9th IIFA Awards

9th IIFA Awards

The official logo of the 2008 IIFA Awards
Date 6 June 2008–
8 June 2008
Site Siam Paragon
Bangkok, Thailand
Host
Highlights
Best Picture Chak De! India
Best Direction Shimit Amin
(Chak De! India)
Best Actor Shahrukh Khan
(Chak De! India)
Best Actress Kareena Kapoor
(Jab We Met)
Most awards Chak De! India (9)
Most nominations Chak De! India (14)
Television coverage
Channel Star Plus
Network STAR TV
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The 2008 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 9th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honoured the best films of 2007 and took place between June 6 – 8, 2008. The official ceremony took place on June 8, 2008, at the Siam Paragon in Bangkok, Thailand. During the ceremony, IIFA Awards were awarded in 27 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Star Plus. Actors Boman Irani and Ritesh Deshmukh co-hosted the ceremony for the first time.

The IIFA Music and Fashion Extravaganza took place on June 7, 2008, as did the FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum.[1]

On June 6,the IIFA World Premiere was held at Major Cineplex, Bangkok which showcased Sarkar Raj, starring Indian Film icons Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, directed by Ram Gopal Varma.

Chak De! India won nine awards, three of which were popular awards: Best Picture, Best Performance In A Leading Role Male and Best Director. Om Shanti Om won six awards. Other multiple winners included Life in a... Metro with three awards and Jab We Met, Shootout at Lokhandwala, Guru and Saawariya, with two awards each. In addition, Partner received one award (Best Performance In A Comic Role).

Background

The awards began in 2000 and the first ceremony was held in London at The Millennium Dome. From then on the awards were held at locations around the world signifying the international success of Bollywood. The next award ceremony was announced to be held in Macau, Hong Kong in 2009.[2] The award ceremonies are held in various places around the world.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[3][4]
Note – Aamir Khan’s Taare Zameen Par did not compete for the awards and the movie did not receive a single nomination.

Popular awards

Shimit Amin (Best Director)
Shah Rukh Khan (Best Actor)
Kareena Kapoor (Best Actress)
Irrfan Khan (Best Supporting Actor)
Konkona Sen Sharma (Best Supporting Actress)
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Picture style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Director
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance In A Leading Role Male style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance In A Leading Role Female
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance In A Supporting Role Male style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance In A Supporting Role Female
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance In A Comic Role style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance In A Negative Role
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Male Debutant Star style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Female Debutant Star

Musical awards

style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Music Director style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Lyrics
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Male Playback Singer style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Female Playback Singer

Backstage awards

style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Story style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Screenplay
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Dialogue

Technical awards

style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Art Direction style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Action
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Cinematographer style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Choreography
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Costume Design style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Editing
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Makeup style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Sound Recording
  • Om Shanti Om – Bharat-Dorris, Ravi Indulkar & Namrata Soni
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Sound Re-Recording style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Special Effects

Special awards

[5]

IIFA Award for Style Diva of the Year

IIFA Award for Style Icon of the Year

IIFA Fresh Face of the Year Award

Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema

Outstanding Contribution by an Indian in International Cinema

Achievement in Indian Cinema

Multiple nominations and awards

The following eleven films received multiple nominations:

The following four films received multiple awards:

References

  1. ↑ http://www.iifa.com/city_thailand.php
  2. ↑ http://www.topnews.in/iifa-2009-be-held-macau-2159425
  3. ↑ "IIFA Awards 2008 winners". indicine.com. June 10, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  4. ↑ "IIFA 2008: Thailand". iifa.com. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  5. ↑ http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/iifa-awards-2008-winners/
  6. ↑ http://www.koimoi.com/actor/neil-nitin-mukesh/