Toronto to host Bollywood’s global awards in 2011

December 11th, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI ( 13 comments )

Mumbai, Dec 11 (ANI): The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards will be held in Toronto from June 16-19, 2011.

Bollywood actors Vivek Oberoi and Celina Jaitely, in the presence of Ontario’s Premier Dalton McGuinty, made the announcement here.

“To win this privilege to host the 2011 IIFA awards…you need to know that Bollywood is in Ontario, especially Toronto. I was telling our stars here that Toronto city is the city of five billion people; 52 percent or half of the people living here were born outside the country. And a big component of that comes from the Asian community, particularly from India. So this is going to be exciting,” said McGuinty.

A joint release by IIFA and the Ontario government said that the awards should attract about 40,000 visitors to the city and another 350 million viewers to television screens the world over.

South Asians make up the largest visible minority in Toronto, with about 300,000, 12 per cent of the entire city’s population.

Celina Jaitley told reporters that Canada is a big base for Bollywood as there is huge fan following there.

“Well, Canada is big base for tour film industry. And I am sure we are very excited to go there. And this IIFA will be really big because a large number of our fans are from Canada. So we are really looking forward to this,” said Jaitley.

IIFA ceremonies have been previously hosted by Dubai, Amsterdam, Johannesburg and Bangkok. (ANI)

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13 Responses

  1. online Says:

    BEST FILM :

    1. Dabangg
    2. Raajneeti
    3. My Name is Khan
    4. Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
    5. Tees Maar Khan

    BEST ACTOR (MALE) IN LEADING ROLE :

    1. Akshay Kumar - Tees Maar Khan & Action Replayy
    2. Hrithik Roshan - Guzaarish
    3. Salman Khan - Dabangg
    4. Ajay Devgan - Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
    5. Ranbir Kapoor - Raajneeti
    6. Shahrukh Khan - My Name Is Khan

    BEST ACTOR (FEMALE) IN LEADING ROLE :

    1. Kajol - My Name Is Khan & We are Family
    2. Vidya Balan - Ishqiya
    3. Katrina Kaif - Raajneeti & Tees maar Khan
    4. Aishwarya Rai - Guzaarish & Action Replayy
    5. Deepika Padukone - Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
    6. Bipasha Basu - Lamhaa
    7. Sonam Kapoor - I Hate Luv Storys & Aisha

    BEST DIRECTION :

    1. Prakash Jha - Raajneeti
    2. Karan Johar - My Name Is Khan
    3. Abhinav Kashyap - Dabangg
    4. Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Guzaarish
    5. Ashutosh Gowariker - Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
    6. Farah Khan - Tees Maar Khan

    BEST MUSIC :

    1. Sajid-Wajid - Dabangg
    2. Pritam - Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
    3. Vishal-Shekhar - I Hate Luv Storys
    4. Vishal-Shekhar - Anjaana Anjaani
    5. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - Housefull
    6. Vishal-Shekhar - Tees Maar Khan

    BEST SINGER (MALE) :

    1. Sonu Nigam - “Tees Maar Khan” - Tees Maar Khan
    2. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - “Tere Mast” - Dabangg
    3. Mohit Chauhan - “Pee Loon” - OUTIM
    4. Shafqat Amanat Ali - “Bin Tere” - I Hate Luv Storys
    5. Daler Mehndi - “Zor Ka Jhatka” - Action Replayy
    6. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - “Sajda”- MNIK
    7. Mohit Chauhan - “Bheegi Si Bhaagi Si” - Raajneeti

    BEST SINGER (FEMALE) :

    1. Mamta Sharma -”Munni Badnaam” - Dabangg
    2. Tulsi Kumar - “Tum Jo Aaye Zindagi Mein” - OTIM
    3. Sunidhi Chauhan - “Shiela ki jawani” - Tees Maar Khan
    4. Shreya Ghoshal - “O Bekhabar” - Action Replayy
    5. Sunidhi Chauhan - “Udi” - Guzaarish
    6. Shreya Ghoshal - “Bahara” - I Hate Love Stories
    7. Sunidhi Chauhan - “Bin Tere” - I Hate Love Stories

    Best Lyrics:

    1. Faiz Anwar - “Tere Mast” - Dabangg
    2. Irshad Kamil - “Pee Loon” - OUTIM
    3. Lalit Pandit - “Munni Badnaam” - Dabangg
    4. Shirish Kunder - “Tees Maar Khan” - Tees Maar Khan
    5. Vishal Dadlani - “Shiela ki jawani” - Tees Maar Khan
    6. Sameer - “Mora Piya” - Raajneeti

    BEST DEBUT (MALE) :

    1. Ali Zafar - Tere Bin Laden
    2. Aditya Narayan - Shaapit
    3. Luv Sinha - Sadiyaan
    4. Meiyang Chang - Badmaash Company
    5. Vir Das - Badmaash Company
    6. Aditya Roy Kapoor - Action Replayy

    BEST DEBUT (FEMALE) :

    1. Barbara Mori - Kites
    2. Trisha Krishnan - Khatta Meetha
    3. Zarine Khan - Veer
    4. Monikangana Dutta - Guzaarish
    5. Ferena Wazeir - Sadiyaan
    6. Sonakshi Sinha - Dabangg

    BEST SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE) :

    1. Naseeruddin Shah - Ishqiya
    2. Mithun Chakrabothy - Golmaal 3
    3. Arjun Rampal - HouseFull
    4. Nana Patekar - Raajneeti
    5. Ajay Devgan - Raajneeti
    6. Akshaye Khanna - Tees Maar Khan

    BEST SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE) :

    1. Rekha - Sadiyaan
    2. Lara Dutta - HouseFull
    3. Prachi Desai - Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
    4. Kareena Kapoor - We Are Family
    5. Dimple Kapadia - Dabangg
    6. Ratna Pathak - Golmaal 3

    BEST COMIC ROLE (MALE & FEMALE) :

    1. Shreyas Talpade - Golmaal 3
    2. Paresh Rawal - Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge
    3. Ritesh Deshmukh - HouseFull
    4. Pradhuman Singh Mall - Tere Bin Laden
    5. Omkar Das Manikpuri - Peepli Live
    6. Johny Lever - Golmaal 3
    7. Tusshar Kapoor - Golmaal 3

    BEST VILLION ROLE (MALE & FEMALE) :

    1. Shatrughan Sinha - Rakht Charitra
    2. Sonu Sood - Dabangg
    3. Manoj Bajpai - Raajneeti
    4. Paresh Rawal - Aakrosh
    5. Abhishekh Bhachchan - Raavan

    BEST STORY :

    1. Karan Johar / Shibani Bathija - MNIK
    2. Rajat Arora - OUTIM
    3. Sanjay Chauhan / Piyush Mishra - Lahore
    4. Vibhu Puri / Bhavani Iyer - Guzaarish
    5. Prakash Jha - Raajneeti
    6. Dileep Shukla / Abhinav Kashyap - Dabangg
    7. Ashutosh Gowariker - KHJ2S

    BEST DEBUT DIRECTION :

    1. Abhishek Chaubey - Ishqiya
    2. Parmeet Sethi - Badmaash Company
    3. Punit Malhotra - I Hate Luv Storys
    4. Siddharth Malhotra - We Are Family
    5. Abhinav Kashyap - Dabangg

    Best Jodi :

    1. Salman Khan - Sonakshi Sinha
    2. Akshay Kumar - Katrina Kaif
    3. Ranbir Kapoor - Katrina Kaif
    4. Ranbir Kapoor - Priyanka Chopada
    5. Shahrukh khan - Kajol
    6. Akshay Kumar - Aishwarya Rai

  2. vikas Says:

    BEST FILM :

    1. Dabangg

    BEST ACTOR (MALE) IN LEADING ROLE :3. Salman Khan - Dabangg

    BEST DIRECTION :3. Abhinav Kashyap - Dabangg

    BEST MUSIC :1. Sajid-Wajid - Dabangg

    BEST SINGER (MALE) :2. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - “Tere Mast” - Dabangg

    BEST SINGER (FEMALE) :1. Mamta Sharma -”Munni Badnaam” - Dabangg

    Best Lyrics:1. Faiz Anwar - “Tere Mast” - Dabangg

    BEST DEBUT (MALE) 4. Meiyang Chang - Badmaash Company

    BEST DEBUT (FEMALE) :3. Zarine Khan - Veer

    BEST SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE) :5. Ajay Devgan - Raajneeti

    BEST SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE) :5. Dimple Kapadia - Dabangg

    BEST COMIC ROLE (MALE & FEMALE) :3. Ritesh Deshmukh - HouseFull

    BEST VILLION ROLE (MALE & FEMALE) :2. Sonu Sood - Dabangg

    BEST STORY :6. Dileep Shukla / Abhinav Kashyap - Dabangg

    BEST DEBUT DIRECTION :5. Abhinav Kashyap - Dabangg

    Best Jodi :1. Salman Khan - Sonakshi Sinha

  3. Zara Says:

    BEST FILM: Dabangg

    BEST DIRECTOR: Farah Khan – Tees Maar Khan

    BEST ACTOR IN LEADING ROLE: Shah Rukh Khan – My Name Is Khan

    BEST ACTRESS IN LEADING ROLE: Kajol – My Name Is Khan

    BEST MUSIC: Vishal-Shekhar & Shirish Kunder – Tees Maar Khan

    BEST SINGER (MALE): Sonu Nigam – “Tees Maar Khan” – Tees Maar Khan

    BEST SINGER (FEMALE): Sunidhi Chauhan – “Shiela Ki jawani” – Tees Maar Khan

    BEST LYRICS: Vishal Dadlani – “Shiela Ki jawani” – Tees Maar Khan

    BEST DEBUT (MALE): Ali Zafar – Tere Bin Laden

    BEST DEBUT (FEMALE): Sonakshi Sinha – Dabangg

    BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Akshaye Khanna – Tees Maar Khan & Aakrosh

    BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Kareena Kapoor – We Are Family

    BEST ACTOR IN A COMIC ROLE: Akshaye Khanna – Tees Maar Khan

    BEST ACTOR IN A VILLAIN ROLE: Paresh Rawal – Aakrosh

    BEST STORY: Karan Johar / Shibani Bathija – My Name Is Khan

    BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR: Abhinav Kashyap – Dabangg

    BEST JODI: Shah Rukh Khan – Kajol (My Name Is Khan)

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: THIRU – Aakrosh

    BEST EDITING: Shirish Kunder – Tees Maar Khan

    BEST SONG OF THE YEAR: “Shiela Ki jawani” – Tees Maar Khan

    CRITIC AWARDS:
    1. Best Film: – My Name Is Khan
    2. Best Director: – Karan Johar – My Name is Khan
    3. Best Actor: – Salman Khan – Dabangg
    4. Best Actress: – Vidya Balan – Ishqiya

  4. abhishek Says:

    lara dutta will be won supporting roll award

  5. BEST FILM : 1. Dabangg BEST ACTOR (MALE) IN LEADING ROLE :3. Salman Khan - Dabangg BEST DIRECTION :3. Abhinav Kashyap - Dabangg BEST MUSIC :1. Sajid-Wajid - Dabangg BEST SINGER (MALE) :2. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - “Tere Mast” - Dabangg BEST SINGER Says:

    BEST FILM :

    1. Dabangg

    BEST ACTOR (MALE) IN LEADING ROLE :3. Salman Khan - Dabangg

    BEST DIRECTION :3. Abhinav Kashyap - Dabangg

    BEST MUSIC :1. Sajid-Wajid - Dabangg

    BEST SINGER (MALE) :2. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - “Tere Mast” - Dabangg

    BEST SINGER (FEMALE) :1. Mamta Sharma -”Munni Badnaam” - Dabangg

    Best Lyrics:1. Faiz Anwar - “Tere Mast” - Dabangg

    BEST DEBUT (MALE) 4. Meiyang Chang - Badmaash Company

    BEST DEBUT (FEMALE) :3. Zarine Khan - Veer

    BEST SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE) :5. Ajay Devgan - Raajneeti

    BEST SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE) :5. Dimple Kapadia - Dabangg

    BEST COMIC ROLE (MALE & FEMALE) :3. Ritesh Deshmukh - HouseFull

    BEST VILLION ROLE (MALE & FEMALE) :2. Sonu Sood - Dabangg

    BEST STORY :6. Dileep Shukla / Abhinav Kashyap - Dabangg

    BEST DEBUT DIRECTION :5. Abhinav Kashyap - Dabangg

    Best Jodi :1. Salman Khan - Sonakshi Sinha

  6. ismail mohammad Says:

    best actor goes to sharukh khan;without sharukh khan in bollywood is zero.

  7. Good boy Says:

    Best film-dabangg. Best actor-salman khan. Best director-abhinav sinha,dabangg.you know the rest.this years belong to salman khan-2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,plus the more years he’s in the film industry.thank you

  8. sonali Says:

    best actor - Shahrukh khan,best actress - kajol

  9. wajid Says:

    best film dabang best acctor salman khan best singer rahat fateh ali khan best story dabang best jodi salman and sonakshi

  10. saleem Says:

    best film dabang best acctor salman khan best singer rahat fateh ali khan best story dabang best jodi salman and sonakshi aur ye mera dost salman ka bara fan us ki birthday b manata hy her dafa

  11. Himanshu Says:

    Best Actor-Salman Khan(Veer $ Dabangg)
    Best Film-Dabangg
    Best direction-Abhinav Kashyap
    Best production-Arbaaz khan production
    Best music-Sajid wajid(Dabangg)
    Best jodi-Salman-Sonakshi
    Best Singer(male)-Rahat fateh ali khan(tere mast mast)
    Best singer(Female)-mamta sharma

  12. akhtar Says:

    Best Actor-Salman Khan(Veer $ Dabangg)
    Best Film- Dabangg
    BEST DEBUT (MALE) :Aditya Narayan - Shaapit
    Best Jodi :

    1. Salman Khan - Sonakshi Sinha
    BEST DEBUT (FEMALE) :6. Sonakshi Sinha - Dabangg

    BEST ACTOR (FEMALE) IN LEADING ROLE :2. Vidya Balan - Ishqiya

  13. salman khan nest actor 2011 for Dabangg Says:

    salman best actor 2011 dabangg

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