The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards are presented annually by the International Indian Film Academy. These awards are awarded for Excellence in cinematic achievements for Bollywood. These awards honour films from the previous calendar year. The 2010 IIFA awards held in Colombo, Srilanka.
The awards began in 2000 and the first ceremony was held in London. From then on the awards were held at locations around the world signifying the international success of Bollywood. The next award ceremony was announced to be held in Toronto, Canada in 2011.
Amitabh Bachchan has been the Brand Ambassador of the IIFA until 2010 where he resigned the post due to protests by a Tamil Organisation "Naam Tamilar.
List of winners of 2010 IIFA awards:
· Best Film - Vidhu Vinod Chopra - 3 Idiots.
· Best Direction - Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots.
· Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) - Amitabh Bachchan – Paa.
· Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) - Kareena Kapoor - 3 Idiots & Vidya Balan – Paa.
· Best Performance in Supporting Role (Male) - Sharman Joshi - 3 Idiots.
· Best Performance in Supporting Role (Female) - Divya Dutta - Delhi 6.
· Best Performance in a Negative Role - Boman Irani - 3 Idiots.
· Best Performance in a Comic Role : Sanjay Dutt For All The Best.
· Best Story - Abhijat Joshi, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidu Vinod Chopra - 3 Idiots.
· Best Lyrics - Swanand Kirkire - 3 Idiots.
· Best Music Direction - Pritam - Love Aaj Kal.
· Best Playback Singer (Female) - Kavita Seth - Ek Tara (Wake Up Sid).
· Best Playback Singer (Male) - Shaan - Behti Hawa Sa Tha Who (3 Idiots).
· Outstanding Achievement by an Indian Internationally - Anil Kapoor.
· IIFA Green Global Award - Vivek Oberoi.
· Best Screenplay - Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra (3 Idiots).
· Best Cinematography - C.K. Muraleedharan (3 Idiots).
· Best Dialogue - Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi (3 Idiots).
· Best Editing - Rajkumar Hirani (3 Idiots).
· Debut of the year (Male) - Omi Vaidya - Jackie Bhagnani.
· Debut of the year (Female) - Jacqueline Fernandez - Mahie Gill.
· Best Background Score - Sanjay Wandrekar, Atul Raninga, Shantanu Moitra (3 Idiots).
· Best Sound Recording - Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Nihal Ranjan Samel (3 Idiots).
· Best Song Recording - Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Sachi K Sanghvi (3 Idiots).
· Best Sound Re-recording - Anup Dev (3 Idiots).
· Best Choreography - Bosco Martis, Caesar Gonsalves (Love Aaj Kal).
· Best Costume Designing - Anahita Shroff Adajania, Dolly Ahluwalia (Love Aaj Kal).
· Best Art Direction - Sabu Cyril (Aladin).
· Best Special Effects (Visual) - Charles Darby - Eyecube Labs (Aladin).
· Best Action - Shyam Kaushal (Kaminey).
· Best Make up Artist - Christien Tinsley, Domini Till (Paa).
2010 French Open
French Open 2010 was the 109th edition and the second Grand Slam event of the year, will be held in Paris, France every year.
List of 2010 French Open Winners:
· Men’s Single - Rafael Nadal(Spain) def. Robin Söderling(Sweden).
· Women’s Single - Francesca Schiavone(Italy) def. Samantha Stosur(Aust).
· Men's doubles - Daniel Nestor/ Nenad Zimonjić def. Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes.
· Women's doubles - Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik.
· Mixed doubles - Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić def. Yaroslava Shvedova / Julian Knowle.
