Award season has struck Bollywood and along with some usual drama, audiences are excited to predict winners and well, the losers too. Coming up next, are the Stardust Awards. These awards are zara hatke from the usual ones where a panel of judges are set up to recognize the best of the best according to them. However, when it comes to these set of awards, YOU are judge. By voting and selecting your choice of 2008, your favorites get to take home the prize for their contribution to cinema in the past year.
So, here they are folks, the nominations for this year’s Stardust Awards 2008:
SUPERSTAR OF TOMORROW- MALE:
Nikhil Dwivedi (My Name Is Anthony Gonzalez )
Adhyayan Suman (Haal-e-Dil )
Harman Baweja (Love Story 2050 )
Farhan Akhtar (Rock On!! )
Sikandar Kher (Woodstock Villa )
Imran Khan (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na )
SUPERSTAR OF TOMORROW- FEMALE :
Genelia D’Souza (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na )
Sonal Chouhan (Jannat )
Prachi Desai(Rock On!! )
Chitrangada Singh (Sorry Bhai )
Anushka Sharma (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi )
Asin (Ghajini )
BREAKTROUGH PERFORMANCE- MALE:
Sonu Sood (Jodhaa Akbar )
Sumeet Raghavan (U Me Aur Hum )
Sameer Kochar (Jannat )
Prateik Babbar (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na )
Purab Kohli (Rock On!! )
Vatsal Seth (Heroes )
Arjan Bajwa (Fashion )
BREAKTROUGH PERFORMANCE- FEMALE:
Shahana Goswami (Rock On!! )
Mugdha Godse (Fashion )
Vidya Malavde(Kidnap )
Sheetal Menon (Bhram )
Manjari Phadnis(Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na )
HOTTEST NEW FILMMAKER:
Kunal Deshmukh(Jannat )
Abbas Tyrewala (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na )
Sachin Khot (Ugly Aur Pagli )
Siddharth Anaand (Bachna Ae Haseeno )
Abhishek Kapoor(Rock On!! )
Sameer Karnik (Heroes )
Tarun Mansukhani (Dostana )
Rohit Shetty (Golmaal Returns )
A R Murugadoss(Ghajini )
HOTTEST NEW FILM:
Hello
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
U Me Aur Hum
Phoonk
Ghajini
EXITING NEW FACE:
Neha Uberoi (Woodstock Villa )
Shreya Sharan (Mission Istanbul )
Amruta Khanvilkar (Phoonk )
Adah Sharma (1920 )
Aushima Sahwney (Yuvvraj )
Rajneesh Duggal (1920 )
THE NEW MENACE:
Niketan Dheer (Jodhaa Akbar )
Imran Khan (Kidnap )
Rajesh Shringarpure (Sarkar Raj )
Anurag Sinha (Black & White )
STARDUST SEARCHLIGHT AWARDS
BEST ACTOR:
Rajeev Khandelwal(Aamir )
Amitabh Bachchan ( The Last Lear )
Vinay Pathak (Dasvidaniya )
Rahul Bose (Shaurya )
Anupam Kher(A Wednesday! )
Abhay Deol(Oye Lucky Lucky Oye )
BEST ACTRESS:
Preity Zinta(The Last Lear )
Sarika (Mithya )
Minnisha Lamba (Shaurya )
Soha Ali Khan (Mumbai Meri Jaan )
Neetu Chandra (Oye Lucky Lucky Oye )
BEST FILM:
Aamir
Shaurya
The Last Lear
Dasvidaniya
Mithya
Mumbai Meri Jaan
A Wednesday!
Oye Lucky Lucky Oye
BEST DIRECTOR:
Rajat Kapoor (Mithya )
Rajkumar Gupta (Aamir )
Nishikant Kamat (Mumbai Meri Jaan )
Neeraj Pandey (A Wednesday! )
Rituparno Ghosh (The Last Lear )
Shashant Shah (Dasvidaniya )
Dibakar Banerjee (Oye Lucky Lucky Oye )
READER’S CHOICE AWARDS
BEST ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE:
Anil Kapoor (Race )
Arjun Rampal (Rock On!! )
Anil Kapoor (Yuvvraaj )
Tusshar Kapoor (Golmaal Returns )
Shreyas Talpade (Golmaal Returns )
BEST ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE:
Kangana Ranaut (Fashion )
Neha Dhupia (Singh Is Kinng )
Gul Panag (Hello )
Divya Dutta (U Me Aur Hum )
Sushmita Mukherjee (Dostana )
Amisha Patel(Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic )
Kirron Kher (Dostana )
Bipasha Basu (Bachna Ae Haseeno )
BEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A NEGATIVE ROLE:
Akshaye Khanna (Race )
Katrina Kaif (Race )
Anil Kapoor (Tashan )
Kay Kay Menon (Drona )
Urmila (Karzzzz )
STAR OF THE YEAR- MALE:
Hrithik Roshan (Jodhaa Akbar )
Saif Ali Khan (Race )
Abhishek Bachchan(Sarkar Raj / Dostana )
Amitabh Bachchan (Sarkar Raj )
Akshay Kumar (Singh Is Kingg )
John Abraham (Dostana )
Salman Khan (Yuvvraaj )
Aamir Khan (Ghajini )
Shahrukh Khan(Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi )
Ranbir Kapoor (Bachna Ae Haseeno )
STAR OF THE YEAR- FEMALE:
Aishwarya Rai (Jodha Akbar /Sarkar Raj )
Katrina Kaif (Race /Yuvvraaj )
Priyanka Chopra(Fashion / Dostana )
Kareena Kapoor (Golmaal Returns )
DREAM DIRECTOR:
Ashutosh Gowarikar (Jodhaa Akbar )
Ram Gopal Verma(Sarkar Raj )
Abbas-Mustan(Race )
Anees Bazmee (Singh Is Kinng )
Madhur Bhandarkar(Fashion )
Subhash Ghai (Yuvvraaj )
Aditya Chopra (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi )
BEST FILM:
Jodhaa Akbar
Race
Singh is Kinng
Yuvvraaj
Fashion
Dostana
Jannat
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
STYLE ICON OF THE YEAR
Kareena Kapoor
Bipasha Basu
Kangana Ranaut
With such a wide selection of nominees and so many awards up for grabs, we’re sure this is going to be one star-filled exciting night. So get those votes it and make your favorites a winner!