DUBAI, June 17: ‘Black’, a dark exploration of the life of a deaf-blind woman, swept the prizes at Bollywood’s top film festival hosted this year in Dubai.

Indian movie stars, led by ‘Black’ male lead and Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, descended on Dubai for the three-day International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) festival, which ended on Friday.

Amitabh Bachchan won the best actor award, while his co-star in ‘Black’, Rani Mukerji, received the best actress. The movie’s director Sanjay Leela Bhansali was voted best director, while his sister Bela Sehgal was chosen best editor.

The trophy for best supporting role for a female was given to Ayesha Kapoor, also from “Black”, which grabbed the best picture award.

The film is about a deaf-blind girl born to an Anglo-Indian family and her eccentric and alcoholic teacher who falls victim to Alzheimer’s Disease.

Other winners included Abhishek Bachchan for best supporting role in “Sarkar”, as well as Shiney Ahuja who was chosen as best male newcomer for his role in “Hazaron Khwahishain Aisi”.—AFP