‘Veer-Zaara’ wins top honours in Amsterdam
Amsterdam: In the season of Indo-Pak friendship, Bollywood blockbuster on the theme ‘Veer Zara’ stole the show with six most popular prizes at the International Indian Film Academy Awards coming its way here. The love story of an Indian pilot played by Shahrukh Khan and a Pakistani woman, portrayed by Preity Zinta, set against Indo-Pak hostility bagged the awards for best picture, best direction, actor, supporting actress, music direction and story. Bollywood
diva Rani Mukherjee was the virtual star of the Amesterdam Arena last night as she got the rare honour of getting the award for the best actress for ‘Hum Tum’ as well as the best supporting actress for her role as a human rights activist-lawyer in ‘Veer-Zara.’ Abhishek pipped dad Amitabh Bachchan to the post by bagging the Best Supporting Actor trophy for his performance in ‘Yuva’ even as action-man Akshay Kumar walked away with the best comic role prize in ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karogi.’ Hot favourite John Abraham got the best villain award for his performance in ‘Dhoom’. — Agencies