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the buZZ
from 2013-04 Melbourne
by Indian Link
Barfi! All the way!
It was a glittering event attended by Bollywood’s brightest and best, as celebrities turned out in droves at the maiden edition of the Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) in Vancouver, Canada recently.
Box office hit out to be the top winner, cornering the Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress trophies. Anurag Basu picked up the Best Director award while Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra carried home the Best Actor and Best Actress trophies, respectively. Even Southern actress Ileana D’Cruz, who made her bow in Bollywood with Barfi!, won the Best Debut Female award for her performance.
The award for the Best Debut Male went to Ayushmann Khurrana for super hit Vicky Donor, in which he played a sperm donor. Rishi Kapoor won the Best Actor in a Negative Role trophy for Agneepath
In the Critics’ Awards category, Gauri Shinde won the Best Debut Director for telling a heart-warming tale in English Vinglish; Best Actor Female award went to Deepika Padukone for Cocktail, and Best Actor Male award was given to Irrfan for playing the steeplechase-runner turning into a dacoit in the ravines of the Chambal in Paan Singh Tomar. The Anurag Kashyap-directed Gangs of Wasseypur, a gritty celluloid saga of the coal mafia and bloodthirsty vengeance, won the Best Film critics award.
Abhishek Bachchan won the Best Actor Comic Role for Bol Bachchan
