10th IIFA Awards
Date	11 June 2009 (2009-06-11)– 13 June 2009 (2009-06-13)
Site	The Venetian Macao, Macau[1]
Hosted by	Boman Irani Ritesh Deshmukh Lara Dutta
Highlights
Best Picture	Jodhaa Akbar
Best Direction	Ashutosh Gowariker (Jodhaa Akbar)
Best Actor	Hrithik Roshan (Jodhaa Akbar)
Best Actress	Priyanka Chopra (Fashion)
Most awards	Jodhaa Akbar (10)
Most nominations	Jodhaa Akbar (16)
Television coverage
Channel	Star Plus
Network	STAR TV

The 10th International Indian Film Academy Awards (informally known as the Decadial IIFA Awards) were a major film awards ceremony honoring the best Bollywood films of 2008. The ceremony was held in The Venetian Macao, Macau from 11 June to 13 June 2009. The choice of Macau as host city was considered a well-planned decision, aimed at reducing tensions between India and China,^[2] as well as to end the "deadlock" between the two countries over the issue of exchange of cinema. The ceremony was hosted by Boman Irani, Ritesh Deshmukh and Lara Dutta.

IIFA completed 10 years of existence in 2009, giving awards to numerous prominent film personalities. In honour of this landmark, five special IIFA Awards were awarded that year, and these awards were collectively called as the IIFA Golden Decade Honors (also as the Artists of the Decade Awards).^[3]

Jodhaa Akbar led the ceremony with 16 nominations, followed by Ghajini with 10 nominations, and Race and Rock On!! with 9 nominations each.

Jodhaa Akbar won 10 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Ashutosh Gowariker) and Best Actor (for Hrithik Roshan), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Choice of host city and venue

Usually, the decision of a host city for the forthcoming IIFA Award ceremony takes place in the first press conference in the host city itself. This rule was broken and the host city and venue for the 2009 edition of the awards was announced in Mumbai. Brand Ambassador of IIFA, Amitabh Bachchan, announced Macau as host city in an event in the JW Marriott Hotel. The venue was declared to be The Venetian Macao, one of the largest resorts in the world. Reportedly, Toronto (was later chosen as host for 2011) and Istanbul had also bid for the awards. The next award ceremony were announced to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2010.

Macau was once again hosted the 2013 IIFA Awards.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[4][5]

Popular awards

Ashutosh Gowariker (Best Director)

Hrithik Roshan (Best Actor)

Priyanka Chopra (Best Actress)

Arjun Rampal (Best Supporting Actor)

Kangana Ranawat (Best Supporting Actress)

Best Picture	Best Director
Jodhaa Akbar – UTV Motion Pictures and Ashutosh Gowariker Productions A Wednesday! – UTV Motion Pictures, Anjum Rizvi Film Company and A Friday Filmworks Dostana – Dharma Productions and Yash Raj Films Ghajini – Geetha Arts and Reliance Entertainment Race – Tips Music Films and UTV Motion Pictures Rock On!! – Excel Entertainment and Reliance Big Pictures	Ashutosh Gowariker – Jodhaa Akbar A. R. Murugadoss – Ghajini Abhishek Kapoor – Rock On!! Madhur Bhandarkar – Fashion Neeraj Pandey – A Wednesday!
Best Performance In A Leading Role Male	Best Performance In A Leading Role Female
Hrithik Roshan – Jodhaa Akbar as Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar Aamir Khan – Ghajini as Sanjay Singhania Abhishek Bachchan – Dostana as Sameer(Sam) Naseeruddin Shah – A Wednesday! as (the unnamed caller) Shah Rukh Khan – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi as Surinder "Suri" Sahni/Raj Kapoor	Priyanka Chopra – Fashion as Meghna Mathur Aishwarya Rai – Jodhaa Akbar as Rajkumari Jodhaa Asin – Ghajini as Kalpana Bipasha Basu – Race as Sonia Singh Katrina Kaif – Singh Is Kinng as Sonia Singh
Best Performance In A Supporting Role Male	Best Performance In A Supporting Role Female
Arjun Rampal – Rock On!! as Joe Mascarenhas Abhishek Bachchan – Sarkar Raj as Shankar Nagare Irrfan Khan – Mumbai Meri Jaan as Thomas Sonu Sood – Jodhaa Akbar as Rajkumar Sujamal Vinay Pathak – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi as Balwinder "Bobby" Khosla	Kangana Ranawat – Fashion as Shonali Gujral Bipasha Basu – Bachna Ae Haseeno as Radhika/Shreya Rathore Ila Arun – Jodhaa Akbar as Maham Anga Kirron Kher – Dostana as Sameer's mother Shahana Goswami – Rock On!! as Debbie
Best Performance In A Comic Role	Best Performance In A Negative Role
Abhishek Bachchan – Dostana as Sameer (Sam) Anil Kapoor – Race as Robert D'Costa (R.D) Rajpal Yadav – Bhoothnath as Anthony Shreyas Talpade – Welcome to Sajjanpur as Mahadev Kushwaha Tejpal Singh – Jodhaa Akbar as Ni'Mat Tushar Kapoor – Golmaal Returns as Lucky	Akshaye Khanna – Race as Rajeev Singh Imran Khan – Kidnap as Kabir Sharma Paresh Rawal – Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! as Lucky's Father / Gogi Arora / Dr. B. D. Handa Pradeep Rawat – Ghajini as Ghajini Dharmatma Visshwa Badola – Jodhaa Akbar as Saadir Adaasi
Male Debutant Star	Female Debutant Star
Farhan Akhtar – Rock On!! as Aditya Shroff	Asin – Ghajini as Kalpana

IIFA Golden Decade Honour

Rakesh Roshan won Director of the Decade even though Sanjay Leela Bhansali had won the most IIFA Award for Best Director awards (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas and Black). If the year 2009 was counted, then Hrithik Roshan would have one more IIFA Award for Best Actor than Shahrukh Khan, for the films Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, Koi... Mil Gaya, Krrish and Jodhaa Akbar.

Multiple nominations and awards

References