53rd Filmfare Awards 2008 – results
53rd Filmfare Award winners:
Best Actor: Shahrukh Khan for Chak De India.
Best Leading Actor (Female) Kareena Kapoor for Jab We Met.
Best Director Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par.
Critics Best Film Shimit Amin for Chak De India.
Critics Best Actor Darsheel Safari for Taare Zammen Par.
Critics Best Actress Tabu for Cheeni Kum.
Lifetime Achievement Award Rishi Kapoor.
Power Award Yash and Aditya Chopra.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Irrfan Khan for Life In A Metro.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) Konkana Sen Sharma for Life in a Metro.
Best Music A. R. Rahman for Guru.
Best Background Score A. R. Rahman for Guru.
Best Male Singer Shaan for ‘Jabse Tere Naina’ from Saawariya.
Best Lyrics Prasoon Joshi for ‘Ma’ from Taare Zameen Par.
Best Female Singer Shreya Ghoshal for Barso Re’ from Guru.
Best Story Amol Gupte for Taare Zameen Par.
Best Screenplay Anurag Basu for Life In A Metro.
Best Dialogue Imitiaz Ali for Jab We Met.
Best Male Debutant Ranbir Kapoor for Saawariya.
Best Female Debutant Deepika for Om Shanti Om.
Na-Real award Vidya Balan for Hey Baby.
Fresh Face of the Year Award Deepika Padukone for Om Shanti Om.
Best Editing Amitabh Shukla for Chak De India.
Best Action Rob Miller for Chak De India
Best Art Direction Samir Chanda for Guru
R. D. Burman Award Monty Sharma for Saawariya.
Best Sound Leslie Fernandes – Johnny Gaddaar
Best Special Effects Red Chillies Entertainment – Om Shanti Om
Best Costume Award Sujata Sharma for Gandhi My Father.
Best Cinemtography Award Sudip Chatterjee for Chak De India.
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Jodha akbar review ratings
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Suhasini Mulay, Ila Arun, Digvijay Purohit, Shaji Chowdhary, Nikitin Dheer, Visswa Badola, Pradeep Sharma, Raza Murad, Yuri and Others.
Choreography: Chinni Prakash-Rekha Prakash-Raju Khan.
Cinematography: Kiiran Deohans.
Co-producer: Zarina Mehta-Deven Khote.
Costumes: Neeta Lulla.
Dialogues: KP Saxena.
Editing: Ballu Saluja.
Executive Producer: Sunita A. Gowariker.
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar.
Music: AR Rahman.
Production Design: Nitin Chandrakant Desai.
Screenplay: Haidar Ali-Ashutosh Gowariker.
Sound Design: Stephen Gomes.
Sound Re-recording: Hitendra Ghosh.
Story: Haidar Ali.
Stunt Co-ordinator: Ravi Dewan.
Direction: Ashutosh Gowariker.
Producer: Ronnie Screwvala-Ashutosh Gowariker.
Banner: UTV Motion Pictures-Ashutosh Gowariker Productions.
Release Date: 15th February, 2008.
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Ghajini remake updates
With over 50 per cent of the film having been completed and three songs shot, the director can’t seem to hide his excitement about the manner in which the film is taking shape.
The director has, in a fairly short span, worked with top heroes in Tamil and Telugu such as Vijayakanth, Suriya, Chiranjeevi and now in Hindi with Aamir Khan. He is easily among the more accessible directors in the industry.
Music director A. R. Rahman’s music for the Hindi version of ‘Gajini’ has come out really well, he says.
“I am truly amazed at Aamir Khan’s dedication. His passion comes across evidently. You know he’s thoroughly enjoying himself while at work,” the director says.
Another news which is going around is that Aamir Khan may not be the only top star wooing the audience during the bountiful weekend. News is that Akshay ‘Khiladi’ Kumar, whose movies have become a constant feature during the ‘Eid’ period, is likely to give him company. The series of Akki films that released during the ‘Eid’ period goes something like this- AITRAAZ (2004), GARAM MASALA (2005), JAAN-E-MANN (2006) and BHOOL BHULAIYAA (2007). The current year is likely to see Akshay’s action extravaganza CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA (with hot new sensation Deepika Padukone), release during the festive occasion.
The film has already raised expectations of movie buffs due to several reasons. For Aamir Khan, this film follows his mega hit — the critically-acclaimed ‘Taare Zameen Par.’ Fans would also be more than eager to listen to Rahman’s music after listening to his compositions for ‘Jodhaa Akbar.’ For Murugadoss, too, this project follows Telugu film ‘Stalin’ starring Chiranjeevi.Some scenes are said to have been modified and visually enhanced in the remake, which is expected to hit the cinemas in October.
‘Robot’ starts rolling
Shankar’s next science fiction project ‘Robot’ started rolling amidst much fanfare yesterday. The film’s team started shooting the scenes in an air-conditioned room in AVM studio.
The Robot shoot was a hush –hush affair, as Rajinikanth arrived on dot of time in his Chevorlet Tavera, Shankar drove down in his new black BMW car with the trademark registration number 8 and producer Karunamoorthy of Ayngaran International came in his Honda-CRV.
Cameraman Venket Ram had set up his camera and other equipments early in the morning itself. Nearly a dozen wigs were flown in from US by hair dresser Bhanu to be tried out on the superstar who shot in various blazers. The look of Robot is one of the most important aspects of the film.
Shankar and his young team have also roped in an international consultant to give a new look to Rajinikanth as Robot. The final look will emerge after matching the photo shoot pictures with a computer generated look, which will take about a month.
Many fans of the superstar were very eager to know the start of shooting of ‘Robot’ and within minutes of the news reaching them many fans of Rajinikanth thronged at AVM Studio to get a glimpse of the superstar.
But since the rules of AVM studio restricts the entry for the public the fans had to leave the scene disappointed.
This big-budget (125 crore) film sees superstar Rajinikanth and the film is directed by one of the most flamboyant directors of the country, Shankar, and the music of A.R. Rahman will grace the film.
Now that Aishwarya Rai has denied the rumours of her exit from the film as rubbish, the rest of the casting of the film is going on. Three top characters from Tamil have confirmed that they are willing to shoot for the film as and when Shankar wants.
Meanwhile Nirav Shah has decided to quit the project, due to personal reasons. So now, noted cameraman Thiru has been roped into the project
Rajinikanth will soon be shooting for P. Vasu directed ‘Kuselan’ the tamil version of Malayalam super hit ‘Katha Parayumbhol’.
Sukhwinder makes it to Hollywood!
Bollywood actors making their way to Hollywood is a thing of the past now. The latest dope that is now catching the trend is the singers newly formed association with wild wild west. And the latest singer to have clinched a prestigious Hollywood offer is none other than our ‘Chhaiya Chhaiya’ man Sukhwinder Singh. Reportedly, the singer will be composing the soundtrack for a Steven Spielberg flick.
Apparently, after impressing the crowd with his mind-blowing vocals in Spike Lee’s Denzel Washington starrer ‘Inside Man’, Sukhwinder Singh has now been signed by Universal Pictures for yet another Denzel Washington starrer to be directed by Steven Spielberg.
Confirming the news of his glorious project, Sukhwinder Singh said, “It is true that I have been signed by Universal Pictures for the film. The ‘Chhaiya Chhaiya’ number became immensely popular with Hollywood filmmakers in a big way and they want to recreate the magic. But unlike ‘Chhaiya Chhaiya’ that was lifted directly from ‘Dil Se’, there will be an original composition for this film. The song will be a traditional folk Kutchi song. It is going to be an important part of the Spielberg film.”
Making Jodhaa-Akbar dance
To get the dance moves in his period epic Jodhaa Akbar right, director Ashutosh Gowarikar roped in as many as four choreographers — Raju Khan, Ash Kumar, Chinni Prakash and Rekha Prakash.
Chinni Prakash has been a part of the film industry for years. He also trained his niece Vaibhavi Merchant, who gave us the moves in Kajra Re, among many other filmi songs.
Chinni Prakash has worked in films like Saajan, Khuda Gawah, Thakshak and Tere Naam. Over to him as he takes us behind the scenes of Jodhaa Akbar.
Chinnu said “I have choreographed the song, Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah.I knew Ashu (Gowarikar) was doing a period drama because I had met him a year before the shooting started to wish him luck. We did not talk about the film’s choreography then. About three or four months after that meeting, he asked me to come down to Karjat (about 100 km from Mumbai), where the shooting was on.”
The inspiration behind Jodhaa Akbar
Haidar Ali for the last 50 years, best known for playing Raja in the 1980s television series Nukkad, has struggled to find a foothold in showbusiness. At 60, he appears to be on the cusp of success with the much-awaited Jodhaa Akbar, starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai.
Sitting in his home in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park area, Haidar Ali appears relaxed as he speaks about the film of which has written the story and collaborated on the screenplay with director Ashutosh Gowarikar.
“Jodhaa Akbar began after the success of Lagaan,” he says. “Ashutosh was looking for a story on the scale of Lagaan. One day we were talking and I told him that the only film he could make after Lagaan would be Mughal-E-Azam.”
For a moment Gowariker wondered if his friend was talking about remaking Mughal-E-Azam or directing a sequel to K Asif’s epic. But Haidar Ali floated the idea of doing a prequel to Mughal-E-Azam.
“Ashutosh is the only director who could do justice to a film of such a level. In Lagaan, he touched on the issue of casteism, the oppressed class, Hindu-Muslim unity, communal harmony, team spirit, management and nationalism,” says Haidar Ali. “He weaved all this beautifully to make a hit film without preaching or lecturing. In the same way, I told him he could make a beautiful film by touching on such issues without preaching.”
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