IIFA Awards 2008

Bangkok, Thailand, is still recovering from the extravaganza that is the IIFA (International Indian Film Awards), which concluded on Sunday.
The Bachchans - including Amitabh, Jaya, Abhishek and Aishwarya - charmed audiences and fans alike. Abhishek and Ash, however, did not bag an award for Guru, which was nominated in the Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress categories, among others.
Ironically, Shah Rukh Khan, whose films won most of the awards - nine for Chak De! India including best actor and best film, and five for Om Shanti Om - was not present at the show.

Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone

Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, who came in arm-in-arm, took home the best debutant awards for Sawaariya and Om Shanti Om, respectively.

Akshay Kumar and Twinkle

Akshay Kumar, who was recently conferred with an honorary doctorate, received a special achievement award.

"I was just a young man when my adventure began here. I was naive, restless and eager to please. This city embraced me with such love and kindness," The Times of India quoted the star as saying in his acceptance speech.

Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor bagged the Best Actress award for her role in Jab We Met. Meanwhile, director Imtiaz Ali lost the Best Director award to Chak De's Shimit Amin, and had to be content with the award for best dialogue writer.

Saif Ali Khan

While Kareena commanded the stage, beau Saif Ali Khan was spotted looking a little worse for wear.

The supporting awards went to Irrfan Khan and Konkona Sen Sharma for their work in Life In A... Metro.

Shreya Saran

One of the stars of the thriller Mission Istaanbul, Shreya Saran, who recently donned a bikini for a Maxim photoshoot, was spotted signing autographs.

Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra

Hot newcomer Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra used their time in Bangkok to promote their upcoming film, Love Story 2050.

Dino Morea

Fans couldn't get enough of Dino Morea, as they clamored to get his autograph.

Diya Mirza

The show, which was hosted by Ritesh Deshmukh and Boman Irani, featured several performances including Dia Mirza's item number from her upcoming action thriller Acid Factory.

Vivek Oberoi

Vivek Oberoi donned a dapper suit to promote his film, Mission Istanbul, with Zayed Khan.

Acid Factory

The media got a sneak preview of Sanjay Gupta's Acid Factory, attended by its cast Dino Morea, Manoj Bajpai and Dia. Director Suparn Verma (second from right), a former rediff.com staffer, will direct it.

The Winners

Best Actor
Shah Rukh Khan - Chak De India

Best Actress
Kareena Kapoor - Jab We Met

Best Film
Chak De India

Best Director
Shimit Amin - Chak De India

Performance in a Supporting Role (Male)
Irrfan Khan - Life In A... Metro

Performance in a Supporting Role (Female)
Konkona Sen Sharma - Life In A... Metro

Performance in a Comic Role
Govinda - Partner

Performance in a Negative Role
Viveik Oberoi - Shootout At Lokhandwala

Music Director
A.R. Rahman - Barso Re Barso Re (Guru)

Best Story
Jaideep Sahni - Chak De India

Lyrics
Javed Akhtar - Main Agar Kahoon (Om Shanti Om)

Playback Singer (Male)
Shaan - Jabse Tere Naina (Saawariya)

Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghoshal - Barso Re (Guru)

Achievement in Indian Cinema
Mumtaz

Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema
Shyam Benegal

Outstanding Contribution by an Indian in International Cinema
A. R. Rahman

STYLE IDEA AWARDS
Abhishek Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh were also awarded special awards.

Technical Awards

Best Cinematography
Sudeep Chatterjee (Chak De India)

Best Editing
Amitabh Shukla (Chak De India)

Best Sound Recording
Manas Choudhary & Ali Merchant (Chak De India)

Best Sound Re-recording
Anuj Mathur (Chak De India)

Best Screenplay
Jaideep Sahni (Chak De India) & Anurag Basu (Life…in a Metro)

Best Art Direction
Sabu Cyril (Om Shanti Om)

Best Special Effects
Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (Om Shanti Om)

Best Costume Designing
Manish Malhotra, Karan Johar & Sanjiv Mulchandani (Om Shanti Om)

Best Makeup
Bharat-Dorris, Ravi Indulkar & Namrata Soni (Om Shanti Om)

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