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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
Highlights
Best PictureChak De! India
Best DirectionShimit Amin
(Chak De! India)
Best ActorShahrukh Khan
(Chak De! India)
Best ActressKareena Kapoor
(Jab We Met)
Most awardsChak De! India (9)
Most nominationsChak De! India (14)
Television coverage
ChannelStar Plus
NetworkSTAR TV

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 6 – 8 June 2008. The official ceremony took place on 8 June 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 7 June 2008, as did the FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum.[1] On 6 June, 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.[2]

Partner led the ceremony with 11 nominations, followed by Guru with 10 nominations, Bhool Bhulaiyaa and Chak De! India with 9 nominations each, Life in a... Metro with 8 nominations and Jab We Met with 6 nominations.

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

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

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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

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

Backstage awards

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Best Story Best Screenplay
Best Dialogue

Technical awards

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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

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Style Diva of the Year

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Style Icon of the Year

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Fresh Face of the Year

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Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema

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Outstanding Contribution by an Indian in International Cinema

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Achievement in Indian Cinema

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Superlatives

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Films with multiple nominations
Nominations Film
11 Partner
10 Guru
9 Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Chak De! India
8 Life in a... Metro
6 Jab We Met
5 Om Shanti Om
Saawariya
3 Cheeni Kum
Shootout at Lokhandwala
2 Bheja Fry
Heyy Babyy
Films with multiple awards
Awards Film
9 Chak De! India
6 Om Shanti Om
3 Life in a... Metro
2 Guru
Jab We Met
Saawariya
Shootout at Lokhandwala

References

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  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".