‘Power Couple’ Deepika and Ranveer reaffirm their dominance at IIFA 2016

At the IIFA Awards Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh again reaffirmed themselves as Bollywood’s ‘power couple’. Not only did both grab the best actor awards in their respective categories but also Ranveer put all rumours of a lover’ tiff to rest. After winning the Best Actor award for Bajirao Mastani, he thanked rumoured ladylove Deepika Padukone, admitting that she makes him the happiest and hoped that she wins in the Best Actress category.

That she did, for an outstanding performance in Shoojit Sarkar’s Piku. The other highlight of the IIFA Awards also involved Deepika. Fawad Khan, who was hosting a small segment in Madrid, tried to woo Deepika by singing ‘roop tera mastana…’ and told the actress to rate his performance. To which Deepika got down on her knees and proposed to him instead, a true fun moment of this year’s IIFA Awards.

Not just the stage, Deepika Padukone ruled the green carpet as well along with Priyanka Chopra, Sonakshi Sinha and Shilpa Shetty Kundra.

The Spanish city of Madrid played host to the 17th edition of the International Indian Film Academy Awards. The cream of the film industry came together to celebrate the best Bollywood films of 2015. The funny duo of ‘Raju and Pappu’ enacted by Shahid Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar scored a hat-trick as hosts.

From taking a dig at the censor board to last year’s National Award returning controversy, nobody was spared by Shahid and Farhan.

A Bajirao Mastaani Night

Bajirao Mastaani swept all the top awards. Apart from Ranveer Singh bagging the best actor award, Sanjay Leela Bhansali collected the Best film and best director award for the film. He received the award from his lead actors Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra. “No other film of mine has got so much love like Bajirao. I am surprised to see how it has done so well this awards season. It is a special moment for me to get these awards by my three favorite actors. I don’t want to thank anyone for the film because a ‘thank you’ is not enough,” he said.

Dum Laga ke Haisha dominated the music categories with Papon winning best male playback singer for Moh Moh Ke Dhaage and National Award winner Monali Thakur bagged the best female playback singer for the same song. Varun Grover won his first IIFA for best lyrics also for the same song. The best music composer award went to Meet Bros, Amaal Malik and Ankit Tiwari for Roy.

The best Jodi of the Year was awarded to the stars of Hero – Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty, who thanked Salman Khan for giving them a break in the film industry.

List of IIFA Award Winners:

Best Director – Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Bajirao Mastani

Best Film – Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Best Actor – Ranveer Singh for Bajirao Mastani

Best Actress – Deepika Padukone for Piku

Best Supporting Actress – Priyanka Chopra for Bajirao Mastani

Best Supporting Actor – Anil Kapoor for Dil Dhadakne Do

Best Story – Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku

Special Award for Woman of The Year – Priyanka Chopra

Special Award for Woman of The Year – Priyanka Chopra

Best Debut Couple Award – Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty

Best Performance in a Negative Role – Darshan Kumaar for NH10

Best Performance in Comic Role – Deepak Dobriyal for Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Best Debut (Female) – Bhumi Pednekar for Dum Laga Ke Haisha

Best Debut (Male) – Vicky Kaushal for Masaan

Best Playback Singer (Female) – Monali Thakur for Moh Moh Ke Dhaage from Dum Laga Ke Haisha

Best Playback Singer (Male) – Papon for Moh Moh Ke Dhaage from Dum Laga Ke Haisha

Best Lyrics – Varun Grover for Dum Laga Ke Haisha

‘Power Couple’ Deepika and Ranveer reaffirm their dominance at IIFA 2016

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