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'Queen' wins top honours at IIFA
Kuala Lumpur, June 8
Vikas Bahl's directorial
"Queen" bagged the Best Picture, Best Story and Best Performance in a
Leading Role - female awards at the three-day long 16th edition of the
International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards here on Sunday.
The Kangana Ranaut-starrer was up against "2 States", "PK", "Haider", "Highway" and "Mary Kom" for the Best Picture trophy.
The
actress didn't turn up to collect her trophy for Best Performance in a
Leading Role - female so, the film's director received the award on her
behalf.
Bahl, however, lost the award in the Direction category to Rajkumar Hirani, who took home the trophy for "PK".
In
the Leading Role Male category, Shahid Kapoor, who also performed at
the award ceremony, hosted by Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor, walked
home with the award for his performance in "Haider".
He had strong contenders including Aamir Khan ("PK"), Hrithik Roshan ("Bang Bang!"), and Shah Rukh Khan ("Happy New Year").
Hrithik
might have lost the award to Shahid, but his "Bang Bang!" act with a
Bhangra twist won hearts of many including Deepika Padukone, who was
felicitated with Woman of the Year award.
She was also nominated in the Best Performance in a Leading Role - Female.
Riteish
Deshmukh grabbed the award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role -
male for his villainous act in "Ek Villain" by defeating Ronit Roy ("2
States"), Randeep Hooda ("Kick"), Inaamulhaq ("Filmistaan"), Naseeruddin
Shah ("Finding Fanny") and Kay Kay Menon ("Haider").
But Kay Kay
wasn't left disappointed as he received the award for Best Performance
in a Negative Role for "Haider". His co-star Tabu won Best Performance
in a Supporting Role - female.
There was also an award for Best
Regional Film, which went to Riteish-starrer Marathi film "Lai Bhaari",
co-produced by his star wife Genelia D'Souza.
"Main Tera Hero"
star Varun Dhawan won an award for the Best Performance in a Comic Role.
The film's director and his father David Dhawan received the
sun-inspired trophy on his behalf.
The Best Music Direction
trophy went to the popular trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy for "2 States". Other
contenders included Mithoon ("Banjara", "Zaroorat" and "Hamdard") and
Ankit Tiwari ("Galliyan"), for which he won Best Playback Singer - Male.
In the female category of the award, the "Baby doll" singer Kanika
Kapoor (for the film "Ragini MMS 2") defeated Sultana and Jyoti Nooran
for "Patakha guddi ("Highway") and Shreya Ghoshal for "Samjhawan"
("Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania").
It was a big night for "Heropanti"
actors Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon, who both won trophies for Best
Debut. They were both handed over the trophies by their idols. While
Tiger was given the award by Hrithik, Kriti looked thrilled to get the
trophy from Anushka Sharma, whom she looks up to.
Tiger and Hrithik also did a few moves together on the stage, while Ranveer and Arjun tried to follow them.
National
Award-winning director Omung Kumar got the Best Debut Direction award
for "Mary Kom". He shared it with popular p roducer Sajid Nadiadwala,
who made his directorial debut with "Kick".
It was an emotional
moment when the award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema was
announced. The showman - Subhash Ghai got on stage to receive it from
Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff, whom he worked with in the 1989 movie
"Ram Lakhan" and more. Shraddha Kapoor also paid tribute to Ghai by
performing on songs from his films like "Taal" and "Kisna".
"I
grew up dancing on 'Taal se taal mila' in front of the mirror and today I
got the opportunity to perform on the song on this platform," said the
26-year-old actress.
Other performers included Parineeti Chopra,
Anushka, who made everyone swing to her performance as she mostly danced
on songs from her latest film "Dil Dhadakne Do". Sonakshi Sinha did a
medley of Amitabh Bachchan and other superstars' songs.
A special
tribute to Shah Rukh and Kajol-starrer "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge",
which completed 1,000 weeks of screening last year, was paid by the
show's hosts, who also cracked jokes on their controversial AIB Roast
video for which they got into trouble earlier this year. There were also
moments when Ranveer got "distracted" due to presence of Deepika, whom
he is currently romantically linked with.
Held at Putra Indoor
Stadium, the award ceremony was attended by thousands of screaming fans,
some of which had flown from different countries just to see their
favourite stars at the gala, which celebrates Indian cinema in various
foreign nations every year.