Toronto: Dabangg and My Name is Khan won top honours at the 12th IIFA awards here with the Salman Khan starrer scooping up six trophies in the popular category, while the best actor and director awards went to Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar respectively.
Dabangg, which was the highest grosser last year, was adjudged the best film of 2010. Anushka Sharma won her maiden best actress award for ‘Band Baja Baraat’. Accepting his award, SRK said his role in My Name is Khan was about a character who carried an identity for many years has was not able to reveal it to others. Johar said MNIK was much more than just a film for him.
“Khan has taught me the power of love and humanity,” he said. Sonakshi Sinha won the Best debut female award for her performance in Dabangg, while Sonu Sood grabbed the best negative role trophy.
Sajid-Wajid alongwith Lalit Pandit bagged the best music direction award for their chartbusting numbers in the film, while Abhinav Kashyap and Dilip Shukla bagged the best screenplay award.
The best playback singer (male) award went to Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for Tere mast mast do nain, while the hit item number Munni Badnam Hui got Mamta Sharma the best playback singer (female) award. Best supporting role (male) was won by Arjun Rampal for ‘Raajneeti’ while Prachi Desai won the award in the female category for One Upon A Time In Mumbai.
Band Baja Baraat star Ranveer Singh won the Best debut (male) award. Asha Bhosle was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award, while Dharmendra, who performed some of his hit songs at the glitzy ceremony, was honoured by SRK and Ramesh Sippy for his contribution to the film industry.
Politics of Love is a milestone for me:
Mallika Sherawat
Failure of her last crossover film Hisss notwithstanding, sultry actress Mallika Sherawat says her latest outing Politics of Love will be a milestone in her career. “Not many Indian actors get a chance to play the lead in a mainstream American movie.
This was an intelligent script and too good an opportunity to pass,” Mallika said.
The film, directed by William Dear, is romantic comedy between a Indian American Democrat played by Mallika and African American Republican supporter played by Brian White.
It is inspired by the slew of publicly documented love stories that sprung up in the run-up to Barack Obama’s presidential election. (PTI)
The actress described her journey from a being small town girl to Bollywood and now Hollywood as “great”.
She said there was not much difference between the working styles of both film industries, “except the fact that Hollywood is lucky in terms of budget.”
“Actors and technicians in both the industries are passionate about their work,” she added. Mallika, who is here to attend her first IIFA awards, said that the three-day event was a great platform to showcase the film, which releases on September one. “Toronto is a melting pot of various cultures and a great opportunity to showcase this film,” said Mallika. Speaking about her future plans, the actress said she aims to do good interesting work. (MORE) PTI MR BB 06261234 NNNN