The ceremony was held on 28 March 2009 at the Hotel Taj Lands End, Bandra, Mumbai and was hosted by Shaan and Tulip Joshi.
[1] There were many performances, including those by Dominique Cerejo, Benny Dayal, Manohari Singh, Bipasha Basu, Shreya Ghoshal, Genelia D'Souza, Kunal Ganjawala, Shahid Kapoor and Prachi Shah, the winner of the Tata Indicom Talent Hunt.
Jodhaa Akbar won a leading seven awards including Song of the Year.
Album of the Year was won by film Jaane Tu...
The winners were selected by the members of jury, chaired by Javed Akhtar.