Glitz and glamour at IIFA Awards

All the glitz and glamour came together at one venue last weekend to celebrate the 13th annual IIFA Awards held in Singapore. Riya Sharma from East FM represented the Radio Africa Group courtesy of Sunrive and Holiday Bazaar Ltd. She had an opportunity to rub shoulders with the Bollywood fraternity – from actors to directors, from music directors to starlets, and everyone in between. It was a whirlwind three days for Riya as she snapped up every opportunity to get exclusive interviews with the stars for the Star and East FM and photographs too, bringing you a step closer to the world of Bollywood by sharing her experiences one on one.

The green carpet at the IIFAs was tread on by renowned names of Bollywood as they entered the hall to see who would win what. Walking away with the top most accolades were, unsurprisingly, Ranbir Kapoor for his role in Rockstar and Vidya Balan for her role in The Dirty Picture. Best Music Direction award went to A R Rahman while the team of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara totally smashed it with a whole load of awards to take back home.

The winners:

Best Film: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Story: Zoya Akhtar and Reema Katgi - Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara

Best Direction: Zoya Akhtar - Zindagi Na Milege Dobara

Best Performance In Leading Role (Male): Ranbir Kapoor - Rockstar

Best Performance In A Leading Role (Female): Vidya Balan - The Dirty Picture

Best Supporting Actor (Male): Farhan Akhtar - Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara

Best Supporting Actor (Female): Parineeti Chopra - Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl

Best Debut (Male): Vidyut Jamwal - Force

Best Debut (Female): Parineeti Chopra - Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl

Best Performance In A Negative Role: Prakash Raj - Singham

Best Performance In A Comic Role: Riteish Deshmukh - Double Dhamaal

Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema: Rekha

Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema: Ramesh Sippy

Best Music Direction: A.R. Rahman - Rockstar

Best Playback Singer (Male) - Mohit Chauhan - the song Nadaan Parinde - Rockstar

Best Playback Singer (Female) - Shreya Ghosal - the song Teri Meri - Bodyguard

Best Lyrics: Irshad Kamil - the song 'Nadaan Parindey' - Rockstar

Best Choreography: Bosco Caesar Senorita - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Dialogue: Rajat Aroraa -The Dirty Picture

Hottest Pair: Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri in Rockstar

IIFA 2012 Green Award: Dia Mirza

Best Action: Jai Singh Nijjar - Singham

Best Special Effects: Red Chillies VFX - Ra.One

Best Choreography: Bosco-Caesar for Senorita from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Cinematography: Carlos Catalan for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Costume Design: Niharika Khan - The Dirty Picture

Best Dialogue: Rajat Aroraa - The Dirty Picture

Best Editing: Anand Subaya - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Makeup: Vikram Gaikwad for The Dirty Picture

Best Production Design: Sabu Cyril - Ra.One

Best Screenplay: Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar

Best Sound Re-Recording: Anuj Mathur and Baylon Fonseca - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Sound Recording: Resul Pookutty and Amrit Pritam Dutta - Ra.One