Indian cinema celebrated with much fanfare and flourish at the Hero Honda 13th Annual Star Screen Awards here last night.
Rang De Basanti took home eight golden statuettes, while Lage Raho Munnabhai won five and Omkara four. Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Lage Raho was hailed the Best Film while Rakeysh Mehra was declared Best Director for Rang De Basanti. Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor walked away with the top acting honours in the popular category for Krrish and Omkara respectively.
Chopra dedicated his Best Film award to his team and in a grand gesture called on Mehra to share the spotlight with his Munnabhai team. “Great cinema is possible only if you have a great team, so let’s celebrate the team spirit,” he said.
Mehra, on his part, recalled “when we started out, there were no takers for the script of Range De Basanti and now it’s no longer our film. It’s the people’s film.”
Bharadwaj’s Omkara that was much criticised for its excessive use of cuss words ended up winning three of the four music awards. Bharadwaj won for Best Music Director, Gulzar for Best Lyrics for Beedi and Sunidhi Chauhan for Best Playback Singer (Female), again, for Beedi. Shaan won the Best Playback Singer (Male) award for Chaand Sifarish from Fanna.
For his evil turn as Omkara’s Langda Tyagi, Saif Ali Khan took home the Best Actor in a Villainous Role.
The other big winners of the night were Shreyas Talpade (Best Actor in a Comic Role for Dor), Kirron Kher (Best Actor in a Supporting Role-Female for Rang De Basanti) and Arshad Warsi (Best Actor in a Supporting Role-Male for Lage Raho Munnabhai). Warsi toasted his win to “Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan who introduced me to the profession and to Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani who gave my profession back to me when it was almost over.”
Well, if Circuit is there can Munnabhai be far behind Sanjay Dutt was felicitated with the Critics Choice Best Actor for his lovable goon act in Lage Raho Munnabhai. For her evocative performance in Dor, Ayesha Takia was chosen as the Critics Choice Best Actress.
Rang De Basanti took home eight golden statuettes, while Lage Raho Munnabhai won five and Omkara four. Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Lage Raho was hailed the Best Film while Rakeysh Mehra was declared Best Director for Rang De Basanti. Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor walked away with the top acting honours in the popular category for Krrish and Omkara respectively.
Chopra dedicated his Best Film award to his team and in a grand gesture called on Mehra to share the spotlight with his Munnabhai team. “Great cinema is possible only if you have a great team, so let’s celebrate the team spirit,” he said.
Mehra, on his part, recalled “when we started out, there were no takers for the script of Range De Basanti and now it’s no longer our film. It’s the people’s film.”
Bharadwaj’s Omkara that was much criticised for its excessive use of cuss words ended up winning three of the four music awards. Bharadwaj won for Best Music Director, Gulzar for Best Lyrics for Beedi and Sunidhi Chauhan for Best Playback Singer (Female), again, for Beedi. Shaan won the Best Playback Singer (Male) award for Chaand Sifarish from Fanna.
For his evil turn as Omkara’s Langda Tyagi, Saif Ali Khan took home the Best Actor in a Villainous Role.
The other big winners of the night were Shreyas Talpade (Best Actor in a Comic Role for Dor), Kirron Kher (Best Actor in a Supporting Role-Female for Rang De Basanti) and Arshad Warsi (Best Actor in a Supporting Role-Male for Lage Raho Munnabhai). Warsi toasted his win to “Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan who introduced me to the profession and to Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani who gave my profession back to me when it was almost over.”
Well, if Circuit is there can Munnabhai be far behind Sanjay Dutt was felicitated with the Critics Choice Best Actor for his lovable goon act in Lage Raho Munnabhai. For her evocative performance in Dor, Ayesha Takia was chosen as the Critics Choice Best Actress.
