Bhaag Milkha Bhaag walks away with maximum wins at the 9th Renault Star Guild Awards

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag walks away with maximum wins at the 9th Renault Star Guild Awards

MUMBAI: The 9th edition of the Renault Star Guild Awards was brought to a close this evening with the biggest stars of the Indian Film and Television industry at Mumbai’s NSCI Ground, Worli. The eventful night saw Salman Khan take centre stage for the second year running as the host for the evening, sharing screen space and a brilliant camaraderie with his colleagues.

 

The Film & Television Producers Guild of India announced the winners in Film & Television for the year gone by where the Milkha Singh biopic, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag were the favourites of the night, walking away with an impressive 8 awards.  Farhan Akthar swept the Best Actor in a leading role category and saw the film take home Best Screenplay and Best Story for Prasoon Joshi, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design, Best Actress in a supporting role for Divya Dutta, Best Director for Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and the enviable Best Film award for Viacom 18 Motions Pictures and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.

 

Speaking of his Best Actor in a leading role, Farhan Akthar said, “The biggest thank-you goes to Milkha Singh and his family for all the support and passion that he put in to me. When I met him for the first time, he told me about the sacrifices he went through in his life and Prasoon has captured it very well in the title track.”

 

2013’s heartwarming The Lunchbox won 3 awards including Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Nawazuddin Siddiqui, the Star Verdict Awards for Irfaan Khan and The Yash Chopra Award for the Most Promising Debut Director to Ritesh Batra.

 

2013, being a year for big ticket films that saw an unprecedented number of movie-goers with box office sales spilling over the Rs. 500 cr mark The Film & Television Producers Guild of India introduced the Guild Hall of Fame announcing 2013’s nine major film titles from the year gone by to be included into this exclusive club. The announcement made by Ramesh Sippy and host, Salman Khan saw Race 2, Aashiqui 2, Krrish 3, Chennai Express, Dhoom 3, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Grand Masti, Goliyon Ka Rasleela: Ramleela and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani being inducted into the Guild Hall of Fame.

 

Commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of late filmmaker Khwaja Ahmed Abbas, the Guild also introduced the K. A. Abbas Honour for Cinema with Social Sensitivity. Mr. Amitabh Bachchan gave away the award naming the film, Shahid as its first ever recipient.

 

Varun Sharma of Fukrey fame and Arshad Warsi (Jolly LLB) shared the award for Best Performance in a comic role while Sushant Singh Rajput walked away with the award for Most Promising Debut – Male for the unconventional film, Kai Po Che! Vaani Kapoor took home the award for Most Promising Debut – Female for the film, Shuddh Desi Romance.

 

The evening was coupled with enthralling performances by the superstars themselves including Kareena Kapoor Khan, Prabhu Deva who was joined by young starlet, Sonakshi Sinha, Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor and Jacqueline Fernandez.

 

The Renault Star Guild Awards have been instituted by the Film and Television Producers Guild of India with an objective to establish a standard for honouring excellence and achievements in the Indian film industry.

 

The 9th Renault Star Guild Awards is presented by Renault and Star TV. The Brand Parners for the Awards are Gionee Smart Phone and the Videocon Group. WeChat is the official Messaging Partner for the event.

 

FILM AWARDS

AWARD

NAME

FILM

Best Editing

Chandrashekhar Prajapati

Madras Café

Best Cinematography

Binod Pradhan

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Art Direction

Rashid Khan

Goliyon Ka Rasleela: Ramleela

Best Sound Design

Nakul Kamte

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Sound Mixing

Bishwadeep Chatterjee

Madras Café

Best Special Effects

Dhoom 3

Krrish 3

Best Costume Design

Anju Modi, Maxima Basu

Goliyon Ka Rasleela: Ramleela

Best Screenplay

Prasoon Joshi

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Story

Prasoon Joshi

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Dialogue

Hussain Dalal

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Red FM Bajaate Raho Dialogue of the Year

Himanshu Sharma

Raanjhana

Best Choreography

Remo D’souza

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (Badtameez Dil & Balam Pichkari)

Best Lyrics

Mithoon

Aashiqui 2 (Tum Hi Ho)

Best Music

Pritam

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Best Playback Singer – Male

Arijit Singh

Aashiqui 2 (Tum Hi Ho)

Best Playback Singer – Female

Bhoomi Trivedi

Goliyon Ka Rasleela: Ramleela (Ram Chahe Leela)

Best Performance in a Comic Role

Varun Sharma

Arshad Warsi

Fukrey

Jolly LLB

Best Performance in a Negative Role

Supriya Pathak

Goliyon Ka Rasleela: Ramleela

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

The Lunchbox

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Divya Dutta

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Most Promising Debut Male

Sushant Singh Rajput

Kai Po Che!

Most Promising Debut Female

Vaani Kapoor

Shuddh Desi Romance

The Yash Chopra Award for The Most Promising Debut Director

Ritesh Batra

The Lunchbox

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Farhan Akthar

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Deepika Padukone

Chennai Express

Best Director

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Film

Viacom18 Motion Pictures & Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Lifetime Achievement Honour

Salim Khan

 

Lifetime Achievement Honour

Tanuja Mukherjee

 

K. A. Abbas Award for Social Sensitivity in Hindi Cinema

Shahid

Renault Star Guild Entertainer of the Year

Shahrukh Khan

Star Verdict of the Year

Irfaan Khan for The Lunchbox

Jodi of the Year

Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor (Aashiqui 2)

 

TELEVISION AWARDS

AWARD

NAME

Best Reality TV Show

Endemol India for Bigg Boss 7

Best Writer

Balika Vadhu

Best Mythological Series

Star Plus for Mahabharat

Best Cast

Cast of Mahabharat

Best Actor

Rajat Tokas for Jodha Akbar

Best Actress

Drashti Dhammi for Madhubala

Ankita Lokhande for Pavitra Rishta