Dabangg and Shah Rukh win the best at IIFA Awards
The 12th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards has taken place this weekend at the Rogers Center in Toronto. Salman Khan starrer film “Dabangg” ruled this year’s ceremony and snatched six awards in popular category including the Best Picture and Best Screenplay while Shah Rukh Khan won the top honor as he grabbed the Best Actor trophy.
Shah Rukh won the best actor award for his performance in Karan Johar directed film “My Name Is Khan”. The same award in female category was taken by Anushka Sharma for playing a wedding planner in “Band Baaja Baaraat”. Also, her co-star in the film Ranvir Singh won the Best Debut Male Award and together the pair won the Best Pair of 2011 for the same film.
In best supporting star category Arjun Rampal won over Arshad Warsi and bagged the award for his role in Prakash Jha’s political thriller “Rajneeti” while Prachi Desai won the Best Supporting Actress award for “Once Upon A Time In Mumbai”.
Tamil’s Shankar directed and Rajnikanth starrer film “Robot” won three honors and received trophies for Best Special Effects, Best Art Direction and Best Makeup Awards.
List of the Winners of the 12th IIFA Awards:
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
Shahrukh Khan ‘My Name Is Khan’
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
Anushka Sharma ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’
Best Picture:
‘Dabangg’
Best Director:
Karan Johar ‘My Name Is Khan’
Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Female):
Prachi Desai ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai’
Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male):
Arjun Rampal ‘Raajneeti ‘
Debutant Star Award (Male):
Ranveer Singh ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’
Debutant Star Award (Female):
Sonakshi Sinha ‘Dabangg’
Best Performance in a Comic Role:
Ritesh Deshmukh ‘House Full’
Best Performance in a Negative Role:
Sonu Sood ‘Dabangg’
Best Playback Singer (Male):
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan ‘Dabangg’
Best Playback Singer (Female):
Mamta Sharma ‘Dabangg’
Best Story:
Shibani Bhattija ‘My Name Is Khan’
Best Screenplay:
Abhinav Kashyap , Dileep Shukla ‘Dabangg’
Best Dialogue:
Vishal Bharadwaj ‘Ishqiya’
Best Lyrics:
Niranjan Iyengar ‘My Name Is Khan’
Best Music:
Sajid - Wajid ‘Dabangg’
Best Choreography:
Farah Khan ‘Dabangg’
Best Background Score:
Shankar Ehsaan Loy ‘My Name Is Khan’
Best Editing:
Namrata Rao Band ‘Baaja Baaraat’
Best Sound Recording:
Pritam Das ‘Love Sex aur Dhokha’
Best Sound Re-recording:
Leslie Fernandes ‘Dabangg’
Best Special Effects:
V Srinivas Mohan ‘Robot’
Best Art Direction:
Sabu Cyril ‘Robot’
Best Cinematography:
Sudeep Chatterjee ‘Guzaarish’
Best Costume:
Niharika Khan ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’
Best Make-up:
Banu ‘Robot’
Best Action Master:
Vijayan ‘Dabangg’
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Dharmendra