SRK, Chak De! India Steal Accolades at IIFA

It was a golden day for Shah Rukh and Chak De! India as the movie swept nine honours at the glittering ninth IIFA awards.

The Bollowood King Shah Rukh Khan received the best actor award for his inspiring role as a hockey coach in the film.

Khan, who gave a miss to Sunday's star-studded ceremony here, virtually ruled the awards function as his home production Om Shanti Om also won five trophies.

His award was collected by the film's producer Yash Chopra.

Chak De which was adjudged the best film of 2007. The movie is about a coach inspiring the Indian women's hockey team to victory.

The film's director Shimit Amin received the best director's award. Jaideep Sahani received the award for best story for the film.

The awards in the technical section won by the film were: cinematography, Sound recording and sound re-recording, editing.

On the other hand, Kareena Kapoor bagged the best actress award for "Jab We Met." Irrfan Khan and Konkona Sen Sharma won for supporting roles in "Life in a... Metro".

Jaideep Sahani shared the screenplay award for the film with Anurag Basu (Life in a Metro).

SRK's home production Om Shanti Om bagged awards for art direction, costumes, special effects and make up. Javed Akhtar also won the best lyricist award for the song Main Agar Kahoon.

The awards ceremony was held at the Siam Niramit complex in the heart of Bangkok city. Ritesh Deshmukh and Boman Irani were the hosts of the awards ceremony.

Dia Mirza donned a black halter top for a racy performance to promote her upcoming action thriller "Acid Factory," only to be hit by a technical glitch that cut out the music and forced her to start again.

The stars of thriller Mission Istaanbul , about a terrorist plot centring on a Turkish TV station, shined in silver with Shriya Saran in a glitter top and a hip hop-styled Vivek Oberoi in a white plastic jacket and black trilby.

Akshay Kumar received a special achievement award. Kumar also told the audience that he had once waited tables in the host city Bangkok before setting out to become a movie star.

"I was just a young man when my adventure began here. I was naive, restless and eager to please. This city embraced me with such love and kindness," he said.

At least 500 of Bollywood's biggest names walked down a carpet, which was changed from red to green in a nod to the environmental themes the event is working to promote.

Sahara Samay