IIFA awards 2008

IIFA awards 2008.

The International Indian film Academy (IIFA) awards, 2008, were presented in a colourful evening in Bankok this year. Awards were given for different categories of Indian films including best composer award, technical awards, best actor, actress awards, etc.

Very significantly the award winners were the same celebrities who won the filmfare awards for their achievements in the year. AR Rehman received the best composer award for his music composition in the film Guru. He had received around 7 filmfare awards by this time and is looking forward of breaking the record of Shankar Jaikishan for receiving 8 filmfare awards.

Shahrukh Khan won the best actor award for his performance in the film Chakde India and Kareena Kapoor won best actress award for her performance in the film Jab We Met. Konkona Sen Sharma won the best supporting actress award for her performance in Life in a Metro. Chak De India got the award for the best film of the year. Govinda won the best comedian award for his performance in Partner.

There is a trend of bollywood awards in the last few years that the same actors and actresses have got these awards one after the other. Shahrukh Khan had been getting the awards one after the other. There is a question mark in the minds of many viewers that why cant god actors, actresses or singers, composers, fail to receive even a single award for their good performance.


For example, Shahid Kapoor received nothing for his performance in Jab We Met. Amir Khan’s film Tare Zameen Par could have received the best film award. It has been the tradition for the last 50 years. On one hand composers like Madanmohan, Ghulam Mohammad did not receive any filmfare award, Dharmender, Jeetender did not receive any best actor award, on the other hand few actors, actresses, composers, directors got the award many times.

IIFA should break the trend and judge the best performance independently and encourage and motivate new talents in the industry.

Esha Deol hit films.

Esha Deol hit films.

Esha Deol had been one of the most successful actresses of the last few years. She had inherent acting skills as she carried the legacy of Dharmender and Hema Malini forward with her performances.

Her performance in the film No Entry had been extraordinary. Unlike Lara Dutta and Celina Jaitley she trusted Salman Khan, her husband in the film. At the same time Salman Khan had the habit of telling lies in respect of his extra-marital affairs. Due to his insistence Bipasha Basu spend some time with Anil Kapoor and disturbed the peace of the life of Anil Kapoor and Fardeen Khan.


Lara Dutta and Celina Jaitley had filed divorce suits against their husbands. Esha Deol unfolded the truth before Salman Khan and he did playacting by trying to commit suicide and the problem was solved.

Esha Deol did well in the comedy film One Two Three. She was a fashion designer and wanted to sell a consignment to earn big amount of money. But she got engaged with Tushar Kapoor who was a bhai in the film who was appointed as a serial killer. Ultimately Tushar Kapoor entered into an affair with Esha Deol and changed his plan.

Esha Deol did well in the film Na Tum Jano Na Hum opposite Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan. He entered into an affair with Hrithik Roshan even without meeting him. Both of them developed their friendship by posting letters in the Post office. In the meantime her marriage was fixed with Saif Ali Khan. The film took a different turn. Esha Deol was sublime in her performance.


She did well in the film Dhoom also. She also acted in negative characters like the one she played in the film Ankahee opposite Altaf Shivdasani and Amisha Patel. Her other successful films include the action thriller Dus, the crime thriller Kaal.

With a number of hit films under her belt, she is expected to do even better in the new films in 2008.