Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt Bags Best Actor/Actress Award at IIFA Awards 2019

 

The 20th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards was attended by variant movie industry celebrities. While Ranveer Singh walked away with the best actor trophy for Padmaavat, Alia Bhatt won the best actress for her role in Raazi.

Speaking about receiving the award, Alia said, "The indisputable fact that you're all sitting here past 2:00am and looking us being honored means that you all love cinema and that's why we continue to do what we are doing. It feels surreal to carry this IIFA award for Raazi and to be nominated alongside talented actors... who were my inspiration to become an actor."

National Award winner Vicky Kaushal bagged the award within the Best Performance in a very Supporting Role (Male) category for Sanju.

Apart from these, this year the IIFA had some special awards that were bestowed upon Deepika Padukone for Chennai Express, Ranbir Kapoor for Barfi, Rajkumar Hirani for 3 Idiots, Pritam for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil whereas the film Kaho Na Pyaar Hai also won special award in the Best Film in the last 20 year category

The award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema was given to the master of dance and choreography Saroj Khan by none other than Madhuri Dixit Nene who even paid tribute to her best choreographer by dancing on some of the songs that had been choreographed by the ace star. With the exception of her, the master of comedy, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed, additionally referred to as Jagdeep was additionally bestowed with the special award for his extraordinary work on the silver screen.

Here's the complete list of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Winners:

Best film: Raazi

Best Director: Sriram Raghavan (Andhadhun)

Best Actor (Female): Alia Bhatt (Raazi)

Best Actor (Male): Ranveer Singh (Padmaavat)

Best Actor In Supporting Role (Female): Aditi Rao Hydari (Padmaavat)

Best Actor In Supporting Role (Male): Vicky Kaushal for (Sanju)

Best Debut (Male): Ishaan Khatter (Dhadak)

Best debut (Female): Sara Ali Khan (Kedarnath)Best Story - Sriram Raghavan, Pooja Ladha Surti, Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar and Hemanth Rao (Andhadhun)

Best Music Direction: Amaal Mallik, Guru Randhawa, Rochak Kohli, Saurabh-Vaibhav and Zack Knight (Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety)

Best Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya (Dhadak)

Best Playback Singer (Female): Harshdeep Kaur and Vibha Saraf (Dilbaro from Raazi

Best Playback Singer (Male): Arijit Singh for (Ae Watan from Raazi)

Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema-Saroj Khan and Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed.