Sunday, June 26, 2011
IIFA Awards 2011 Performances in Pictures
A soulful tribute to Michael Jackson performed by his brother Jermaine Jackson and Sonu Nigam.
Jermaine and Sonu perform amidst a Michael Jackson soaked ambiance.
Two years after the King Of Pop's unfortunate death, the memory still lives on.
Dia Mirza dazzles all with a shimmering wave of jhatkas.
A very captivated Dia, flowing through the enchanting performance.
From fiery pinks to vivid yellow, Dia works the colors along with the moves.
A very animated Mallika Sherawat, strutting her best stuff. Jalebi Bai act?
Amidst a dreamy backdrop, Mallika enraptures all.
The looks that win us everytime
Indian singer Sonu Nigam performs during IIFA Rocks, part of 2011 International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, in Toronto, Ontario, on June 24, 2011.
An all-black Sonu Nigam does what he is best at
Indian singer Shankar Mahadevan (C) performs during IIFA Rocks, part of 2011 International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, in Toronto, Ontario, on June 24, 2011.
Indian singer Shankar Mahadevan performs during IIFA Rocks, part of 2011 International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, in Toronto, Ontario, on June 24, 2011.
Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy rocked to the rhythm of Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.
Performers dance on the stage during IIFA Rocks, part of 2011 International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, in Toronto, Ontario, on June 24, 2011.
IIFA AwardS 2011 Winners
Salman Khan's blockbuster Dabangg has bagged a slew of awards at the ongoing IIFA Awards in Toronto. Along with Best Film, Dabangg won Sonu Sood's best performance in a negative role, to Sonakshi Sinha's best debut, the film has also won Abhinav Kashyap and Dilip Shukla the best screenplay award.
But the film didn't win Salman his best actor award. Instead, Shah Rukh Khan was presented the award for best actor for his role in Karan Johar's My Name Is Khan. The film also brought home the best director award for Karan Johar.
A pleasant surprise was Anushka Sharma winning in the best actress category for Band Baaja Baaraat.
Mamta Sharma won the Floriana IIFA Award for best playback female singer for her song Munni badnam hui... from Dabangg.
"I love you so much...Lalitji I love you so much...Shah Rukh I love you much... Toronto I love you so much,'' said Mamta Sharma, as Arshad Warsi announced the award at the show co-hosted by Boman Irani, Ritesh Deshmukh and Shah Rukh Khan.
The award for the best playback song went to Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for Tere mast mast do nain... from Dabanng.
For music direction, the award went to Sajid-Wajid and Lalit Pandit for Dabangg.
For lyrics, the IIFA award went to Niranjan Iyengar for Sajda.. and Noor-e-Khuda.. in My Name is Khan. The award was accepted by Karan Johar on his behalf.
My Name Is Khan also bagged the Best Story Award for Shivani Bhatija.
The complete list is as below:
- Best Film: Dabangg
- Best Actor (Female): Anushka Sharma, Band Baaja Baaraat
- Best Actor (Male): shah Rukh Khan, My Name Is Khan
- Best Director: Karan Johar, My Name Is Khan
- Best Actor In A Comic Role: Riteish Deshmukh, Housefull
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role (Male): Arjun Rampal, Raajneeti
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role (Female): Prachi Desai, Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
- Best Performance In A Negative Role: Sonu Sood, Dabangg
- Achievement In International Cinema: Irrfan Khan
- Best Debut (Female): Sonakshi Sinha, Dabangg
- Best Debut (Male): Ranveer Singh, Band Baaja Baaraat
- Hottest Pair 2011: Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh
- Outstanding Achievemnet in Indian Cinema: Sharmila Tagore
- Best Screenplay Award: Abhinav Kashyap, Dilip Shukla, Dabangg
- Best Playback Singer (Female): Mamta Sharma, Munni Badnaam Hui (Dabangg)
- Best Playback Song: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Tere Mast Mast Do Nain (Dabangg)
- Best Music Direction: Sajid-Wajid, Lalit Pandit, Dabangg
- Best Lyrics: Niranjan Iyengar, Sajda and Noor-e-Khuda (My Name is Khan)
- Best Story Award: Shivani Bhatija, My Name is Khan
- Best Costume Designing: Niharika Khan, Band Baaja Baaraat
- Best Action: S Vijayan, Dabangg
- Best Makeup: Banu (For Rajinikanth), Robot
- Best Background Score: Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy, My Name Is Khan
- Best Song Recording: Vijay Dayal, Ainvayi Ainvayi (Band Baaja Baaraat)
- Best Choreography Award: Farah Khan, Munni Badnaam (Dabangg)
- Best Editing: Namrata Rao, Band Baaja Baaraat
- Best Sound Recording: Pritam Das, Love, Sex Aur Dhokha
- Best Sound Re-recording: Leslie Fernandes, Dabangg
- Best Cinematography: Sudeep Chatterjee, Guzaarish
- Best Art Direction: Sabu Cyril, Robot
- Best Special Effects: Indian Artists, Robot
Saturday, June 25, 2011
IIFA Awards 2011 Winners in Pictures
Dabangg Bags Nine IIFA Awards
Salman Khan blockbuster Dabangg has bagged nine awards at the ongoing IIFA Awards in Toronto. From Sonu Sood's best performance in a negative role, to Sonakshi Sinha's best debut, the film has also won Abhinav Kashyap and Dilip Shukla the best screenplay award.
Mamta Sharma won the Floriana IIFA Award for best playback female singer for her song Munni badnam hui... from Dabangg at the 12th International Indian Film Academy Awards in Toronto (June 25).
"I love you so much...Lalitji I love you so much...Shah Rukh I love you much... Toronto I love you so much,'' said Mamta Sharma, as Arshad Warsi announced the award at the show co-hosted by Boman Irani, Ritesh Deshmukh and Shah Rukh Khan.
The award for the best playback song went to Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for Tere mast mast do nain... from Dabanng.
For music direction, the award went to Sajid-Wajid and Lalit Pandit for Dabangg.
For lyrics, the IIFA award went to Niranjan Iyengar for Sajda.. and Noor-e-Khuda.. in My Name is Khan. The award was accepted by Karan Johar on his behalf.
My Name Is Khan also bagged the Best Story Award for Shivani Bhatija.
Other winners at the IIFA are:
• Best Costume Designing - Niharika Khan - Band Baaja Baaraat
• Best Action - S. Vijayan - Dabangg
• Best Makeup - Banu (For Rajnikant) - Robot
• Best Background Score - Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy - My Name Is Khan
• Best Song Recording - Vijay Dayal and Ainvayi Ainvayi - Band Baaja Baaraat
• Best Choreography Award - Farah Khan - Munni Badnam for Dabangg
• Best Editing - Namrata Rao - Band Baaja Baaraat
• Best Sound Recording - Pritam Das - Love, Sex Aur Dhokha
• Best Sound Re-recording - Leslie Fernandes - Dabangg
• Best Cinematography - Sudeep Chatterjee - Guzaarish
• Best Art Direction - Sabu Cyril - Robot
• Best Special Effects -Indian Artists - Robot
Bollywood casts its spell on IIFA awards
Romantic comedy "Band Baaja Baarat" and action drama "Dabangg" scooped up three early honours each at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards in Toronto that packed three days of film, song and dance culminating in Saturday's awards ceremony, often referred to as the Indian Oscars.
The IIFA Rocks, a Bollywood-inspired concert and fashion show bonanza, also paid a nostalgic tribute to late pop star Michael Jackson in a moving concert by Jermaine Jackson, elder brother of the King of Pop, to mark his second death anniversary. Singer and composer Sonu Nigam joined him in the performance.
Nigam's 'Thank you for the legacy' set the tone on Saturday in the city's ultra-modern Ricoh Coliseum, jampacked with more than 25,000 people.
IIFA Rocks started the awards portion of the weekend by giving away some technical film awards in between some high-energy musical performances by Mallika Sherawat who danced to 'Arabian Nights'.
Shah Rukh Khan gets a King's welcome
Actor Shah Rukh Khan landed in Toronto amid huge fanfare as screaming fans greeted him at the Royal York Hotel. Around a hundred fans, who waited to catch a glimpse of the actor at the hotel lobby were delighted as he broke into an impromptu little jig despite his knee injury.
Virtually the whole of Bollywood, including actor Anil Kapoor, veteran stage and film star Anupam Kher and Bipasha Basu has descended on the Coliseum to entertain Toronto. The four-hour-long IIFA Rocks show was conducted by Karan Johar and Anushka Sharma.
Namrata Rao won the IIFA award for editing, Naharika Khan for costume and Vijay Dayal for best song 'Ainvayi ainvayi' in 'Band Baaja Baaraat'.
Pritam Das for best sound recording in 'Love, Sex aur Dhokha', Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy for background score in 'My Name in Khan', Leslie Fernandes for re-recording in 'Dabanng', and Sudeep Chatterjee for cinematography in 'Guzaarish'. Sabu Cyril won the award for art direction in 'Robot', which also won the IIFA awards for special effects and make-up.
Dia Mirza performed a dance medley of hit numbers such as 'Pyar Do, Pyar Lo,' 'Parda Hai Parda,' and 'Aapka Kya Hoga.' Nigam enthralled the audience with his cocktail of qawwali and rock.
The cheering was so raucous when the venue's camera monitors' flashed on Bollywood superstars sitting in their seats that it sometimes drowning out the hosts, that "When we're speaking, please don't put close-ups of big movie stars on the screen," joked co-host Karan Johar, drawing laughter from the crowd.
Johar and co-host Anushka Sharma alternated between English and Hindi throughout the evening.
Sharma was treated to a hug by Shahrukh Khan, often referred to as "King Khan," whose close-ups on the monitor screens drew the loudest cheers.
"I'm tired of girls giving me a hug. I want a deep passionate kiss," said Khan.
"You're forgetting what would happen at home if that happened," smirked Johar.
Khan retorted, "We're thousands and thousands of miles away. What happens in Toronto, stays in Toronto." But in the end, he played it safe with a big bear hug for the bombshell Bollywood actress.
Much of the evening's music was provided by Shankar Ehsaan Loy, a musical super group consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa, who also won an award for best background score for their work on "My Name is Khan," starring Shahrukh Khan.
But the real musical superstars were British-Canadian bhangra trio RDB, whose energetic performances with singer Veronica and two players of the drum-like dhol, got the audience shaking their shoulders in their seats and cheering excitedly.
The IIFA provides the climax for three days of moviegoing, dancing, fashion, music and a business forum aimed at strengthening ties between India and Canada -- something event organizers hope to do around the world, too.
With an expected worldwide TV audience of 700 million viewers tuning in to watch the show, tickets were scooped up in less than 10 minutes. Some 22,200 faithful, Bollywood fans hope to get a closer look at many of their favorite stars.
Debuting in 2000 in London, the IIFA's have been held on four continents in cities including Dubai, Bangkok, Colombo, Singapore, Macau and Johannesburg but never in India.
Nominees for IIFA
Awards in 15 categories are up for grabs at Saturday's green carpet event.
The larger-than-life gangster film "Once Upon a Time in Mumbai" leads the pack of movie contenders with an impressive 12 nominations, including best film and best leading male role for Ajay Devgan, solidifying him as one of Bollywood's premier actors.
"Dabangg" is a close second with 11 nominations. The corrupt cop thriller broke box office records in its debut week in theaters and is the highest grossing Bollywood film of all time, It earned a best male role nomination for on screen tough guy Salman Khan.
"My name is Khan" goes into the IIFAs with four nominations. The film looks into the struggles of a Muslim family in the US following the September 11 attacks. The film earned Bollywood heavyweight, Shah Rukh Khan, a best actor nod in his role as a man with Asperger's Syndrome who travels across the country telling people he is not a terrorist.
Rounding out the category for best picture honors is "Ishqiya" nominated for nine IIFA awards while the romantic comedy "Band Baaja Baaraat" and the political thriller "Rajneeti" each have eight.
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