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And the TOIFA 2013 goes to...

8th April 2013

Yet another award ceremony was recently celebrated in Bollywood called the Times of India Film Awards 2013 (TOIFA 2013). This prestigious ceremony was held in Vancouver, British Columbia where the top actors from B-Town attended the event and a few also performed at the same.

The three-day long award ceremony ended on April 6 with Bollywood celebrities like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif and others giving out mind-blowing performances.

'Barfi' topped the list with seven awards - Best Film, Best Director (Anurag Basu), Best Actor (Ranbir Kapoor), Best Actress (Priyanka Chopra) Best Debut Female (Ileana D'cruz), Best Cinematography (S. Ravi Varma) and Best Background Score (Pritam).

Actor Abhishek Bachchan won the Best Actor in comic role for 'Bol Bachchan'. He was very excited about the award and thanked the entire cast and crew of the film for believing in him.

"'Bol Bachchan' is a very, very special film to me and I stand here in front of you humbly receiving the award," said Abhishek and thanked the film's director Rohit Shetty and co-star Ajay Devgn for "having faith in me."

Thanking his family and dedicating the award to Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek said, "I would like to thank my family for firstly having me because things wouldn't have worked without that. I really owe this to Aishwarya and the love and support she has given me. She makes me the person that I am."

A few others also won awards for films like 'Kahaani', 'English Vinglish', 'Agneepath', etc.

Tags: Priyanka Chopra, Anurag Basu, Abhishek Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Ileana D'cruz, Talaash, Kahaani, Barfi, Bol Bachchan,