Deepika Padukone is one of the top leading ladies of the Bollywood film industry and the diva has once again proved that she has what it takes to dominate the industry by bagging the Best Performance in a Leading Role (female) for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as well as taking home the Best Entertainer of the Year award. Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) went to Farhan Akhtar for his ingenious portrayal of the legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag walked away with nine trophies at the IIFA Magic of the Movies and Technical Awards. Milkha Singh was in attendance at the 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. The film also 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).
Hrithik Roshan’s superhero film Krrish 3 won Best Action (Sham Kaushal and Tony Ching Siu Tung) and Best Special Effects - Visuals (Keitan Yadav and Haresh Hingorani - Red Chillies VFX), awards. "It feels great to be here and get the 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 and 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.