KUALA LUMPUR: It was a night of Bollywood glamor and energy in Malaysia on Sunday at the International Indian Film Academy’s (IIFA) annual awards ceremony.
India’s biggest stars descended on the Malaysian capital for the event — dubbed Bollywood’s Oscars — dazzling the audience with the colorful musical dance numbers that India’s cinema is famous for. Almost 4,000 fans gathered at the Putra Indoor Stadium, just south of Kuala Lumpur, to see screen idols like Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Tiger Shroff — who won the best male debut award — perform on stage. Anushka Sharma stole the show with her sizzling dance performance during the ceremony that saw films Haider, Queen and PK scoring big wins.
Kapoor and Kangana Ranaut snapped up the male and female awards for best performance in a leading role for Haider and Queen respectively, while Rajkumar Hirani won best director for PK and Vikas Bahl’s film Queen was named best picture. Deepika Padukone, meanwhile, was honored with the Woman of the Year award, after a busy year with films Piku, Happy New Year and Finding Fanny.
Stars rock Malaysia at Bollywood’s Oscars



