At the 10th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, Hrithik Roshan won the Best Actor trophy for his subtle and well nuanced performance as emperor Akbar in Jodhaa Akbar .

The movie was also adjudged the Best Film and it director Ashutosh Gowarikar given the best director trophy on the concluding day of IIFA at Venetian Resort in Macau, China on June 13.

The other nominees in the Best Film category were Ghajini , A Wednesday , Dostana , Rock On and Race .

However, Aishwarya Rai 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 .

Oscar-winning musician A R Rahman won the best music director award for 'Jodhaa Akbar'. 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 in Rock On .

Kangana Ranaut won best supporting actress award for her performance as a troubled supermodel in 'Fashion', Akshaye Khanna won the best negative role for Race , Neeraj Pandey scooped the trophy for best story for his film on terrorism 'A Wednesday'. He also won the technical award of best scriptwriter for the same film. Best debut performance awards went to Asin for her role in 'Ghajini' and Farhan Akhtar for his debut in 'Rock On'. Abhishek Bachchan won the award for the best actor in comic role for his gay act in Karan Johar's Dostana .

But the highlight of the evening extravaganza at the Kotai Arena of the grand Venetian hotel was the lifetime achievement award for yesteryear's superstar Rajesh Khanna .

The honour was presented to the veteran actor by none other than his co-star of many movies – Amitabh Bachchan .

Another highlight of the five hour long event was the Antakshari where many stars including Big B, Farhan Akhtar, Priyanka Chopra, Sonam Kapoor and Bipasha Basu sang.

The IIFA award, which is celebrating its decade of magic, saw performances by debutants Sonam Kapoor, Jackky Bhagnani , Anushka Sharma , Govinda , Sushmita Sen , Aishwarya and Abhishek.