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* "Veer-Zaara, Shahrukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee
dominate IIFA awards".
Bollywood superstars Shahrukh Khan and Rani
Mukherjee, walked away with the Best Actor and
Actress trophies as Yashraj Film's 'Veer-Zaara'
bagged six awards at the International Indian Film
Academy (IIFA) Awards ceremony here.
'Veer-Zaara', directed by veteran director Yash
Chopra, bagged awards for Best Picture, Direction,
Actor, Supporting Actress, Music Direction and Story
with only the Best Actress and supporting Actor
awards not going its way.
The movie, a superhit in India, portrays a
love-story between an Indian army officer and a
Pakistani girl, set in Pakistan. At home it has won
nearly all the major awards, including the Filmfare.
While Rani Mukherjee won the Best Actress award for
'Hum Tum', Abhishek pipped dad Amitabh Bachchan, to
the post by bagging the Best Supporting Actor trophy
for his performance in 'Yuva'.
Rani also picked up the Best Supporting Actress
award for -- again -- 'Veer Zaara'.
The extravaganza at the Amsterdam Arena, which began
yesterday evening, stretched upto early hours today.
But the highlight of the evening was Abhishek
Bachchan's debut performance on the international
stage which saw him shaking a leg to chartbusters
from his recent film 'Bunty aur Babli' and the to be
released 'Dus'. The Big B and Aishwarya Rai joined
him on stage for one of the numbers.
Performances by Aishwarya, Salman Khan, Isha
Sharwani, Kareena, Shahid Kapoor and others,
complemented by Shiamak Davar's choreography and
Vikram Phadnis' costumes, ensured that the
four-and-half-hour long event remained a memorable
one.
Earlier, Shahrukh Khan, also the main host of the
ceremony, made a dramatic entry on a horse-drawn
carriage. Not to be outdone, Amitabh Bachchan cycled
his way to the stage.
The Big B then dedicated the ceremony to the memory
of Yash Johar and actor Sunil Dutt, who passed away
recently.
Cinematographer V K Murthy was awarded the lifetime
achievement award at the ceremony along with actress
Shabana Azmi.
The entire cast of the movie 'Chocolate' - Anil
Kapoor, Emraan Hashmi, Arshad Warsi, Tanushree Dutta
and Sushma Reddy performed to hits from their
forthcoming flick while singers Daler Mehndi and
Hariharan danced to numbers from their new album
'Destiny'.
Others performing at the ceremony included popgroup
'Bombay Rockers'and the all-girl band 'Rouge'.
The irrepressible Shahrukh Khan, in his umpteenth
avatar as award-ceremony host, could not resist
having a dig at the who's who of the film fraternity
- be it John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee or
Dino Morea.
Collaborating with Khan as hosts for specific
segments were actor Fardeen Khan and filmmaker Karan
Johar.
Two days after the Netherlands named a special
variety of tulip after her, Aishwarya Rai bagged a
special 'Global Indian Media Personality' award,
while Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta were honoured
as the Style Icon and Style Diva of the Year.
Akshay Kumar was adjudged the Best Actor in a comic
role for his performance in 'Mujhse Shaadi Karogi'
while hot favourite John Abraham, won the Best
performance in a negative role award for 'Dhoom'.
Ayesha Takia, who starred in 'Taarzan' and 'Socha na
tha' bagged the Best Debut award for 2004.
In an irony of sorts, the late Madan Mohan won the
Best Music Director award for Veer-Zaara. The music
composer's son Sanjeev Kohli made an emotional
speech on the occasion, recalling how his father who
had never won any popular award during his lifetime,
won this award 30 years after his death.
Javed Akhtar (Pal Pal - Swades) had to share the
Best trophy award with Sayeed Quadri who penned the
chartbuster 'Bheegay Hont Tere' in the film
'Murder'.
The song also garnered Kunal Ganjawala the Best Male
Playback Singer award while Sunidhi Chauhan was
adjudged the Best Female Playback Singer for her
rendition of the title track of the movie 'Dhoom.'
Filmaker Farah Khan, picked up the Best Debut
Director award for her blockbuster hit 'Main Hoon
Na', while Aditya Chopra bagged the Best Story award
for 'Veer Zaara'.
Among the technical awards, 'Maqbool' won for Best
Dialogue and Screenplay, while 'Mujhse Shaadi Karoge'
picked up four awards for Best Choreography (Farah
Khan), Art Direction, Background Score and Costume.
'Chameli' won for Best Cinematography while Veer
Zaara picked up another award for best Make-up. 'Dhoom'
won for Best Action while 'Aitraaz' was adjudged
winner in the Best Editing and Sound Recording
categories.
The Best Song-Recording honour went to 'Murder'
while 'Main Hoon Na' won for Best special effects.
Union Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel, and
actress Rekha, presented the award for Best Picture
to Yash Chopra. |
