9th IIFA Awards

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9th IIFA Awards
The official logo of the 2008 IIFA Awards
Date6 June 2008 (2008-06-06)
8 June 2008 (2008-06-08)
SiteSiam Paragon
Bangkok, Thailand
Hosted by
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The 2008 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 9th

Ritesh Deshmukh
co-hosted the ceremony for the first time.

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

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, directed by Ram Gopal Varma.[2]

Chak De! India led the ceremony with 14 nominations, followed by Guru and Om Shanti Om with 10 nominations each, and Bhool Bhulaiyaa and Life in a... Metro with 9 nominations each.

Chak De! India won 9 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Shimit Amin), Best Actor (for Shah Rukh Khan), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Om Shanti Om won 6 awards. Other multiple winners included Life in a... Metro with 3 awards and Guru, Jab We Met, Saawariya and Shootout at Lokhandwala with 2 awards each. In addition, Partner received 1 award at the ceremony.

Konkona Sen Sharma received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Laaga Chunari Mein Daag and Life in a... Metro, winning for the latter.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[3][4][5]

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)
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Performance In A Leading Role Male Best Performance In A Leading Role Female
Best Performance In A Supporting Role Male Best Performance In A Supporting Role Female
Best Performance In A Comic Role Best Performance In A Negative Role
Male Debutant Star Female Debutant Star

Musical awards

Best Music Director Best Lyrics
Best Male Playback Singer
Best Female Playback Singer

Backstage awards

Best Story Best Screenplay
Best Dialogue

Technical awards

Best Art Direction Best Action
Best Cinematographer Best Choreography
Best Costume Design Best Editing
Best Makeup Best Sound Recording
  • Om Shanti Om – Bharat-Dorris, Ravi Indulkar & Namrata Soni
Best Sound Re-Recording Best Special Effects

Special awards

Style Diva of the Year

Style Icon of the Year

Fresh Face of the Year

Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema

Outstanding Contribution by an Indian in International Cinema

Achievement in Indian Cinema

Multiple nominations and awards

References

  1. ^ "..:: Welcome to International Indian Film Academy::". Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Bangkok for 2008 IIFA Awards". DESIblitz. 31 May 2008.
  3. ^ "IIFA Awards 2008 winners". indicine.com. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  4. ^ "IIFA 2008: Thailand". iifa.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  5. ^ "IIFA Awards winners - IFFA 2008".
  6. ^ "Neil Nitin Mukesh".