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It may seem to be incredible, but the truth is that ‘one film wonder’ Deepika Padukone is proving to be costlier than former Miss World Aishwarya Bachchan to the film producers. Before her entry into Bollywood, Deepika was talked about more because of her string of boyfriends, but today she is also in the news for demanding exorbitant rates for acting in films.

Soon after the resounding success of the Shahrukh-Deepika starrer Om Shani Om, a producer from south India Shankar, who made the super hit film Shivaji –The Boss with Rajnikanth, had approached the former model for the female lead role in his forthcoming film Robot,but Deepika is reported to have charged such a high fee which left the producer stunned as well as silent. Next, Shankar approached Aishwarya Bachchan-Bachchan for the role, but there is no confirmation whether the actress has said yes.

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STAR OF THE YEAR – MALE
Akshay Kumar (Heyy Babyy)

STAR OF THE YEAR – FEMALE
Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met)

EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARDS FOR BEST ACTOR
Shahid Kapoor (Jab We Met)

BEST FILM AWARD
Jab We Met

THE DREAM DIRECTOR AWARD
Farah Khan (Om Shanti Om)

STANDOUT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Vivek Oberoi (Shootout At Lokhandwala)

ACTOR PAR EXCELLENCE
Dharmendra

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Taare Zameen Par swept the Nokia 14th Annual Star Screen Awards on Thursday, but Chak De India ran away with the Best Film Award and Chak De boy Shah Rukh Khan bagged the Best Actor Award at the first film award function of the year.

However, it was a tie for the Best Director’s Award between Shimit Amin for Chak de India and Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par.

This year’s event saw some of 2007’s top films like Taare Zameen Par, Chak De India, Life…In a Metro, Om Shanti Om and Guru vying for the top honours.

Taare Jameen Par bagged six key awards including Best Director (Aamir Khan), Best Story (Amol Gupte), Best Child Actor (Darsheel), Best Lyricist (Prasoon Joshi), Best Dialogue and Best Supporting Actor (Aamir Khan).

But Chak De India was adjudged the best film of the year while Mani Ratnam’s Guru earned AR Rahman the Best Music Director Award. The Best Actress Award went to Kareena Kapoor for Jab We Met.

Shah Rukh Khan performed his Dard-e-Disco number from Om Shanti Om while Shahid Kapur, Katrina Kaif, Urmila Matondkar, Riteish Deshmukh and Dia Mirza shook a leg to the year’s chartbusters at the award ceremony, which was hosted by ace compere and Heyy Babyy director Sajid Khan.

Shah Rukh Khan also won the honour of Best Pair along with Deepika Padukone, who also carried a second trophy for the Best Newcomer (Female). The Best Newcomer (Male) Award went to Ranbir Kapoor. Irfan Khan bagged the Best Comedian Award for Life…In a Metro while Anurag Basu won the Best Screenplay Award for the same film.

The Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award went to Manoj Kumar. Pankaj Kapoor bagged the Award for Best Negative Role for while Chak De girls shared the honour for Best Supporting Role (female).

Singer Soham won the Award for the Best Playback Singer (Male) for his soulful rendition of in the film Life…In a Metro while Priya Ghosal was adjudged Best Playback Singer (female) for Guru.

The Complete List:

Best Film: Chak De India

Best Director:Shimit Amin for Chak de India and Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par.

Best Actor: Shah Rukh Khan, Chak De India

Best Actress: Kareena Kapoor, Jab We Met

Best Music: AR Rahman for Guru

Best Story and Screenplay: Amole Gupte for Taare Zameen Par

Best Supporting Actor: Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par.

Best Supporting Actress: Chak de India girls

Best Child Actor: Darsheel, Taare Zameen Par

Best Pair of the Year: Shah Rukh Khan-Deepika Padukone

Lifetime Achievement Award: Manoj Kumar

Best Choreographer: Farah Khan for Om Shanti Om.

Best Lyricist: Prasoon Joshi, Taare Zameen Par

Critics Award for Best Actress: Tabu for Cheeni Kum.

Best Newcomer Male: Ranbir Kapoor

Best Dialogue: Taare Zameen Par

Best Newcomer Female: Deepika Padukone

Best Negative Actor: Pankaj Kapoor

Best Male Singer : Soham

Best Female Singer: Shreya Ghosal

Best Screenplay: Anurag Basu for Metro.

Best Comedian: Irfaan Khan for Metro.

The premiere of Shah Rukh Khan’s Om Shanti Om will take place in London at the Empire, Leicester Square on the 8th of November. The Red Carpet World Premiere presented by Eros International, will be witnessed by the presence of SRK, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Shreyas Talpade and guests who will be specially flown there.

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The rumours doing the rounds is that choreographer-turned-filmmaker Farah Khan’s forthcoming venture is inspired from Subhash Ghai’s 1980 blockbuster Karz.

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Deepika Padukone was so keen to watch Mahendra Singh Dhoni play at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai that she has cancelled all commitments she had for the day.

According to a source, “Bhushan Kumar, the T-Series head honcho, was keen that the Om Shanti Om leading lady attends his sister Tushali’s party in Delhi tomorrow but Deepika begged off saying that she wants to see Dhoni in action on the ground.”

It is learnt that Deepika will be present at the stadium with lots of friends including ex-beau Nihar Pandya. She has called everyone to join her in cheering Dhoni.”

Dhoni has been expressing his admiration for Deepika to everyone and saying he’s very keen on watching Om Shanti Om.

Who’s Deepika Padukone boy friend?  Ranbeer Kapoor ,  Nihar Pandya, or  Mahendra Sing Dhoni. When who will be next boy friend?  Now she is looking interest in Mahendra Sing Dhoni.

The release of the film may still be a month away but the producers of the two films have set their marketing machineries in fuill swing in a bid to woo the cinegoers.
While ‘Om Shanti Om’ tied up with Shopper’s Stop for the merchandising of it’s costumes, it was Pantaloon that tied up for the merchandising of clothes worn in ‘Saawariya’.
The producers of ‘Om Shanti Om’ Red Chillies is in the process of signing a deal for promotion of the film in association with brands like Nokia and the cosmetics company Maybelline.
At the same time, producers of  Saawariya Sony Columbia Tristar Films have signed a in-film merchandise deal with Kishore Biyani’s Future Group which involves a ‘Saawariya’ range of menswear, home products and beauty products to be retailed at Big Bazaar stores.

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Deepika Padukone is all set to sizzle on the silverscreen with her debut film opposite King Khan.

Says Deepika, “I have grown up watching Shah Rukh Khan movies and working with him in Om Shanti Om was such a great experience.

I was like this little child on the sets. Neither SRK nor Farah played any pranks on me as they were scared that I would break into tears. I felt protected all the time.”

Some may find it amusing, but it is true that Farah Khan opted for Deepika Padukone “in OM SHANTI OM” because she wanted to project her as a huge 70’s superstar like Hema Malini. Keeping that in mind, there is a take off on the Dharmendra Hema starrer, DREAM GIRL (1977), with Deepika playing Shanti Priya, an actress of the 70th in the upcoming OM SHANTI OM, and is humorously titled, DREAMY GIRL! It has also been heard that Farah Khan believes that Deepika has the poise and grace of the South Indian actress and resembles her. It seems to be the right choice by Farah as Deepika is clearly drawing all the eyeballs in the promos being aired

It’s not even a week since the first look of ‘Dard-E-Disco‘ was out and the song, especially due to ‘perfect-six-abs’ of Shahrukh Khan, is already the talk of the town. Composed by Vishal-Shekhar and written by Javed Akhtar, ‘Dard E Disco‘ is a ‘jump-on-the-dance-floor’ number which has a Persian touch to it even as overall feel of the song stays on to be Western.

“I am thrilled with the kind of reactions the song is fetching. As the teaser suggests, this is my way of re-introducing Shahrukh Khan”, quips Farah Khan, director of this year’s most awaited film Om Shanti Om.

Re-introduction it certainly is, considering the fact that after ‘Kaal Dhamaal‘ [Kaal] where he danced in designer sleeveless vests with Malaika Arora, Shahrukh Khan has shed his inhibitions further and gone the Monty route, even if it is only half the way!

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