Wednesday night saw the stars come together for the 15th Annual Nokia Star Screen Awards. The ceremony was hosted by Sajid and Farah Khan and Shreyas Talpade, which saw performances by Deepika Padukone Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra and Anushka Sharma. However, the main attraction of the night besides who looked good, was who took home the prize and Rock On!!, and Jodhaa Akbar were the big winners of the evening.
And the winners were:
Best Film
Jodhaa Akbar
Best Director
Ashutosh Gowariker – Jodhaa Akbar
Neeraj Pandey – A Wednesday!
Best Actor (Male)
Hrithik Roshan – Jodhaa Akbar
Best Actor (Female)
Priyanka Chopra – Fashion
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Arjun Rampal – Rock On!!
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Shahana Goswami – Rock On!!
Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male/Female)
Akshaye Khanna – Race
Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male/Female)
Tusshar Kapoor – Golmaal Returns
Most Promising Newcomer (Male)
Farhan Akhtar – Rock On!!
Most Promising Newcomer (Female)
Asin Thottumkal – Ghajini
Best Background Music
A. R. Rahman – Jodhaa Akbar
Best Music
A. R. Rahman – Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
Best Playback Singer (Male)
KK – ‘Khuda Jaane’ (Bachna Ae Haseeno )
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shilpa Rao – ‘Khuda Jaane’ (Bachna Ae Haseeno )
Best Lyrics
Anvita Dutt Guptan – ‘Khuda Jaane’ (Bachna Ae Haseeno )
Best Story
Neeraj Pandey – A Wednesday!
Best Screenplay
Shiraz Ahmed – Race
Best Editing
Rock On!!
Best Art Direction
Rock On!!
Best Cinematography
Rock On!!
Best Popular Actor Award
Akshay Kumar – Singh Is Kinng
Best Popular Actress Award
Aishwarya Rai – Jodhaa Akbar
Best Animation Film
Roadside Romeo
Best Jodi
John Abraham – Abhishek Bachchan (Dostana )
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sanjay Khan
Ramnath Goenka Award
A Wednesday!
The night also had some controversy with the war of words between Ashutosh Gorwariker and Sajid Khan on stage. The director got offended by one of the jokes Sajid made and said something to him on stage and it escalated from there, with Ashutosh saying shut up to Sajid and Sajid responding, “’kisika baap bhi mujhe shut up nahi bol sakta!’”
Another surprise was that though Akshay Kumar was voted as Best Actor in Popular Category (Male)he refused the award saying, “According to me, the best actor is Aamir Khan for Ghajini. This is for you Aamir, from me and the people.” He left the trophy on the stage.
You can see all the performances, the controversies and all the winning speeches when the award show is televised on Star on January 27th!
