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| Binod Pradhan bags the Best Cinematography in 16th IIFA |
This was just another feather on his cap, Binod Pradhan has already won the following Awards:
Screen Weekly Award [1994] & Filmfare Award [1994] for ‘1942: A Love Story’; Screen Weekly Award [1998] for ‘Kareeb’; Screen Weekly Videocon Award [2000], International Indian Film Academy ‘Award for Technical Excellence’ [2001] & Filmfare Award nom [2001] for ‘Mission Kashmir’; Filmfare Award [2002], International Indian Film Academy ‘Award for Technical Excellence’ [2003], Zee Cine Award ‘Best Cinematographer’ [2003] & V.Shantaram Award [2003] for ‘Devdas’; Zee Cine Award ‘Technical Award’ [2004] & Screen Weekly Award nom [2004] for ‘Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.’; 13th Star Screen Weekly Award [200?], Filmfare ‘Best Cinematography’ Award [2007], International Indian Film Academy ‘Best Cinematography’ Award [2007] & Zee Cine Award ‘Best Cinematography’ [2007] for ‘Rang De Basanti’, IIFA ‘Best Cinematography’ Award for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2014), IIFA’Best Cinematography’ Award for 2 states (2015)
The 16th edition of International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) began on Friday with much fanfare, followed with a star-studded opening press conference, graced by Bipasha Basu, Anupam Kher, Anil Kapoor, Ayushmann Khurrana, Sonakshi Sinha, Lauren Gottlieb, Aditi Rao Hydari, Kanika Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez and Kainaat Arora. Also present was Subhash Ghai, who will be conferred the lifetime achievement award on Sunday.
About IIFA Awards
Conceptualized and produced by Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and supported by the key members of the Indian film fraternity, IIFA is the most appreciated South Asian film academy. Also, the IIFA Awards is India’s biggest media event. With a viewership of almost 800 million, it is among the world’s most-watched annual entertainment events. From a one night celebration in 2000 at the Millennium Dome, London, the last sixteen years have seen the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) movement grow into a cine-packed weekend of film-festivals, workshops, exhibitions, film-showcases and global business forums, all of which climax into the highlight of the Weekend, the IIFA Awards.
