9th IIFA Awards (2008)
After travelling through the eight cities of London, Sun City, Johannesburg, Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, Amsterdam and Yorkshire starting from the year 2000, the ninth edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) was organised in the city of Bangkok (Thailand). The three day extravaganza kicked off on June 6, 2008 at the Dusit Thani Super Luxury Hotel. The living legend of Indian Cinema and the brand ambassador Mr Amitabh Bachchan started off the programes in the presence of Thailand Sports and Tourism minister, Khun Weerasak Kowsurat and the Indian Ambassador Latha Reddy.
- WINNER
Best Movie
Chak De India
Guru
Jab We Met
Om Shanti Om
Life In A Metro Partner
Best Director
Chak De India
- Shimit Amin
Life In A ... Metro
- Anurag Basu
Jab We Met
- Imtiaz Ali
Guru
- Mani Ratnam
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
- Priyadarshan
Partner
- David Dhawan
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)
Chak De India
- Shahrukh Khan
Guru
- Abhishek Bachchan
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
- Akshay Kumar
Partner
- Salman Khan
Jab We Met
- Shahid Kapoor
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)
Jab We Met
- Kareena Kapoor
Guru
- Aishwarya Rai
Om Shanti Om
- Deepika Padukone
Cheeni Kum
- Tabu
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
- Vidya Balan
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Life In A ... Metro
- Irrfan Khan
Welcome
- Anil Kapoor
Partner
- Govinda
Guru
- Mithun Chakraborty
Bheja Fry
- Rajat Kapoor
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Life In A ... Metro
- Konkona Sen Sharma
Chak De India
- Chitrashi Rawat
Saawariya
- Rani Mukerji
Guru
- Vidya Balan
Cheeni Kum
- Zohra Sehgal
Best Actor in a Negative Role
Shootout At Lokhandwala
- Vivek Oberoi
Om Shanti Om
- Arjun Rampal
Life In A ... Metro
- Kay Kay Menon
Chak De India
- Shilpa Shukla
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
- Vidya Balan
Best Actor in a Comic Role
Partner
- Govinda
Life In A ... Metro
- Irrfan Khan
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
- Paresh Rawal
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
- Rajpal Yadav
Bheja Fry
- Vinay Pathak
Best Music Director
Guru
- A.R. Rahman
for "Barso re barso re"
Shootout At Lokhandwala
- Mika
for "Ganpat"
Saawariya
- Monty Sharma
for "Saawariya"
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
- Pritam
for "Hare Ram Hare Ram"
Partner
- Sajid, Wajid
for "Do u wanna partner"
Chak De! India
- Salim, Sulaiman
for "Chak de India"
Best Lyricist
Om Shanti Om
- Javed Akhtar
for "Main agar kahoon"
Guru
- Gulzar
for "Tere Bina"
Chak De! India
- Jaideep Sahni
for "Chak de India"
Saawariya
- Sameer
for "Jab se tere naina"
Life In A ... Metro
- Sayeed Quadri
for "In dino"
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Saawariya
- Shaan
for "Jabse Tere Naina"
Om Shanti Om
- KK
for "Aankhon Mein Teri Om"
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
- Neeraj Shridhar
for "Hare Ram Hare Ram"
Chak De India
- Sukhvinder Singh
for "Chak De India"
Partner
- Wajid, Laabh Janjuwa
for "Soni De Nakhre"
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Guru
- Shreya Ghoshal
for "Barso re"
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
- Shreya Ghoshal
for "Dholna"
Saawariya
- Shreya Ghoshal
for "Thode badmash"
Jab We Met
- Shreya Ghoshal
for "Ye ishq hai"
Aaja Nachle
- Sunidhi Chauhan
for "Aaja nachle"
Style Icon of the Decade (Male)
Katrina Kaif
Best Art Direction
Om Shanti Om
- Sabu Cyril
Best Action
Shootout at Lokhandwala
- Javed Sheikh, Ejaz Sheikh
Best Background Score
Guru
- A. R. Rahman
Best Cinematography
Chak De! India
- Sudeep Chatterjee
Best Choreography
Aaja Nachle
- Vaibhavi Merchant
Best Costume Design
Om Shanti Om
- Manish Malhotra, Karan Johar, Sanjiv Mulchandani
Best Dialogue
Jab We Met
- Imtiaz Ali
Best Editing
Chak De! India
- Amitabh Shukla
Best Makeup
Om Shanti Om
- Manish Malhotra, Karan Johar, Sanjiv Mulchandani
Best Screenplay
Chak De India
- Jaideep Sahni
Life In A ... Metro
- Anurag Basu
Best Sound Recording
Chak De! India
- Manas Choudhary, Ali Merchant
Best Sound Re-Recording
Chak De! India
- Anuj Mathur, Ali Merchant
Best Special Effects
Om Shanti Om
Best Story
Chak De! India
- Jaideep Sahni
Life In A ... Metro
- Anurag Basu
Gandhi My Father
- Feroz Abbas Khan
Jab We Met
- Imtiaz Ali
Guru
- Mani Ratnam
Cheeni Kum
- R. Balki