Saturday evening was a night full of stars and awards at the Zee Cine Awards in London. We will have more about that fabulous event but since we know you can’t wait, here is a complete winner’s list!
For the technical awards the winners were:
Best Choreographer – Farah Khan – Om Shanti Om
Best Costume – Manish Malhotra & Karan Johar – Om Shanti Om
Best Visual Effects – Red Chilli’s Entertainment – Om Shanti Om
Best Editing – Amitabh Shukla – Chak de India
Best Cinematography – Sandip Chaterjee- Chak de India
Best Action – Parvez Khan – Johnny Gaddar
Best Film Processing – ADLABS – Namastey London
Best Art Direction – Nitin Desai – Gandhi my Father
Best Sound recording – Baylon Ponseca – Shootout at Lokhandwala
Best Background Music – AR Rahman – Guru
Best Screenplay – Imtiyaz Ali – Jab We Met
Best Dialogue – Jaideep Sahani – Chak De India
Best Story – Amol Gupte – Taare Zammen Par
Some stars were also honored with special awards:
Zee Icon award – Shah Rukh Khan
Zee Cinema Entertainer of the year – Ritesh Deshmukh
Lifetime Achievement – Zeenat Amaan
Lifetime Achievement – Feroz Khan
British Indian Actor Award – Katrina Kaif
Bollywod Queen Award – Gauri Khan
The winners for the music categories were:
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Shaan – ‘Jab Se Tere Naina’ – Saawariya
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghosal – ‘Barso Re Megha’ – Guru
Best Lyrics
Prasoon Joshi – ‘Maa’ – Taare Zameen Par
Best Music
A R Rahman – Guru
Most Popular Track Of The Year
‘Mauja Hi Mauja’ – Jab We Met
For Best Film, Best Director and outstanding performances the awards went to:
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male)
Govinda – Partner
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)
Shilpa Shetty – Life In A.. Metro
Best Actor In A Comic Role (Male/Female)
Vinay Pathak – Bheja Fry
Best Actor In A Negative Role (Male/Female)
Arjun Rampal – Om Shanti Om
Best Actor (Male)
Shah Rukh Khan – Chak De! India
Best Actor (Female)
Kareena Kapoor – Jab We Met
Best Director
Aamir Khan – Taare Zameen Par
Best Film
Chak De! India – Aditya Chopra, Yash Raj Films
The awards also presented statues to the most promising debut in three categories and those were no surprise:
Most Promising Debut Director
Aamir Khan – Taare Zameen Par
Most Promising Debut (Male)
Ranbir Kapoor – Saawariya
Most Promising Debut (Female)
Deepika Padukone – Om Shanti Om
Finally, four critics choice awards were also announced:
Best Film – Gandhi My Father
Best Actress – Shifali Shah – Gandhi my Father
Best Actor – Darsheel Safary – Taare Zameen Par
Critics Special Awards – Neil Nitin Mukesh
With some surprise winners and some expected prizes given out the Zee Cine Awards certainly was a night to remember. Stay tuned because we will bring you more news about the glittering show and of course will report how our journalists did with their predictions.