10th IIFA Awards
# 10th IIFA Awards

The 10th International Indian Film Academy Awards (informally known as the Decadial IIFA Awards) were a major film awards ceremony honoring the best Bollywood films of 2008. The ceremony was held in The Venetian Macao, Macau from 11 June to 13 June 2009. The choice of Macau as host city was considered a well-planned decision, aimed at reducing tensions between India and China, as well as to end the "deadlock" between the two countries over the issue of exchange of cinema. The ceremony was hosted by Boman Irani, Ritesh Deshmukh and Lara Dutta.

IIFA completed 10 years of existence in 2009, giving awards to numerous prominent film personalities. In honour of this landmark, five special IIFA Awards were awarded that year, and these awards were collectively called as the IIFA Golden Decade Honors (also as the Artists of the Decade Awards).

Jodhaa Akbar led the ceremony with 16 nominations, followed by Ghajini with 10 nominations, and Race and Rock On!! with 9 nominations each.

Jodhaa Akbar won 10 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Ashutosh Gowariker) and Best Actor (for Hrithik Roshan), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

## Choice of host city and venue

Usually, the decision of a host city for the forthcoming IIFA Award ceremony takes place in the first press conference in the host city itself. This rule was broken and the host city and venue for the 2009 edition of the awards was announced in Mumbai. Brand Ambassador of IIFA, Amitabh Bachchan, announced Macau as host city in an event in the JW Marriott Hotel. The venue was declared to be The Venetian Macao, one of the largest resorts in the world. Reportedly, Toronto (was later chosen as host for 2011) and Istanbul had also bid for the awards. The next award ceremony were announced to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2010.

Macau was once again hosted the 2013 IIFA Awards.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

### Popular awards

| Best Picture | Best Director |
| - | - |
| Jodhaa Akbar – UTV Motion Pictures and Ashutosh Gowariker Productions A Wednesday! – UTV Motion Pictures, Anjum Rizvi Film Company and A Friday Filmworks Dostana – Dharma Productions and Yash Raj Films Ghajini – Geetha Arts and Reliance Entertainment Race – Tips Music Films and UTV Motion Pictures Rock On!! – Excel Entertainment and Reliance Big Pictures | Ashutosh Gowariker – Jodhaa Akbar A. R. Murugadoss – Ghajini Abhishek Kapoor – Rock On!! Madhur Bhandarkar – Fashion Neeraj Pandey – A Wednesday! |
| Best Performance In A Leading Role Male | Best Performance In A Leading Role Female |
| Hrithik Roshan – Jodhaa Akbar as Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar Aamir Khan – Ghajini as Sanjay Singhania Abhishek Bachchan – Dostana as Sameer(Sam) Naseeruddin Shah – A Wednesday! as (the unnamed caller) Shah Rukh Khan – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi as Surinder "Suri" Sahni/Raj Kapoor | Priyanka Chopra – Fashion as Meghna Mathur Aishwarya Rai – Jodhaa Akbar as Rajkumari Jodhaa Asin – Ghajini as Kalpana Bipasha Basu – Race as Sonia Singh Katrina Kaif – Singh Is Kinng as Sonia Singh |
| Best Performance In A Supporting Role Male | Best Performance In A Supporting Role Female |
| Arjun Rampal – Rock On!! as Joe Mascarenhas Abhishek Bachchan – Sarkar Raj as Shankar Nagare Irrfan Khan – Mumbai Meri Jaan as Thomas Sonu Sood – Jodhaa Akbar as Rajkumar Sujamal Vinay Pathak – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi as Balwinder "Bobby" Khosla | Kangana Ranawat – Fashion as Shonali Gujral Bipasha Basu – Bachna Ae Haseeno as Radhika/Shreya Rathore Ila Arun – Jodhaa Akbar as Maham Anga Kirron Kher – Dostana as Sameer's mother Shahana Goswami – Rock On!! as Debbie |
| Best Performance In A Comic Role | Best Performance In A Negative Role |
| Abhishek Bachchan – Dostana as Sameer (Sam) Anil Kapoor – Race as Robert D'Costa (R.D) Rajpal Yadav – Bhoothnath as Anthony Shreyas Talpade – Welcome to Sajjanpur as Mahadev Kushwaha Tejpal Singh – Jodhaa Akbar as Ni'Mat Tushar Kapoor – Golmaal Returns as Lucky | Akshaye Khanna – Race as Rajeev Singh Imran Khan – Kidnap as Kabir Sharma Paresh Rawal – Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! as Lucky's Father / Gogi Arora / Dr. B. D. Handa Pradeep Rawat – Ghajini as Ghajini Dharmatma Visshwa Badola – Jodhaa Akbar as Saadir Adaasi |
| Male Debutant Star | Female Debutant Star |
| Farhan Akhtar – Rock On!! as Aditya Shroff | Asin – Ghajini as Kalpana |

### Musical awards

| Best Music Director | Best Lyrics |
| - | - |
| A. R. Rahman – Jodhaa Akbar A. R. Rahman – Ghajini Pritam – Race Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy – Rock On!! Vishal–Shekhar – Dostana | "Jashan-e-Baharaa" from Jodhaa Akbar – Javed Akhtar "Khuda Jaane" from Bachna Ae Haseeno – Anvita Dutt Guptan "Haule Haule" from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi – Jaideep Sahni "Socha hai" from Rock On!! – Javed Akhtar "Pehli Nazar Mein" from Race – Sameer |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
| Javed Ali for "Jashan-e-Baharaa" – Jodhaa Akbar Atif Aslam for "Pehli Nazar Mein" – Race Farhan Akhtar for "Socha hai" – Rock On!! KK for "Khuda Jaane" – Bachna Ae Haseeno Sukhwinder Singh for "Haule Haule" – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | Shreya Ghoshal for "Teri Ore" – Singh Is Kinng Bela Shende for "Man Mohana" – Jodhaa Akbar Monali Thakur for "Zara Zara Touch Me" – Race Shilpa Rao for "Khuda Jaane" – Bachna Ae Haseeno Sunidhi Chauhan for "Desi Girl" – Dostana |

### Backstage awards

| Best Story | Best Screenplay |
| - | - |
| A Wednesday! – Neeraj Pandey Fashion – Madhur Bhandarkar, Anuradha Tewari and Ajay Monga Jodhaa Akbar – Haidar Ali Race – Shiraz Ahmed Rock On!! – Abhishek Kapoor | A Wednesday! – Neeraj Pandey |
| Best Dialogue |
| Manu Rishi for Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! |

### Technical awards

| Best Art Direction | Best Action |
| - | - |
| Jodhaa Akbar – Nitin Chandrakant Desai | Ghajini – Peter Steins & Stun Siva |
| Best Cinematographer | Best Choreography |
| Rock On!! – Jason West | Desi Girl from Dostana – Farah Khan |
| Best Costume Design | Best Editing |
| Jodhaa Akbar – Neeta Lulla | Jodhaa Akbar – Ballu Saluja |
| Best Makeup | Best Sound Recording |
| Jodhaa Akbar – Madhav Kadam | Ghajini – Resul Pookutty & Amrit |
| Best Sound Re-Recording | Best Special Effects |
| Race – Leslie Fernandes | Ghajini – Prime Focus |

Style Icon of the Year

* Female – Bipasha Basu
* Male – Hrithik Roshan

Lifetime Achievement Award

* Rajesh Khanna

Green Globe Honour

* Rahul Bose

## IIFA Golden Decade Honour

| Category | Actor | Film |
| - | - | - |
| Movie of the Decade | Aamir Khan | Lagaan |
| Director of the Decade | Rakesh Roshan | Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai and Koi... Mil Gaya |
| Star of the Decade – Male | Shahrukh Khan | Devdas, Veer-Zaara and Chak De India |
| Star of the Decade – Female | Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas |
| Music of the Decade | A. R. Rahman | Taal, Lagaan, Saathiya, Rang De Basanti and Guru |

Rakesh Roshan won Director of the Decade even though Sanjay Leela Bhansali had won the most IIFA Award for Best Director awards (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas and Black). If the year 2009 was counted, then Hrithik Roshan would have one more IIFA Award for Best Actor than Shahrukh Khan, for the films Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, Koi... Mil Gaya, Krrish and Jodhaa Akbar.

### Special awards

**Outstanding Achievement In International Cinema**

* Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
