Ashutosh Gowarikar's historical love epic 'Jodhaa Akbar' swept the 10th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards here, taking home trophies for best picture, best director and best actor for heartthrob Hrithik Roshan. The movie traces the rise of the great Mughal emperor Akbar in the 16th century in India and his romance with Hindu princess Jodhaa, played in the film by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The film showcases Akbar's marriage with the Hindu princess and how their romance shapes the course of history. The film faced stiff competition from 'Ghajini', 'A Wednesday', 'Dostana', 'Rock On' and 'Race'. Gowarikar won the best director award for his historic piece which wove together romance and communal harmony while actor Hrithik Roshan bagged the best actor trophy for the same. The movie had 10 nominations in various categories.However, Aishwarya failed to bag the best actress trophy, which went to Priyanka Chopra for her power-packed performance in director Madhur Bhandarkar's film 'Fashion', in which she plays a small town girl who makes it big in the world of fashion. Others contenders in this category were Asin, Katrina Kaif and Bipasha Basu. "When I started this movie I was advised by all my friends not to make the film on a subject which depicted two religions coming together because the situation in the country at that point of time was not right. But I am happy that I made a film which is based on Hindu-Muslim unity," Gowariker said while accepting his award at the IIFA ceremony tonight. Oscar-winning musician A R Rahman won the best music director award for the same film. Javed Akhtar walked away with best lyricist trophy for his score 'Jashn-e-Bahara' while, Javed Ali bagged best playback singer (male) award for the same movie. After winning filmfare for best supporting role, actor Arjun Rampal scored at IIFA too for his performance as a struggling guitarist for 'Rock On'. The actor, who had forgot to mention the name of superstar Amitabh Bachchan last time did not repeat the mistake again. "Wow...I now want to thank someone whom I have always looked up to as my inspiration and that is none other than Amitabh Bachchan," said the actor before thanking his family members.
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