First batch of IIFA awards announced

Zoya Akhtar's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara went home with five trophies from the International Indian Film Academy technical awards, held on Friday night at the IIFA Rocks, a fashion and musical event organised a day before the main awards ceremony in Singapore. The coming-of-age film, starring Abhay Deol, Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin, won best editing, best sound recording mixing, best choreography, best screenplay and best cinematography. The Shah Rukh Khan sci-fi film RA.One won four awards - for best special effects, best sound design, best song recording and best production design.the national news.