Thursday,
June
14,
2007
Aamir
Khan's
Rang
De
Basanti
(Paint
it
Saffron)
won
best
picture
at
this
year's
International
Indian
Film
Awards
-
Bollywood's
version
of
the
Oscars.
The
eighth
annual
IIFA
awards
took
place
in
the
12,000-seater
Sheffield
Hallam
arena
in
northern
England
on
Saturday
night
stretching
into
the
early
hours
of
Sunday
as
Bollywood's
biggest
stars
celebrated
their
best
films
of
the
last
year.
The
film,
directed
by
Rakeysh
Omprakash
Mehra,
stars
Aamir
Khan,
and
also
won
Filmfare's
best
movie
award
along
with
almost
a
dozen
other
gongs
at
the
IIFA
awards.
In
the
movie,
a
young
London
based
filmmaker
chances
upon
the
diaries
of
her
grandfather,
who
served
in
the
British
police
force
in
India.
The
film
deals
with
Indian
independence,
patriotism
and
contemporary
India.
The
award
for
best
actor
went
to
Hrithik
Roshan
for
his
role
in
Krrish
-
billed
as
India's
first
superhero
movie.
"May
our
children
never
be
afraid
to
dream
the
impossible
because
...
someone
like
me
could
get
this
far," said
Roshan,
who
also
won
the
gong
for
the
most
glamorous
male
lead.
Best
actress
went
to
Rani
Mukherji
for
her
role
in
Kabhi
Alvida
Naa
Kahna.
The
awards
were
created
seven
years
ago
to
promote
Indian
films
to
an
international
audience.
Previous
ceremonies
have
been
held
in
the
United
Arab
Emirates,
the
Netherlands
and
Singapore.
Recent
Stories
Ganpat
Rap
for
a
better
Mumbai
Yash
Raj,
Walt
Disney
animation
agreement