Congrats to ARR He very rightly deserves for JA.
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:17 PM, $ Pavan Kumar $ <[email protected]>wrote: > > > *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. > > http://www.indiantelevision.com/aac/y2k9/aac248.php > > > -- regards, Vithur
