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MUMBAI:
It was Chak de for the 'Chak De India' team at the Sunsilk Apsara,
The Producers' Guild Award 2008. Chak De India dominated the Sunsilk
Apsara, The Producers' Guild Awards for excellence and achievement
in theatrical motion by sweeping a total of 8 Apsara trophies. 'Chak
De India' was declared the 'Best Film Award' for the year 2007 –
2008, while Shimit Amin picked up the 'Best Director' and Shahrukh
Khan picked up the award for 'Best Actor in a Leading Role' for
his performance in the film.
Kareena
Kapoor won praise for her role in Jab We Met, picking up the award
for the 'Best Actress in a Leading Role'. Life in A…Metro swept
2 awards as both Konkana Sen Sharma & Irfan Khan won the 'Best
Actress in a Supporting Role' and 'Best Actor in a Supporting Role'
respectively.
The
Producers Guild Awards 2008 lived up to the expectations of being
an extraordinary night with thrilling performances by Salman Khan,
Ritesh Deshmukh, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif and Kareena Kapoor that
set the stage ablaze. The performances were choreographed by duo
Pappu Mallu and Ganesh Hegde, who wowed the crowd with his solo
performance. Prankster Javed Jaffery and Indian Hockey team Captain
Vidya Malvade took over the Master of Ceremony proceedings.
The
star studded evening was also graced by Yash Chopra, Anurag Basu,
Rakesh Roshan and mega stars Shahrukh Khan, Anil Kapoor, Jeetendra,
Saif Ali Khan, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Upen Patel, actress from the south
Shreya, the Chak de Girls, and Sameera Reddy amongst others. The
new couple Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor walked in together
causing a stir with the fans present.
Promoters
and partners of the show, NDTV Imagine presented awards to Akshay
Kumar for 'NDTV Imagine Best Entertainer of the Year', while Govinda
and Salman Khan won the award for 'NDTV Imagine Best Jodi of the
Year'.
Shah
Rukh Khan presented the 'Award for the Best Contribution to Indian
cinema' to non other than Mr.Yash Chopra. Under the special category,
the 'ARY Style Icon Award' was presented to Hrithik Roshan and Stunning
Katrina Kaif was presented the 'ARY Style Diva Award'. ARY, the
popular Pakistani news network presented these awards on behalf
of the fan falling present for the Indian Cinema in Pakistan.
Other
awards from the Popular Category were as follows:
Best
Choreography – Farah Khan (Om Shanti Om)
Best Lyrics – Gulzar (Tere Bina – Guru)
Best Female Playback Singer - Shreya Ghosal (Barso Re - Guru)
Best Male Playback Singer – Shaan (Jab Se Tere Naina –
Saawariya)
Best Music – Pritam (Jab we Met)
Best Screenplay – Jaideep Sahni (Chak De India)
Best Dialogue – Imtiaz Ali (Jab we Met)
Best Actor in a Comic Role – Vinay Pathak (Bheja Fry)
Best Actor in a Negative Role – Neil Nitin Mukesh (Johnny Gaddaar)
An
evening of glamour and glitz!!
The
Producers' Guild Awards 2008 was promoted and presented by NDTV
Imagine and Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, who also
conceptualized the show.
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