At the glittering IIFA award ceremony at The Venetian, perhaps the biggest and most opulent hotel in Macau, the Bachchans dominated proceedings. While Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walked away with two awards -- Global Indian and Actress of the Decade, the show, that went on till almost three in the morning, was dotted with performances by Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan, besides Sonam Kapoor, Govinda and Sushmita Sen.

But the highlight of the event was when Amitabh Bachchan presented the Lifetime Achievement award to Rajesh Khanna. The two actors were considered not on talking terms for the longest time, after Amitabh took over as the Bollywood's biggest superstar. It was the first time in years that the two have even shared the stage together.

While there were three anchors -- Boman Irani, Ritesh Deshmukh and Lara Dutta --Boman stole the show with his excellent imitation of Anil Kapoor's pre-and-post Slumdog Millionaire phase. Boman also got the stars to play antakshari.

Hrithik Roshan (who won Best Actor for Jodhaa Akbar) surprised everyone with his enthusiastic rendition of an old hit, 'Tere jaisa yaar kahaan, kahaan aisa yaarana..."

But the trio of anchors went overboard with gay jokes. Even Abhishek joined in, saying he is happily married but 'feeling gay tonight' (during his thank you speech after winning the best comic role for Dostana). The trend was started by Shah Rukh and Saif Ali Khan but gay humour might not be making everyone feel gay any more.

 

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