Colombo, June 6
Aamir Khan starrer “3 Idiots” swept this year's IIFA awards bagging 8 honours, including the Best Film award, with megastar Amitabh Bachchan winning the Best Actor award for his role as a progeria-afflicted child in “Paa”. The Best Actress award was shared jointly by Vidya Balan for “Paa” and Kareena Kapoor for “3 Idiots”.

UPPING THE GLAM QUOTIENT: (Right) Bollywood stars Kangana Ranaut, Lara Dutta, Bipasha Basu, Neha Dhupia, Dia Mirza and Mandira Bedi arrive for the IIFA awards in Colombo. (Left) Rajkumar Hirani poses with a trophy after receiving the best director award for his film ‘3 Idiots’. — PTI

The Best Director trophy went to Rajkumar Hirani for “3 Idiots”, while he along with Abhijat Joshi, Vidhu Vinod Chopra won the Best Story award for the same film. The film, a coming-of-age comedy about three students at a top engineering college, had been nominated in 12 of the 13 main categories in the 11th Indian International Film Academy (IIFA) awards.

It has already won eight of the 12 technical awards announced last month, including Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Sharman Joshi won the Best Male Supporting Actor award for his role in “3 Idiots”, while Divya Dutta received the Best Female Supporting Actress award for her performance in “Delhi 6”.

“3 idiots” won another award with Boman Irani clinching the statuette for his negative role in the film. Sanjay Dutt laughed all the way to bag the award for best performance in a comic role in “All the Best”. Composer Pritam pipped maestro AR Rahman to win the Best Music Director award for “Love Aaj Kal” while Shaan was adjudged the Best Singer (Male) for “Behti hawa sa tha woh” (3 Idiots). Kavita Seth won the Best Singer (Female) for “Iktara’ in “Wake Up, Sid!”. Swanand Kirkire won the Best Lyrics award for “3 Idiots”.

Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline Fernandez jointly won the Best Debut Female Actor along with Mahie Gill for their role in “Aladin” and “Dev D”, respectively. Omi Vaidya aka Chatur Ramalingam of “3 Idiots” shared the debut male honours with Jackky Bhagnani for “Kal Kissne Dekha”. Veteran filmmaker J Om Prakash, maternal grandfather of Hrithik Roshan, and yesteryear siren Zeenat Aman were felicitated with the Lifetime Achievement award.

Actor Anil Kapoor, who was part of last year's monster hit Slumdog Millionaire, was felicitated with the outstanding achievement by an Indian in international cinema. Kapoor, who described himself as a “director's actor”, said he believed he has not done anything special.

Boman Irani, one of the hosts of the IIFA awards, surprised the audience with his musical skills. He sang “Give me some sunshine” from “3 Idiots” and also played guitar. “I’m proud to be part of an industry that believes in bringing smiles on people’s faces,” he said. — PTI