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Mumbai: The readers of Screen chose Akshay Kumar, but Akki chose Aamir Khan. The readers chose Aishwarya Rai, but Ash chose the entire crew of Jodhaa Akbar. The presentation of the Best Actor in Popular Category (Male and Female) Awards — selected through a system of SMS and email voting by Screen readers — produced heart-warming displays of genuine humility in starry Bollywood on Wednesday evening.
“According to me, the best actor is Aamir Khan for Ghajini. This is for you Aamir, from me and the people,” Akshay Kumar said in a passionate and touchingly modest speech after being chosen for the Best Actor in Popular Category (Male) Award for Singh is Kinng at the Nokia 15th Annual Star Screen Awards. Akshay left the Award statuette on the podium.
Aishwarya Rai, winner of the Best Actor in Popular Category (Female) Award, said she would accept, but only on behalf of the entire crew of Jodhaa Akbar.
On a sultry evening, populated by innumerable stars in the sky and on the ground at Mumbai’s sprawling MMRDA Grounds, Priyanka Chopra received the Award for Best Actor (Female) for Fashion and Hrithik Roshan for Best Actor (Male) for Jodhaa Akbar.
Jodhaa Akbar won Best Film, and its director Ashutosh Gowarikar shared Best Director with Neeraj Pandey for A Wednesday. A R Rahman won the Award for the Best Background Score (Jodhaa Akbar). Pandey also won Best Debut Director for A Wednesday, which won the Award for Best Story.
In a celebration of the different in Bollywood, Rock On!! joined A Wednesday in a run on the awards, both films winning a fistful. Rock On!! won awards for editing, art direction and cinematography. Shahana Goswami and Arjun Rampal won Awards for the Best Supporting Actor (Female and Male), and Farhan Akhtar won Most Promising Newcomer (Male), all for Rock On!!. A Wednesday won the Ramnath Goenka Award which recognises movies that reflect the ideals of the Express Group. Asin Thottumkal won Most Promising Newcomer (Female) for Ghajini.
The Khan siblings, Sajid and Farah, hosted the evening along with Shreyas Talpade, sprinkling the announcement of the Awards with spoofs on several talked-about releases of the year, particularly Karzzz, Dostana and Fashion. Deepika Padukone lit up the evening dancing to numbers from her films Bachna Ae Haseeno and Om Shanti Om, and performances by Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra and Anushka Sharma set the night on fire.
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