The gossips have now been stopped to churn out. The curiosity has shushed since the Bollywood’s most sought after film awards, ‘Filmfare’ have now been announced. Sponsored by Elder Pharmaceuticals’ leading brand ‘Fair One Fairness Cream’, the mega glittering star-studded awards function was held on Saturday, 24th February at Mumbai’s plush Yashraj Studio. Sony Entertainment TV telecasted the swanky event on 25th of February for the cine aficionados and millions of its viewers spread across the globe.
The fun, excitement, joys and the happy moments of the victorious were seen on the occasion. The evening belonged irrefutably to three flicks – Rang De Basanti ( Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s postmodern take on pre-independence revolutionaries), Omkara (Vishal Bhardwaj’s dark and hard-hitting adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello) and Lage Raho Munnabhai (Raj Kumar Hirani’s endearing look at Mahatma Gandhi through a gangster’s eyes).
Masticating his views on the colossal scintillating awards function, famous TV actor Anuj Saxena (the main sponsor of Filmfare Awards and the man behind the Elder Pharmaceuticals) says, “I think, the awards this time were truly different and magnificent. In my opinion this is the way awards should be held with style and panache. I am quite sure that the super success of this event will pull more people towards it next year”.
The Best Actor Award was won by none other than Bollywood’s charismatic suave hero Hrithik Roshan (for Dhoom 2) whereas the actress with marvelous brain Kajol bagged the Best Actress Award (for Fanna).
India’s official entry to this year’s Oscars, ‘Rang De Basanti’ (that was dropped in the final list of nominations of Oscars) pocketed the Best Movie of the Year Award. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra won the Best Director Award.
Sony Fair One Face of the Year Award went to the newborn beauty on Bollywood front, Kangana Ranaut, who is draped with intelligent acting. Anuj Saxena along with Sony TV’s Kunal Das Gupta presented this award to Kangana.
The Best Debut Award was also fetched by the gorgeous Kangana Ranaut. Jagdish Saxena and Sneha Saxena presented the award to her. The Lifetime Achievement Award was conferred to Jaya Bachchan and Javed Akhtar.
Who Won What? … Scribbled Down in Below List:
Abhishek Bachchan (Best Supporting Actor for Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna)
Konkona Sen Sharma (Best Supporting Actress for Omkara)
Arshad Warsi (Best Actor in a Comic Role for Lage Raho Munnabhai)
Saif Ali Khan (Best Actor in a Negative Role for Omkara)
A R Rahman (Best Musician for Rang De Basanti)
Prasoon Joshi (Best Lyrics for Chand Sifarish – Movie: Fanaa)
Shaan and Kailash Kher (Best Playback Singer for Chand Sifarish – Movie: Fanaa)
Sunidhi Chauhan (Best Playback Singer for Beedi Jalai Le – Movie: Omkara)
Raj Kumar Hirani (Critics’ Award for Best Film for Lage Raho Munnabhai)
Aamir Khan (Critics’ Award for Best Actor for Rang De Basanti)
Kareena Kapoor (Critics’ Award for Best Actress for Omkara)
Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra (Best Story for Lage Raho Munnabhai)
Jaideep Sahni (Best Screenplay for Khosla Ka Ghosla)
Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi (Best Dialogues for Lage Raho Munnabhai)
Sameer Chanda (Best Art Direction for Omkara)
P S Bharati (Best Editing for Rang De Basanti)
Binod Pradhan (Best Cinematography for Rang De Basanti)
Krrish (Best Special Effects)
Siu Tung Ching and Sham Kaushal (Best Action for Krrish)
Ganesh Acharya (Best Choreographer for Omkara)
Salim-Suleman (Best Background Score for Krrish)
Subhash Sahu and K J Singh (Best Sound Design for Omkara)
Dolly Ahluwalia (Best Costumes for Omkara)
Naresh Iyer (R D Burman Award for New Musical Talent)
Kangana Ranaut (Sony Fair One Face of the Year)
Kangana Ranaut (Best Debutante)
Yash Chopra (Powerhouse Award)
Jaya Bachchan and Javed Akhtar (Lifetime Achievement Award)
Deepak Dobriyal (Special Jury Recognition for Omkara)
Rang De Basanti (Best Film)
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Best Director for Rang De Basanti)
Hrithik Roshan (Best Actor for Dhoom 2)
Kajol (Best Actress for Fanaa)
UTV’s Rang De Basanti swept five main awards from the function – Best Film, Best Director, Best Music, Best Cinematography and Best Editing. Besides, Best Actor (Critics’ choice) was also put in RDB’s pocket. Thus, the film won six awards in total. Vishal Bhardwaj’s Omkara bagged most of the awards out of the categories. The flick grabbed nine awards. Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Lage Raho Munnabhai won five awards.
Karan Johar and Juhi Chawla enticed with their joyous skills of anchoring whereas the king of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan kept the audience in splits with his one-liners. The function simply rocked.
WRITTEN BY GOHER IQBAL PUNN (Bollywood Analyst)