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Abhishek turns emotional

Macau: Abhishek Bachchan gave an emotional speech while collecting his trophy for Best Performance in a Comic Role at the tenth International Indian Film Academy awards here on Saturday night.

The 33-year-old star won the award for his performance in the gay comedy ‘Dostana’ beating off competition from Anil Kapoor (Race), Rajpal Yadav (‘Bhoothnath’) Shreyas Talpade (‘Welcome to Sajjanpur’), Tejpal Singh (‘Jodhaa Akbar’) and Tushar Kapoor (‘Golmaal Returns’).

Abhishek was teary-eyed as he gave his acceptance speech thanking his father, superstar Amitabh Bachchan for his support and love.

“This award is because of my father. When I saw his film ‘Amar Akbar Anthony,’ I knew that I had to be like him one day. I thank him for all I am today,” he said.

Meanwhile, Rakesh Roshan won the ‘Director of the Decade’ award, leaving behind Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Yash Chopra, Ashutosh Gowariker, Shimit Amin and Rajkumar Hirani.

Meanwhile, Aamir Khan starrer and Oscar nominee ‘Lagaan’ was voted the ‘Film of the Decade’ ahead of blockbusters ‘Devdas,’ ‘Rang De Basanti’, ‘Black’, ‘Chak De India’ and ‘Kaho Na Pyaar Hai.’

Ashutosh Gowariker’s epic love story, ‘Jodha Akbar’ swept the music and technical awards. Rahman won in the Best Music Direction and Best Background Score category, while fellow Oscar winner Resul Pookutty got the vote in the Best Sound Recording category for ‘Ghajini.’

The Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya starrer bagged three awards in the musical category and took home five in the technical section.

Singer Javed Ali’s ‘Jashan-e-Baharaa’ from ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ won him the trophy in the Best Playback Singer (male) category and Javed Akhtar won in the Best Lyrics category for the same song.

Singer Shreya Ghoshal won the Best Singer (female) award for her rendition of ‘Teri Ore’ in ‘Singh is Kinng.’— PTI

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