IIFA Awards 2019: Ranveer Singh wins Best Actor, Alia Bhatt bags Best Actress trophy
New Delhi: The 20th edition of the IIFA Awards (International Indian Film Academy Awards) was hosted in the hometown of the Indian film industry, Mumbai. It was a huge gala event with celebrities putting their best fashion foot forward for the award night. The highlight of the event was Ranveer Singh winning the Best Actor IIFA for Padmaavat and Alia Bhatt getting the Best Actress IIFA for Raazi.
Both Raazi and Padmaavat had 10 nominations each, second highest after AndhaDhun. AndhaDhun, which held the highest number of IIFA nominations with 13 nods, fetched the Best Director award for Sriram Raghavan.
Apart from this, Vicky Kaushal, Aditi Rao Hydari, Ishaan Khatter, Sara Ali Khan, and others also scored trophies in their respective categories.
As it was the celebration of 20 years of the IIFA, some special award category was introduced for the event, which concluded with Deepika Padukone winning the Special Award for Best Actress for Chennai Express. The Special Award for Best Actor was handed out to Ranbir Kapoor for Barfi. The IIFA Special Awards were also presented to Rajkumar Hirani who was named Best Director for 3 Idiots, Pritam for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai was awarded as the Best Film of the last 20 years category, reported news agency ANI.
Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema Award was handed to veteran choreographer Saroj Khan with Madhuri Dixit paying a heart-felt tribute to Ms Khan. Meanwhile, master of comedy Jagdeep, beloved for his hilarious turns in Sholay, Brahmachari, Andaz Apna Apna and other films, was also presented with a special award for his phenomenal work in cinema and acting.
Here is the complete list of the winners:
Best film – Raazi
Best Director – Sriram Raghavan (AndhaDhun)
Best Actress- Alia Bhatt (Raazi)
Best Actor – Ranveer Singh (Padmaavat)
Best Supporting Actress – Aditi Rao Hydari (Padmaavat)
Best Supporting Actor – Vicky Kaushal for (Sanju)
Best Debut Actor – Ishaan Khatter (Dhadak)
Best Debut Actress – Sara Ali Khan (Kedarnath)
Best Story – Sriram Raghavan, Pooja Ladha Surti, Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar and Hemanth Rao (AndhaDhun)
Best Music Direction – Amaal Mallik, Guru Randhawa, Rochak Kohli, Saurabh-Vaibhav and Zack Knight (Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety)
Best Lyrics – Amitabh Bhattacharya (Dhadak)
Best Playback Singer (Female) – Harshdeep Kaur and Vibha Saraf (Dilbaro from Raazi)
Best Playback Singer (Male) – Arijit Singh for (Ae Watan from Raazi)
Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema – Saroj Khan and Jagdeep
(With ANI inputs)
