Dabangg Wins Best Film at International Indian FIlm Awards

JUNE 27, 2011 – Dabangg and My Name Is Khan were the top winners at the 12th Annual International Indian Film Awards, or IIFAs, in Toronto last Saturday night.

The show, which aired on Saturday night, provided the climax for three days of movie going, dancing, fashion, music and a business forum aimed at strengthening ties between Canada and India -- something event organisers hope to do around the world, too.

"Toronto is definitely the gateway to North America and we hope to maintain a great relationship with this amazing country for many years to come," Sabbas Joseph, Director of Wizcraft International, a Mumbai based entertainment group who produced the IIFAs, told a press conference.

Here are the winners:

Best film: Dabangg

Best direction: Karan Johar (My Name Is Khan)

Leading role male: Shahrukh Khan (My Name Is Khan)

Leading role female: Anushka Sharma (Band Baaja Baaraat)

Supporting actor: Arjun Rampal (Raajneeti)

Supporting actress: Prachi Desai (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai)

Contribution to Indian cinema: Dharmendra Deol

Achievement in Indian cinema: Sharmila Tagore

Achievement in international cinema: Irrfan Khan

Lifetime achievement: Asha Bhonsle

Comic role: Riteish Deshmukh (Housefull)

Negative role: Sonu Sood (Dabangg)

Debut male: Ranveer Singh (Band Baaja Baaraat)

Debut female: Sonakshi Sinah (Dabangg)

Best story: Shibani Bhatija (My Name Is Khan)

Best screenplay: Dilip Shukla, Abhinav Kashyap (Dabangg)

Best dialogue: Vishal Bhardwaj (Ishqiya)

Music direction: Sajid - Wajid & Lalit Pandit (Dabangg)

Best lyrics: Niranjan Iyengar (Sajdaa, My Name Is Khan)

Playback singer male: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Tere Mast Mast Do Nain, Dabangg)

Playback singer female: Mamta Sharma (Munni Badnam, Dabangg)

Special "green" award: Priyanka Chopra

Best on-screen jodi: Anuksha Sharma and Ranveer Singh (Band Baaja Baaraat)