10th IIFA Awards


The 10th International Indian Film Academy Awards were a major film awards ceremony honoring the best Bollywood films of 2008. The ceremony was held in The Venetian Macao, Macau from 11 June to 13 June 2009. The choice of Macau as host city was considered a well-planned decision, aimed at reducing tensions between India and China, as well as to end the "deadlock" between the two countries over the issue of exchange of cinema. The ceremony was hosted by Boman Irani, Ritesh Deshmukh and Lara Dutta.
IIFA completed 10 years of existence in 2009, giving awards to numerous prominent film personalities. In honour of this landmark, five special IIFA Awards were awarded that year, and these awards were collectively called as the IIFA Golden Decade Honors.
The film Jodhaa Akbar led the nominations tally with 16 nominations. It was followed by Ghajini with 10 nominations each, and Dostana with seven nominations. The major award winner was Jodhaa Akbar, winning 10 awards.

Choice of host city and venue

Usually, the decision of a host city for the forthcoming IIFA Award ceremony takes place in the first press conference in the host city itself. This rule was broken and the host city and venue for the 2009 edition of the awards was announced in Mumbai. Brand Ambassador of IIFA, Amitabh Bachchan, announced Macau as host city in an event in the JW Marriott Hotel. The venue was declared to be The Venetian Macao, one of the largest resorts in the world. Reportedly, Toronto and Istanbul had also bid for the awards. The next award ceremony were announced to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2010.
Macau was once again hosted the 2013 IIFA Awards.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Popular awards

Best PictureBest Director

  • Ashutosh Gowariker – Jodhaa Akbar
  • * A. R. Murugadoss – Ghajini
  • * Madhur Bhandarkar – Fashion
  • * Abhishek Kapoor – Rock On!!
  • * Neeraj Pandey – A Wednesday!
    • Best Performance In A Leading Role MaleBest Performance In A Leading Role Female
  • Hrithik Roshan – Jodhaa Akbar as Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar
  • * Aamir Khan – Ghajini as Sanjay Singhania
  • * Abhishek Bachchan – Dostana as Sameer
  • * Naseeruddin Shah – A Wednesday! as
  • * Shah Rukh Khan – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi as Surinder "Suri" Sahni/Raj Kapoor
  • Priyanka Chopra – Fashion as Meghna Mathur
  • * Katrina Kaif – Singh Is Kinng as Sonia Singh
  • * Bipasha Basu – Race as Sonia
  • * Asin – Ghajini as Kalpana
  • * Aishwarya Rai – Jodhaa Akbar as Rajkumari Jodhaa
    • Best Performance In A Supporting Role MaleBest Performance In A Supporting Role Female
  • Arjun Rampal – Rock On!! as Joe Mascarenhas
  • * Irrfan Khan – Mumbai Meri Jaan as Thomas
  • * Sonu Sood – Jodhaa Akbar as Rajkumar Sujamal
  • * Vinay Pathak – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi as Balwinder "Bobby" Khosla
  • * Abhishek Bachchan – Sarkar Raj as Shankar Nagare
  • Kangana Ranawat – Fashion as Shonali Gujral
  • * Bipasha Basu – Bachna Ae Haseeno as Radhika/Shreya Rathore
  • * Ila Arun – Jodhaa Akbar as Maham Anga
  • * Shahana Goswami – Rock On!! as Debbie
  • * Kirron Kher – Dostana as Sameer's mother
    • Best Performance In A Comic RoleBest Performance In A Negative Role
  • Abhishek Bachchan – Dostana as Sameer
  • * Anil Kapoor – Race as Robert D'Costa
  • * Rajpal Yadav – Bhoothnath as Anthony
  • * Shreyas Talpade – Welcome to Sajjanpur as Mahadev Kushwaha
  • * Tejpal Singh – Jodhaa Akbar as Ni'Mat
  • * Tushar Kapoor – Golmaal Returns as Lucky
  • Akshaye Khanna – Race as Rajeev Singh
  • * Imran Khan – Kidnap as Kabir Sharma
  • * Paresh Rawal – Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! as Lucky's Father / Gogi Arora / Dr. B. D. Handa
  • * Pradeep Rawat – Ghajini as Ghajini Dharmatma
  • * Visshwa Badola – Jodhaa Akbar as Saadir Adaasi
    • Male Debutant StarFemale Debutant Star
  • Farhan Akhtar – Rock On!! as Aditya Shroff
  • Asin – Ghajini as Kalpana

    • Musical awards

    Backstage awards

    Technical awards

    Style Icon of the year
    Female - Bipasha Basu
    Male - Hrithik Roshan

    IIFA Golden Decade Honour

    Rakesh Roshan won Director of the Decade even though Sanjay Leela Bhansali had won the most IIFA Award for Best Director awards and Black. If the year 2009 was counted, then Hrithik Roshan would have one more IIFA Award for Best Actor than Shahrukh Khan, for the films Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, Koi... Mil Gaya, Krrish and Jodhaa Akbar.

    Special awards

    Outstanding Achievement In International Cinema

    The following eleven films received multiple nominations:
    The following four films received multiple awards: