odhaa Akbar sweeps Iifa technical awards
By Indiantelevision.com Team
(6 May 2009 8:15 pm)
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures (UMP) and Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodhaa Akbar has
notched up five out of 14 awards in the technical categories for the Idea Iifa
Awards 2009.
The International Indian Film Academy (Iifa) announced today the winners who
will be presented their trophies on the night of the Idea Iifa Awards that will
be held on 13 June in Macau, China.
Jodhaa Akbar got awards for the ‘best background score’ (AR Rahman), ‘best
costume design’ (Neeta Lulla), ‘best editing’ (Ballu Saluja), ‘best art
direction’ (Nitin Chandrakant Desai) and ‘best make up’ (Madhav Kadam).
The biggest blockbuster of 2008 and Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini won three awards
for the ‘best action’ (Peter Heins and Stun Siva), ‘best sound recording’
(Resul Pookutty and Amrit) and ‘best visual special effects’ (Prime Focus).
Among the other winners was Rock On!! which pocketed the awards for ‘best
cinematography’ (Jason West) and ‘best song recording’ (Purple Haze); Farah
Khan won the award for ‘best choreography’ for the song Desi Girl in Dostana
while Leslie Fernandes got the award for ‘best sound re-recording’ for the
movie Race. Manu Rishi got the ‘best dialogue’ award for Oye Lucky Lucky
Oye and the ‘best screenplay’ award was bagged by Neeraj Pandey for A Wednesday.
The winners were chosen based on an industry voting for the Idea Iifa Awards
2009 in March. Results of the industry voting were audited by PriceWaterhouse
Coopers, the auditing firm for the Iifa and the Oscars.
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