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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.

Bollywood’s newest heart-throbs and star kids, Sonam Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor, have been a couple of Gen Z youngsters. Their first film “Saawariya” is set to face hard competition from another mega-star mega-budget film ‘Om Shanti Om’ in theatres on November 9.

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She is cute, down to earth and beautiful so, why is the debutante receiving all the hate mail? Well, it looks like it has got to do something with her being close to Ranbir Kapoor.

It’s no secret that Ranbir has a huge girl-fan following all across the globe and the admirers are not too happy when they always see Ranbir on Sonam’s side being protective.

Sonam and Ranbir are traveling in India to promote their ‘Saawariya’ and the situation at the events is also similar as all the fans flock to be pictured with Ranbir and poor Sonam is pushed to a corner.

Channel [V] aired the first ever looks of Saawariya debutant actors Sonam and Ranbir Kapoor on TV by featuring a song from their film Saawariya for the first time minutes ago.

Ranbir Kapoor is son of Rishi and Neetu Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor is daughter of Anil and Sunita Kapoor.

The only teaser promo of the film released so far, impressive as it is, did not reveal the faces of Ranbir and Sonam, through dexterous use of lighting and camera angles.

Saawariya director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has gone to extraordinary lengths to shield his two young stars from exposure to the public or press since the launch of the film over two years ago.

Saawariya was made on a budget between 50 to 60 crore. It is Sony Pictures’ first foray into Indian film production and is slated for release on Nov 9.

Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali is extremely excited about his soon to be released film Saawariya. However his anticipation has been marred by a few controversies regarding Bhansali’s lead pair Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor. Ranbir is the star son of actors Neetu and Rishi Kapoor while Sonam is also the daughter of actor Anil and Sunita Kapoor. However there has been talk that Sanjay has been an extremely extracting director both on-screen and off-screen with his protégées.

Director Sanjay has been accused of even interfering in the personal lives of his protégées. Supposedly Bhansali’s interference in Ranbir’s personal life was the reason why his relationship with debutant actress Deepika Padukone went kaput. The director was not happy when Ranbir and Deepika began seeing each other as Deepika is making her debut in Farah Khan’s film Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh khan and the film releases on the same day as Bhansali’s Saawariya. It has been claimed that Bhansali also wanted both Ranbir and Sonam to completely stay away from the media as he did not want them to be photographed before the release of his film to the extent that he had forbidden Ranbir from being photographed by the media at his own sister Riddhima’s wedding. Moreover he had also asked Ranbir to stay away from parties and other social events for a while. However though Bhansali has denied interfering in the personal lives of the new stars, about not asking them to socialize much he says “If a newcomer goes out and feels the adulation that can affect him and go to his head then it’s better for him to come on time to the sets and read his script instead. Discipline is true for any job. If I’ve asked someone to follow a code of conduct what’s wrong with that?”

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Saawariya is the first Hollywood co-production in India.and Sanjay Leela Bhansali is no ordinary director so the expectations from the film are high. When the film is released on Nov 9 audiences will expect to see something out of the ordinary and, going by the first promo, they will not be disappointed.

The captivating trailer invokes feelings of deep pervasive love. Subdued lighting and placid water are good symbolisms for tranquility that comes from such love and Sanjay has used them tastefully. The surreal sets leave you in a trance but the building crescendo and the vibrant beats of the background score remind you that the film is about young restless love.

Saawariya stars newcomers Ranbir Kapoor, son of Rishi and Neetu Kapoor, and Sonam Kapoor, daughter of Anil and Sunita Kapoor.

Bhansali, who has gone to extraordinary lengths to shield his two young stars from exposure to the public or press since the launch of the film over two years ago, hasn’t lowered his guard in the promo.

Ranbir and Sonam figure in almost all frames of the promo but due to the dexterous use of lighting and camera angles their faces are never exposed. We saw Bhansali use lighting brilliantly in his last film Black (2005) and Saawariya holds the same promise.

Since daughter Sonam got a dream offer from Sanjay Leela Bhansali in his film ‘Saawariya’, father Anil Kapor’s has been really anxious about the success of her debut vehicle.

As a personal contribution, to ensure the success, he vowed to give up smoking till the film is released. Therefore, for the last one and a half years, since Sonam started shooting for the film, Kapoor has not smoked a single cigarette.

When called, Kapoor was surprised how we found out about this very private commitment. He says, “I am not really a regular smoker, but I love my cigarettes once in a while.

There were certain occasions when I’d love smoking, but yes, since Sonam started shooting for ‘Saawariya’, I vowed that I would not touch a cigarette till her film is released.

I do miss smoking a lot, but a promise is a promise. This is not a mannat, but just a belief that if I give up something, probably it will help my daughter.”

Kapoor is waiting anxiously for November 9 when ‘Saawariya’ will be released. “Soon after, I’ll definitely smoke a cigarette,” he says with a smile.