Awards time for Sahara One Motion Pictures
Three movies under the camp have been nominated in different categories….

It’s awards time for Sahara One Motion Pictures as usually every year the camp’s movies nominated by various awards ceremonies. This time around, three critically acclaimed films of the year, ‘Page 3, Yahaan and Bose – The Forgotten Hero’ produced under the mammoth banner of Sahara One Motion Pictures, have been nominated for two of the most prestigious award ceremonies i.e. ‘Hero Honda Screen Awards 2005 and 2nd Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards’. These three films of Sahara One have received enormous recognition and appreciation in their own respective genres.

"It is a matter of pride that three of our films Page 3, Yahaan and Bose have been nominated for two prestigious films Award- Hero Honda Screen Awards 05 and 2nd Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards. As India's largest motion pictures studio, Sahara One Motion Pictures has always believed in encouraging new talent and supporting products, which are defined by their content and cinematic excellence. I am confident that all our movies will be received very well at the Awards”, says Sandeep Bhargava, Chief Operating Officer, Sahara One Motion pictures.

‘Yahaan’ featuring Jimmy Shergill and Minissha Lamba in the leading roles has been nominated for 11 categories in Hero Honda Screen Awards 2005 for Best Music – Shantanu Moitra, Best Lyrics – Gulzar Saab for Naam Aada Likhna, Best Story – Sabapati Mahesh, Best Screenplay – Piyush Mishra, Somnath De, Shoojit Sircar and Sameer Kohli, Best Editing – Shekhar, Best Sound – Ajay Kumar PB, Best Cinemotographer – Jakob Ihre, Best Action Director – Shoojit Sircar, Best Promising Newcomer Female – Minissha Lamba, Best Debut Director – Shoojit Sircar and Best Film – Yahaan while Mr. Samir Chanda and AR Rahman have been nominated for Best Art Dircetor and Best Background Score respectively for Bose – The Forgotten Hero. Konkana Sen Sharma has been nominated for the Best Actor Female category for Page 3.

Madhur’s highly acclaimed movie, ‘Page 3’ has also been nominated for four categories in 2nd Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards, which includes Madhur Bhandarkar – Best Director, Manoj Tyagi – Best Story, Konaka Sen Sharma – Best Supporting Actress and Page 3 for Best Film.

WRITTEN BY GOHER IQBAL PUNN (Bollywood Analyst)