Even though Slumdog millionaire did not feature anywhere in the IIFA nominations list,but the film inspired enough gags.
In the opening act of the evening Hosts Boman Irani and Ritesh Deshmukh played
"Who would be the Slumdog?"
With Boman Irani spoofing Anil Kapoor's quiz master role and Ritesh Deshmukh pretending to be Aamir Khan from Ghajini.Boman would ask all the questions in Anil Kapoor's accent and Ritesh would give all the right answers in Aamir's accent.
Everytime,Ritesh answered correctly Boman would applaud Anil Kapoor's accent:
"Fantastic,Fabulous,mindblowing,mind blasting..Chaiwala"
Later on in the evening,Anil Kapoor was called on to the stage to give away the award for "Best Female Actor of the Decade",he opened the envelope and announced the winner - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.And he exclaimed,
"Fantastic,Fabulous,mindblowing,mind blasting..Chaiwali 
"