IIFA awards 2014: Farhan, Deepika win best actor awards

Tampa Bay, US: Farhan Akhtar starrer ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’, a biopic on sportsman Milkha Singh, walked away with nine trophies at the IIFA Magic of the Movies and Technical Awards here. Milkha Singh was in attendance at the last night’s ceremony with director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Farhan, who was seen hugging the sportsman after performing on his hit songs like ‘Zinda’ from ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’, ‘Senorita’ from ‘Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara’ and ‘Dil Chahta Hai’. Akhtar also won the award for best performance in leading role (male) for his role in “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag”. ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ won the Best Cinematography (Binod Pradhan), Best Screenplay (Prasoon Joshi), Best Dialogue (Prasoon Joshi), Best Editing (PS Bharti), Best Sound Design (Nakul Kamte), Best Sound Mixing (Pranav Shukla), Best Background Score (Shankar-Ehsaan- Loy), Best Costume Designing (Dolly Ahluwalia), and Best Make-Up (Vikram Gaikwad). [caption id=“attachment_1499015” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Winner for Best Performance in a Leading Role, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone accepts her trophy at the IIFA awards. AFP.[/caption] Meanwhile, Deepika Padukone won best performance in a leading role (female) for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as well as took home the best entertainer of the year award. Hrithik Roshan starrer superhero film ‘Krrish 3’ won Best Action (Sham Kaushal & Tony Ching Siu Tung) and Best Special Effects - Visuals (Keitan Yadav & Haresh Hingorani - Red Chillies VFX), awards. “It feels great to be here and get IIFA award for Krrish 3,” Hrithik said. Hrithik grooved on stage with singer Mika Singh on Shahid Kapoor’s hit song ‘Agal Bagal’ from ‘Phata Poster Nikla Hero’. Mika was a hit with the crowd as he sang ‘Subah Hone De’ and other hit songs. Sonakshi Sinha gave an enthralling performance on her hit masala songs while Bipasha Basu performed on ‘Kamli’, ‘Baby Doll’. Director Rohit Shetty’s blockbuster hit ‘Chennai Express) won Best Song Recording (Vinod Verma for Lungi Dance) and Best Sound Mixing (Anup Dev) along with ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ at the ceremony hosted by Saif Ali Khan and Vir Das. Bollywood actors like Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepika Padukone, Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Anil Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Hrithik Roshan, Anupam Kher, Parineeti Chopra, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Ramesh Sippy, Vaani Kapoor, Siddharth Malhotra, Arshad Warsi, Vive Oberoi and others attended the award ceremony. PTI