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IIFA Awards 2008

A Movie Watcher — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:44:11 +0000

The three-day star packed IIFA Awards 2008 extravaganza, which drew to a close on Sunday in the Thai capital Bangkok, proved to be an event of its kind and is surely getting bigger and better year after year. The event that kick-started with a bang as the who’s who of the Indian film industry walked down the red carpet followed by the premieres of Bollywood’s most awaited films this year ‘Sarkar Raj’, concluded with fireworks as the most sought after awards were announced.

Here is a look at this year’s award highlight:

Best Film

A category that had some of the best pictures of the previous year like Guru, Jab We Met, Partner and Life In A Metro vying for the number one spot, saw the much acclaimed Shah Rukh Khan starrer `Chak De India` bagging the prestigious award.

Best Director

`Chak De India` surely swept the IIFA grand awards ceremony as director Shimit Amin lifted the Best Director trophy. The film about a coach inspiring the Indian women`s hockey team to World Cup victory also won awards for story and screenplay.

Best Actor

Well, Big B may bag the prize for blogger of the year but it is King Khan who earned the award for the Best Actor for his mind boggling performance in Chak De India where his role was much inspired by the real life hockey hero Mir Ranjan Negi.

Best Actress

Yes, the ‘Koi doubt mat rakhna’ bodylicious babe from Jab We Met, Kareena Kapoor added yet another trophy to her bag full of awards for her refreshing youthful performance in `Jab We Met`.

Best Debutant Male and Female

The hottest young couple in tinsel town, Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, surely got the maximum eyeballs as they got on the stage to collect their respective awards. While, Ranbir thanked mentor Sanjay Leela Bhansali for his award, Dips once again recited her accepting speech mentioning Farah Khan – the brain behind ‘Om Shanti Om’.

Best Style Icon (Male)

He might not have the six pack abs or the sizzling off shirt item numbers to his credit, nevertheless actor Abhishek Bachchan earned the Best Style Icon award for his raunchy masculine beard look.

Best Style Icon (Female)

We don’t know whether she is the ‘Most Sexy Women in the World’ or not, but Katrina is surely the most stylish woman of B-town The sultry beauty won the Best Style Icon for her sensuous and inspiring style.

Best Performance in a Negative Role

Actor Vivek Oberoi won the bad man award for his role in the flick, ‘Shootout At Lokhandwala’.

Best Screenplay

Anurag Basu – `Life in a Metro` and Jaideep Sahni – `Chak De! India’ shared the best screenplay award. The two movies also jointly won the best story trophy.

Best Cinematography

The award for the Best Cinematography went to `Chak De! India`, making it the maximum award garnering movie in IIFA 2008.

Best Dialogues

Debutant director ‘Imtiaz Ali’ bagged the award for writing one of the most memorable dialogues in recent history for ’Jab We Met’.

Music Direction

AR Rahman won the award for his chartbuster number ‘Barso Re’ in Mani Ratnam’s `Guru`.

Best Lyrics

Javed Akhtar’s beautiful melody of words in the song ‘Main Agar Kahoon’ from ‘Om Shanti Om’ won him the award in this category.

Playback Singer (Male)

The ever so charming singer Shaan bagged this one for ‘Jabse Tere Naina’ in the movie ‘Saawariya’.

Playback Singer (Female)

Youth melody queen ‘Shreya Ghoshal’ bagged the trophy for her melodious singing of ‘Barso Re’ in Guru.

Best Performance in a Comic Role

Govinda, who is popularly known as Chi-Chi, was surely in his element as he went to grab this one for his performance in Partner.

Fresh face of the year

Bollywood’s latest eye candy, Neil Nitin Mukesh was named the Fresh Face of the Year.

SRK Yash Chopra and Kareena bagged FTPGI Awards

A Movie Watcher — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:12:59 +0000

Film and Television Producers’ Guild of India (FTPGI) honoured veteran Bollywood filmmaker Yash Chopra with its top award for “outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema”.

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan received the best actor award for his performance in the Yash Raj Films’ super hit film “Chak De! India”.

Kareena Kapoor walked away with the best actress trophy for her comic portrayal of a young Sikh girl in “Jab We Met” at a glittering presentation ceremony at the MMRDA Ground in the Bandra-Kurla Complex in northwest Mumbai Sunday.

FTPGI hosts its own award ceremony to honour Indian artistes as well as creative and technical personalities from the film industry every year.

The trophies are known as “Apsara” awards.

While “Chak De! India” was chosen the best movie of 2007, its director Shimit Amin bagged the trophy for the best director.

A Pakistani television channel, ARY Gold, also honoured actor Hrithik Roshan as the Best Male Style Icon of the year at the ceremony.

The star, however, could not make it to the ceremony. His father, filmmaker Rakesh Roshan, received the trophy on his behalf. Katrina Kaif bagged the Best Female Style Icon ARY Gold trophy.

Akshay Kumar, who churned out the maximum number of hits last year, was adjudged the “Entertainer of the Year” by the FTPGI jury.

Nominations for 3rd Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards

A Movie Watcher — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:21:52 +0000

Best Actor in Leading Role
Shah Rukh Khan (Chak De India)
Shahid Kapoor (Jab We Met)
Abhishek Bachchan (Guru)
Amitabh Bachchan (Cheeni Kum)
Akshaye Khanna (Gandhi My Father)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Rajat Kapoor (Bheja Fry)
Mithun Chakraborty (Guru)
Darshan Jariwala (Gandhi My Father)
Irrfan Khan (Life in A… Metro)

Best Film
Aditya Chopra (Chak De India)
Dhillin Mehta (Jab We Met)
Mani Ratnam (Guru)
Ronnie Screwvala (Life in A…

Chak De India would be screening Asian Film Festival 2008

A Movie Watcher — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:15:29 +0000

Shah Rukh Khan, Chak De India would be screening on the opening day of the Asian Film Festival 2008 in Jeddah.

The 12 day long festival, which starts on Feb 9th and goes on until Feb 20th, is being organized by the Asian Consuls General Club.

The festival which begins with Chak De India and a Saudi Arabian documentary would also feature some popular Asian documentaries and films like Nitaboh (Japan), Mukhsin (Malaysia), Udu Gan Yamaya (Sri Lanka), Aha (Bangladesh), Jinnah (Pakistan) and Beautiful Homeland (China).

Who was the best film of 2007, Chak De India or Taare Zameen Par?

A Movie Watcher — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:46:17 +0000

Taare Zameen Par bagged the Nokia 14th Annual Star Screen Awards, but Chak De India ran away with the Best Film Award and Chak De boy Shah Rukh Khan bagged the Best Actor Award at the first film award function of the year.Taare Zameen Par bagged seven awards and Chak De India bagged six awards.

Awards Tally:
Taare Zameen Par:7
Chak De India:6

However, it was a tie for the Best Director’s Award between Shimit Amin for Chak de India and Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par.

The most heart-warming film of 2007 was “Taare Zameen Par.
“Chak De! India” set the benchmark for all sports films in India.

Complete List :
Chak De India
Best Film: Chak De India
Best Actor: Shahrukh Khan, Chak De India
Best Actress in a Supporting role: 16 Girls in Chak De India
Editing: Amitabh Shukla, Chak De India
Cinematography: Sudeep Chatterjee, Chak De India
Best Director: Shimat Amin for Chak De India and Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par

Taare Zameen Par
Best Actor in a Supporting role: Aamir Khan, Taare Zameen Par
Best Lyricist: Prasoon Joshi, Taare Zameen Par
Best story: Amol Gupte, Taare Zameen Par
Best Dialogues: Amol Gupte, Taare Zameen Par
Best Debut Director: Aamir Khan, Taare Zameen Par
Best Child Artist Award: Darsheel Safary, Taare Zameen Par

Why media creating a hype for Taare Zameen Par and giving comments in favour of Taare Zameen Par?

Who was the best film of 2007, Chak De India or Taare Zameen Par?

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Winners of Star Screen Awards

A Movie Watcher — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:33:03 +0000

Taare Zameen Par swept the Nokia 14th Annual Star Screen Awards on Thursday, but Chak De India ran away with the Best Film Award and Chak De boy Shah Rukh Khan bagged the Best Actor Award at the first film award function of the year.

However, it was a tie for the Best Director’s Award between Shimit Amin for Chak de India and Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par.

This year’s event saw some of 2007’s top films like Taare Zameen Par, Chak De India, Life…In a Metro, Om Shanti Om and Guru vying for the top honours.

Taare Jameen Par bagged six key awards including Best Director (Aamir Khan), Best Story (Amol Gupte), Best Child Actor (Darsheel), Best Lyricist (Prasoon Joshi), Best Dialogue and Best Supporting Actor (Aamir Khan).

But Chak De India was adjudged the best film of the year while Mani Ratnam’s Guru earned AR Rahman the Best Music Director Award. The Best Actress Award went to Kareena Kapoor for Jab We Met.

Shah Rukh Khan performed his Dard-e-Disco number from Om Shanti Om while Shahid Kapur, Katrina Kaif, Urmila Matondkar, Riteish Deshmukh and Dia Mirza shook a leg to the year’s chartbusters at the award ceremony, which was hosted by ace compere and Heyy Babyy director Sajid Khan.

Shah Rukh Khan also won the honour of Best Pair along with Deepika Padukone, who also carried a second trophy for the Best Newcomer (Female). The Best Newcomer (Male) Award went to Ranbir Kapoor. Irfan Khan bagged the Best Comedian Award for Life…In a Metro while Anurag Basu won the Best Screenplay Award for the same film.

The Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award went to Manoj Kumar. Pankaj Kapoor bagged the Award for Best Negative Role for while Chak De girls shared the honour for Best Supporting Role (female).

Singer Soham won the Award for the Best Playback Singer (Male) for his soulful rendition of in the film Life…In a Metro while Priya Ghosal was adjudged Best Playback Singer (female) for Guru.

The Complete List:

Best Film: Chak De India

Best Director:Shimit Amin for Chak de India and Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par.

Best Actor: Shah Rukh Khan, Chak De India

Best Actress: Kareena Kapoor, Jab We Met

Best Music: AR Rahman for Guru

Best Story and Screenplay: Amole Gupte for Taare Zameen Par

Best Supporting Actor: Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par.

Best Supporting Actress: Chak de India girls

Best Child Actor: Darsheel, Taare Zameen Par

Best Pair of the Year: Shah Rukh Khan-Deepika Padukone

Lifetime Achievement Award: Manoj Kumar

Best Choreographer: Farah Khan for Om Shanti Om.

Best Lyricist: Prasoon Joshi, Taare Zameen Par

Critics Award for Best Actress: Tabu for Cheeni Kum.

Best Newcomer Male: Ranbir Kapoor

Best Dialogue: Taare Zameen Par

Best Newcomer Female: Deepika Padukone

Best Negative Actor: Pankaj Kapoor

Best Male Singer : Soham

Best Female Singer: Shreya Ghosal

Best Screenplay: Anurag Basu for Metro.

Best Comedian: Irfaan Khan for Metro.

Taare Zameen Par is better than Chak De India in USA

A Movie Watcher — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:42:19 +0000

Aamir Khan’s directorial debut Taare Zameen Par (“TZP”) being distributed by UTV Motion Pictures in the overseas market, has opened to standing ovations and great reviews by critics and audiences worldwide. TZP has collected more than USD 1.45 million alone in the US & Middle East at the end of second weekend, giving TZP a bigger opening than Chak De India in the US market.

In the Gulf, TZP received great accolades and at the end of second week collections having crossed USD 600,000 on just 25 prints. What was highlighted in this market was the way the film’s collections have held strong over the weekdays as well.

In the USA the film has raked in USD 850,000 opening with 71 prints on 66 screens in week 1 and has now expanded to 69 screens on 74 prints in week 2. The word of mouth is extremely strong on this film, which has sustained it during the weekdays showings.

There have also been reports of standing ovations all across North America. “Looking at the response of the film we certain that it will be one of the top 4 Hindi films from India in the US.” quotes Siddharth Roy Kapur, EVP Marketing, Syndicate and Distribution, UTV Motion Picture.

“Every once in a while you are taken aback by a movie. It is a rare experience, especially coming from Bollywood. Taare Zameen Par is a different experience altogether. The movie is one of the best ones to come out of the Bollywood factory,” quotes Shariq Hamid who runs Funasia, a multiplex chain with 27 screens across 4 cities in the US.

Top 26 films of bollywood in 2007

A Movie Watcher — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:10:52 +0000

We’ve never had 26 films worth talking about in a single year in a very long time. 2007 has yielded a rich harvest for Hindi cinema. While rating them, not only the primary function of Indian cinema – that it has to entertain a diverse audience – is taken into account but also factors such as intention of the filmmaker, originality, repeat viewing and fatigue, quality of writing, inventiveness of story-telling, devices employed, scale of production and star appeal.

No.1 Chak De India

The girls are amazing. Because Jaideep Sahni has written a script that combines girlpower, women’s liberation and the importance of team-spirit in a convincing underdog drama with authentic sporting action, gorgeously shot. Near flawless but for the predictability associated with the sports genre.

No.2 Taare Zameen Par
Films are where reality meets fantasy and no other film in a long while has walked these two worlds at the same time, often blurring the lines associated with the distinctively different genres while also tripling as an effective social commentary. No Indian film has ever captured childhood like this before

No.3 Om Shanti Om

Has there been a more irreverent film in the history of Indian cinema? One that does not take anything, including itself, seriously while paying tribute to an era of implausible plots, melodrama and revenge themes. Just by sheer quantity of laughs and goofs and quality of style and choreogcinema raphy, Om Shanti Om, despite the silly twist in the tale towards the climax, is a colourful musical that celebrates cinema.

No.4 Jab We Met

This is Dilwale Dulhaniya’s sequel in spirit. If Dilwale tried to define Indian-ness by procuring parental consent for love, Jab We Met goes deeper into the heartland of the country and tries to understand relationships in the context of a highly self-centric India where love blurs right and wrong.

No.5 Johnny Gaddaar

Here comes a quality suspense caper after ages. What’s more, it’s slick and stylish. It’s a rollercoaster of a mind-game. Never has a tribute film been this exciting with all the cheeky referencing. Not only is it unpredictable, it also has a brilliant ensemble cast. Also, because it has Dharam Paaji show us what a fantastic actor he is even today.

The Others

No.6 Namastey London – A surprisingly endearing Katrina-Akshay romantic comedy

No.7 Bheja Fry – But for Vinay Pathak’s brilliance, a shameless rip-off

No.8 Partner – Govinda-Salman work their magic in this remake of Hitch

No. 9 Dhamaal – is a Bollywood film directed by Indra Kumar and starring Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Aashish Chaudhary, Arshad Warsi and Javed Jaffrey.

No.10 Salaam-e-Ishq – This mushy overdose worked for Valentine’s Day

No.11 Apne – This boxing drama has Dharam Paaji’s heart

No.12 Saawariya – Strictly for world-class cinematography and some of the music

No.13 Dil Dosti Etc – A daring gutsy anti-thesis to Dil Chahta Hai

No.14 Aaja Nachle – For Madhuri Dixit alone.

No.15 Ek Chalis Ki Last Local – A rare whacky neo-noir comedy

No.16 Life in a Metro – A ‘Closer’-like candid look at relationships

No.17 Loins of Punjab – Have you ever laughed more this year?

No.18 Honeymoon Travels – A refreshing, modern look at marriage

No.19 Cheeni Kum – But for the climax, this offbeat romance ought to rank higher.

No.20 Apna Aasman – Promising debut conveniently resolved.

No.21 Manorama – If this weren’t a remake, this mystery would rank higher.

No.22 Khoya Khoya Chand – Soha’s miscast in this time machine to the 1960s

No.23 Black Friday – Though authentic, loses pace structured like the book

No.24 Water – Talk of bad casting and location ruining a great script

No.25 Dharm – Pankaj Kapoor, you are God!

No.26 Eklavya – The cinematography is sheer poetry

Arshad Warsi chose Chak De india over Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal

A Movie Watcher — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:23:10 +0000

Bollywood is known for its dischords and another one that has been brewing for quite some time has now come out in the open. Actor Arshad Warsi’s disappointment with the makers of Goal and the way the film was promoted is a known thing. Off-late, Arshad is not even trying to be diplomatic while expressing his views about the movie.

Arshad Warsi chose Chak De over Goal. “Goal is a very good film but honestly, as a viewer I think Chak De was a far more well-scripted and clearer film.” This clearly goes on to show how unhappy Arshad is with the way Goal was scripted and directed.

“Chak De India!” written keeping Shahrukh Khan in mind : Shimit Amin

A Movie Watcher — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:24:18 +0000

Only Shah Rukh Khan could have done justice to the role of a disgraced Indian hockey player in “Chak De! India”, says the film’s director.

Shimit Amin’s film sees the superstar essaying the role of Kabir Khan, a Muslim player who misses a do-or-die penalty shootout against Pakistan in the final of a world championship.

The incident leads to Khan’s ouster from the Indian team on charges of match-fixing but he is redeemed when seven years later, he returns as the coach of a ragtag women’s national hockey team and guides them to World Cup glory.

“I had no one else in mind for the role. I don’t think anyone else could give such an inspiring performance than him as Kabir Khan,” said Amin.

“The screenplay was written keeping him in mind and he fitted the character beautifully.”

A film inspired by the true story of former hockey goalkeeper Mir Ranjan Negi, blamed for India’s 1-7 loss to Pakistan in the 1982 Asian Games, “Chak De! India” has already won several awards since its release in August.

Amin feels that the film’s story, a digression from Bollywood’s routine formulas of mushy romances, melodramas and revenge sagas combined with peppy song-and-dance routines, also added to Shah Rukh Khan’s performance.
“The script had freshness to it. The industry had not seen a film like this before and it certainly was the USP,” he said.

“Chak De! India” revived interest in hockey and the film’s title song has become a sort of anthem cheering Indian teams to victory in various sporting events.

“It is phenomenal seeing the kind of response Chak De is getting,” said Amin. “Sports films are very complicated to pull off but I’m happy that it has touched the hearts of many.”