Vidya Balan took home the Best Actress award at IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) 2013 for her portrayal of a pregnant woman in search of her husband in ‘Kahaani’ while Ranbir Kapoor was named Best Actor for ‘Barfi!’ in Macau on 06 July 2013 (Saturday).
Ranbir, who played a deaf-mute boy in ‘Barfi!’ was not present at the ceremony and the gong was accepted on his behalf by the film’s director Anurag Basu. These trophies are the Ranbir and Vidya’s second best actor awards after they bagged the same honours for ‘Rockstar’ and ‘The Dirty Picture’ respectively.
Basu’s romantic-comedy ‘Barfi!’, which won many awards throughout the year, bagged the best film, director, story and music awards at the 14th edition of the Bollywood extravaganza leaving behind ‘Agneepath’, ‘Vicky Donor’ and ’Gangs of Wasseypur’
Former couple Ranbir and Deepika Padukone won best Jodi award. Deepika, on accepting the award, said, “I love Ranbir and (am) missing him.”
’Vicky Donor’ stars Yami Gautam and Ayushmann Khurrana won the best debut awards in the female and male categories, respectively. “It feels like I am living in a dream. This is going to be my last debut award. In future, if I don’t get any award I will be happy in every situation,” Ayushmann said.
’English Vinglish’ helmer Gauri Shinde bagged the best debut director award.
The glitzy ceremony kicked off with a dance by Bachchan while other celebrities like Sridevi, Prabhudeva, Sushant Singh Rajput, Madhuri Dixit and Deepika Padukone, too, gave scintillating performances.
Here is the complete list of winners:
BEST ACTOR: Ranbir Kapoor for Barfi!
BEST FEMALE ACTOR: Vidya Balan for Kahaani
BEST FILM: Barfi!
BEST DIRECTOR: Anurag Basu (Barfi!)
BEST STORY: Tani and Anurag Basu for Barfi!
BEST SUPPORTING MALE: Anu Kapoor for Vicky Donor
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE - Anushka Sharma for JTHJ
BEST DEBUT FEMALE: Yami Gautam for Vicky Donor
BEST DEBUT MALE: Ayushmaan Khurana
BEST ACTOR IN COMIC ROLE: Abhishek Bachchan for Bol Bachchan
BEST ACTOR IN NEGATIVE ROLE: Rishi Kapoor from Agneepath
STAR JODI OF THE YEAR: Deepika padukone and ranbir kapoor
BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR: Gauri Shinde for English Vinglish
BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR: Pritam for Barfi!
BEST LYRICS: Amitabh Bhattacharya, mujhme kahin from Agneepath
BEST SINGER MALE: Sonu Nigam for Agneepath
BEST SINGER FEMALE: Shreya Ghoshal for Chikni chameli
SPECIAL AWARDS
IIFA FOREVER: Yash Chopra
INDIAN INTERNATIONAL CINEMA OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT: Anupam Kher
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO INDIAN CINEMA: Javed Akhtar
HUMANITY AWARD: Shabana Azmi
DIGITAL STAR OF THE YEAR: Shah Rukh Khan
