The red carpet is rolled up, the awards have been given, the thank yous have been said and the stage is finally cooling down after some sizzling performances at the Excel Centre in London. The 2008 Zee Cine Awards have come and gone. Before the awards our journalists listed not only who they thought will win but also who they thought should win and here is how they did!
Best Film
Aly and Stacey were correct with who would win, while Sandy was right with who she thought should win
Best Director
We did pretty good with this category Aly, Sandy and Stacey all had TZP down for should and will win!
Best Actor (Male)
Though we all had King Khan as the winner for this category, it was Stacey and Sandy who had him for should win as well.
Best Actor (Female)
This has been a sweep for Kareena and was a sweep for our journalists as well for who was going to win!
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male)
Though well deserved, Govinda winning this category was a definite surprise and none of us included him on our lists.
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)
Only Khizer was correct that Shilpa should win the award for this category. Way to Go Khizer!
Best Actor In A Negative Role (Male/Female)
Stacey and Aly predicted this one correct as a will win, with Khizer listing him as a should win!
Best Actor In A Comic Role (Male/Female)
None of us got this one right!
Most Promising Debut Director
100% for our journalists!
Most Promising Debut (Male)
Again 100%, but with Khizer also listing Neil Nitin Mukesh.
Most Promising Debut (Female)
We did well on this one too will all correct for who will win but only Khizer and Sandy listing Deepika for should win.
Most Promising Debut (Child Artiste)
We did very well with the most promising debut categories because yet again we all got this one right!
Most Popular Track Of The Year
Sandy was the only one who had Mauja Mauja down for should win, Yea Sandy!
Best Playback Singer (Male)
For this award we all were right in guessing that Shaan would win for ‘Jab Se Tere Naina’ from Saawariya
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Though none of us listed it as a should win, we all did guess that Shreya Ghosal – ‘Barso Re Megha’ – Guru would take home the statue!
Best Lyrics
All of us said that Prasoon Joshi – ‘Maa’ – Taare Zameen Par should win and both Stacey and Khizer guessed correctly that it would win!
Best Music
We finished off strong with all 4 of us predicating that AR Rahman would bring home the big music prize of the evening!
So to total up:
Aly: 7 Should and 12 Will categories correct
Sandy: 11 Should and 10 Will categories correct
Khizer: 6 Should and 10 Will categories correct
Stacey: 9 Should and 13 Will categories correct
Our journalists predicted very well this time and a bravo to Sandy for having the most right on her list of who should win! How did you do?
We hope you have enjoyed reading our series of articles for this award season as much as we enjoyed writing them! Be sure to keep checking back because we will have reports on both the IIFA and National Award winners!
