Welcome to “Amazing Thailand”, and yet another fascinating IIFA!
Arrival of the stars
Bangkok witnessed Bollywood biggies landing into the city to be a part of the most prestigious IIFA Awards 2008. Karan Johar, Riteish Deshmukh, David Dhawan, Katrina Kaif, Viveik Oberoi were among the first ones to put their foot in the city. The Bachchan family along with Kareena Kapoor joined arrived later.
Sarkar Raj Premiere gets overwhelming response
RGV’s Sarkar Raj Premiere kickstarted IIFA this year in Bangkok. The film got an overwhelming response from the audiences. The premiere had a “Green carpet” welcome to show concern towards the issue of Global Warming. A huge crowd packed the venue and the security had a tough time managing them when the Bachchan’s arrived for the Premiere at the Paragon Cineplex. Kareena Kapoor, Viveik Oberoi, Urmila Matondkar and Dia Mirza though present at Bangkok for IIFA, skipped the Premiere.
Music launch of Mission Istaanbul
IIFA awards 2008 became the platform for the music launch Apoorva Lakhia’s Mission Istaanbul. While the queen of soaps, Ekta Kapoor, who is the producer of the film, was missing from the event, her absence was filled in by her father, Jeetendra, who launched the music of Mission Istaanbul. The director along with the film’s star cast Viveik Oberoi, Zayed Khan, Shabbir Ahluwalia and Niketan Madhok interacted with the media. Viveik Oberoi also danced to the tunes of his famous numbers like ‘Aye Ganpat’ from Shootout At Lokhandwala.
Nominations for the IIFA Awards 2008
Best Actor
Shah Rukh Khan – Chak De India
Shah Rukh Khan – Om Shanti Om
Abhishek Bachchan – Guru
Akshay Kumar – Namastey London
Amitabh Bachchan – Cheeni Kum
Shahid Kapoor – Jab We Met
Best Actress
Deepika Padukone – Om Shanti Om
Aishwarya Rai – Guru
Kareena Kapoor – Jab We Met
Katrina Kaif – Namastey London
Tabu – Cheeni Kum
Vidya Balan – Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Best Picture
Guru
Chak De India
Jab We Met
Om Shanti Om
Life In A Metro
Partner
Taare Zameen Par
Best Direction
Anurag Basu – Life In A… Metro
Imtiaz Ali – Jab We Met
Mani Ratnam – Guru
Priyadarshan – Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Shimit Amin – Chak De India
David Dhawan – Partner
Aamir Khan – Taare Zameen Par
Farah Khan – Om Shanti Om
Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
Abhishek Bachchan – Guru
Akshay Kumar – Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Salman Khan – Partner
Shah Rukh Khan – Chak De India
Shahid Kapoor – Jab We Met
Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
Aishwarya Rai – Guru
Deepika Padukone – Om Shanti Om
Kareena Kapoor – Jab We Met
Tabu – Cheeni Kum
Vidya Balan – Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Performance in a Supporting Role (Male)
Anil Kapoor – Welcome
Govinda – Partner
Irrfan Khan – Life In A… Metro
Mithun Chakraborty – Guru
Rajat Kapoor – Bheja Fry
Aamir Khan – Taare Zameen Par
Bobby Deol – Naqaab
Shreyas Talpade – Om Shanti Om
Performance in a Supporting Role (Female)
Chitrashi Rawat – Chak De India
Konkona Sen Sharma – Life In A… Metro
Rani Mukerji – Saawariya
Vidya Balan – Guru
Zohra Sehgal – Cheeni Kum
Lara Dutta – Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Shilpa Shetty – Life In A… Metro
Tisca Chopra – Taare Zameen Par
Performance in a Comic Role
Govinda – Partner
Irrfan Khan – Life In A… Metro
Paresh Rawal – Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Rajpal Yadav – Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Vinay Pathak – Bheja Fry
Performance in a Negative Role
Arjun Rampal – Om Shanti Om
Kay Kay Menon – Life In A … Metro
Shilpa Shukla – Chak De India
Vidya Balan – Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Viveik Oberoi – Shootout At Lokhandwala
Music Direction
A.R. Rahman – Barso Re Barso Re (Guru)
Mika Ganpat – Ganpat (Shootout At Lokhandwala)
Monty Sharma – Saawariya (Saawariya)
Pritam – Hare Ram Hare Ram (Bhool Bhulaiyaa)
Sajid – Wajid – Do U Wanna Partner (Partner)
Salim – Sulaiman – Chak De India (Chak De India)
Best Story
Anurag Basu – Life In A… Metro
Feroz Abbas Khan – Gandhi My Father
Imtiaz Ali – Jab We Met
Jaideep Sahni – Chak De India
Mani Ratnam – Guru
R. Balki – Cheeni Kum
Lyrics
Gulzar – Tere Bina (Guru)
Jaideep Sahni – Chak De India (Chak De India)
Javed Akhtar – Main Agar Kahoon (Om Shanti Om)
Sameer – Jab Se Tere Naina (Saawariya)
Sayeed Quadri – In Dino Life In A… Metro In Dino
Playback Singer (Male)
KK – Aankhon Mein Teri Om (Shanti Om)
Neeraj Shridhar – Hare Ram Hare Ram (Bhool Bhulaiyaa)
Shaan – Jabse Tere Naina (Saawariya)
Sukhvinder Singh – Chak De India (Chak De India)
Wajid, Laabh Janjuwa – Soni De Nakhre (Partner)
Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghoshal – Barso Re (Guru)
Shreya Ghoshal – Dholna (Bhool Bhulaiyaa)
Shreya Ghoshal – Thode Badmash (Saawariya)
Shreya Ghoshal – Ye Ishq Hai (Jab We Met)
Sunidhi Chauhan – Aaja Nachle (Aaja Nachle)
IIFA (The International Indian Film Academy) has announced a stellar list of performers and events, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand this year.
These include -
* The DE TAALI team of Aftab Shivdasani, Riteish Deshmukh and Ayesha Takia and the MISSION ISTANBUL cast of Zayed Khan, Vivek Oberoi and Shriya Saran promise to set the stage on fire. ACID FACTORY, a film that has just begun production, will share its first look on stage with a performance by Dia Mirza, Fardeen Khan, Dino Morea and Aftab Shivdasani.
* Performances by Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Govinda.
* Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja will showcase Harry Baweja’s LOVE STORY 2050.
* Global Business Forum will be attended by heavyweights from Thailand and the Indian business fraternity.
* IIFA will honor Nobel Peace Prize laureate and climate change scientist, Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri.
* The much-awaited SARKAR RAJ will be premiered on day one at Major Cineplex.
* The show will be hosted by Karan Johar.
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