai’ (Rock On!!). Anvita Dutt Gupta – ‘Khuda Jaane’ (Bachna Ae Haseeno), Jaideep Sahni – ‘Haule Haule’ (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) and Sameer – ‘Pehli Nazar Mein’ (Race) also made the list.

Farhan Akhtar who sang all his songs in Rock On!! was honored with a Best Playback Singer – Male nomination for his performance on ‘Socha Hai’ and he is included in the esteemed company of Atif Aslam – ‘Pehli Nazar Mein’ (Race), Javed Ali – ‘Jashn-E-Baharaa’ (Jodhaa Akbar). KK- ‘Khuda Jaane’ (Bachna Ae Haseeno) and Sukhwinder Singh – ‘Haule Haule’ (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi).

Finally, 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) and Sunidhi Chauhan – ‘Desi Girl’ (Dostana) are the songstresses up for Best Playback Singer – Female.

We will be sure to give you the scoop on who was there, who looked fab and of course who took home the prize so be sure to check back for our full report!

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Bachchan said on the occasion, “IIFA weekend is a wonderful opportunity to share Indian culture, thought, and business with the outside world.”

Apart from the award function, fashion extravaganza and business forum would be the other highlights of the weekend, the organisers said.

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