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The drama and the dazzling dances aren’t limited to Bollywood musicals or so proved the 20th edition of the International Indian Film Academy Awards (Iifa) 2019 that was held in Mumbai for the first time in awards history.
Dubbed as the Bollywood Oscars, the annual travelling awards show held at the Dome on September 18 did throw many surprises.
Although Ayushmann Khurrana’s cerebral murder mystery ‘AndhaDhun’ was heavily nominated at the 20th edition of International Indian Film Academy Awards (Iifa 2019) with 13 nods, Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal’s spy thriller ‘Raazi’ and director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s sweeping epic ‘Padmaavat’ won major awards.
While ‘AndhaDhun’ won the Best Director award for Bollywood’s maverick talent Sriram Raghavan, along with the Best Story trophy, ‘Raazi’ ensured that Alia Bhatt got the Best Actress award, while the film won Best Picture and Best Singer Male and Female.
The night also belonged to Ranveer Singh who won the Best Actor his evil emperor role of Alauddin Khilji in period epic ‘Padmaavat’. Aditi Rao Hydari won the Best Supporting Role award for the same film. While the majority of stars who attended the awards night walked home with some trophy or the other, the night wasn’t devoid of fun, glamour and drama.
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