MAX Stardust Awards 2009 – a scintillating affair Watch it on Saturday, 28th February only on MAX.
Mumbai, 20th February 2009: Like every year, this year too, the MAX Stardust Awards 2009 was a dazzling, star-shimmering event held on Sunday, February 15, 2009 in Mumbai. Luminaries from the Hindi film industry came out in their gorgeous best to grace the event and acknowledge the super talented, new league of actors emerging in Bollywood.
The award ceremony was like none other in recent times. In fact Mr. Amitabh Bachchan has echoed this in his blog where he says that MAX Stardust Awards have always rewarded areas that have been either ignored or not brought up for consideration, and that is what is different about them in comparison with some of the other ceremonies.
The hosts of the glittering evening were the lovely Minnisha Lamba and the humorous Tusshar Kapoor. Fresh from the success of ‘Golmaal Returns’, Tusshar kept the audience enthralled with his inimitable Golmaal style and had the audience in splits.
The highlight of the evening was Anil Kapoor’s performance on stage for the first time in seven years where he danced to the tracks of some of his most popular numbers from ‘Woh Saat Din’ to ‘Ram Lakhan’ and many more. He ended the medley with an exhilarating performance on the signature song ‘Jai Ho’ from the acclaimed ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ saluting the spirit and success of Bollywood. In fact, in his acceptance speech for a special award bestowed upon him for taking Indian cinema global and completing 30 years in Hindi cinema, he remarked, “This is my Oscar!”
Dev Anand and Feroz Khan were honoured with Lifetime Achievement Awards, and Devsaab looking a sprightly 86, spoke about how he was still going strong and looking forward to his new movie releasing later this year! Fardeen Khan accepted the award on his father’s behalf as the ailing senior Khan could not be present.
Besides the awards and accolades, the award ceremony had a medley of extravagant entertainment, which included electrifying, foot-tapping performances from Minissha Lamba and Neetu Chandra. Amisha Patel floored the audience with her ‘Lazy Lamhe’ act. The ravishing Priyanka Chopra set the stage on fire with a truly electrifying dance on a medley of her famous tracks while Salman Khan brought the grand event to its close with a rocking performance that brought the house down.
MAX Stardust Awards is really where the film community comes together to recognize their own without any controversy or ugliness. The who’s who of the industry was present at these awards. Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan with Amar Singh, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna, Rekha, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, Ashutosh and Sunita Gowariker, Farhan Akhtar, Boney and Sridevi Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut and Adhyayan Suman, Amrita Rao, Asin, Neha Dhupia, Koena Mitra, Abbas-Mustan, Anu Malik, Genelia D’Souza and many more graced the red carpet.
The event had extravagant sets coupled with lasers, special effects, lighting and acoustics to create a magnificent audio and visual impact. The sets replicated the ocean and the event truly took the audience on a fabulous ride, one that they’d never want to end. Watch out for all this and more when the spectacular MAX Stardust Awards is telecast on MAX on 28 February 2009 at 8 pm.
WINNERS OF THE MAX STARDUST AWARDS 2009:
Superstar of Tomorrow – Male
Farhan Akhtar (Rock On)
Superstar of Tomorrow – Female:
Asin (Ghajini)
Hottest New Filmmaker:
A R Murugadoss (Ghajini)
Hottest New Film:
Ghajini
Breakthrough Performance – Male:
Prateik Babbar (Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na)
Breakthrough Performance – Female:
Manjari Phadnis (Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na)
Standout Performance by a music director:
Dhruv Ghanekar (Drona)
Standout Performance by a Lyricist:
Kausar Munir (Falak Tak Chal / Tashan)
New Musical Sensation — Male:
Benny Dayal (Pappu can’t dance saala / Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na)
New Musical Sensation — Female:
Anmol Malik (Talli / Ugly Aur Pagli)
Exciting New Face:
Shriya Saran (Mission Istanbul)
The New Menace:
Nikitin Dheer (Jodhaa Akbar)
Editor’s choice award for most promising director:
Abhishek Kapoor (Rock On)
Outstanding contribution to Indian cinema:
Dev Anand
Pride of the industry:
Feroz Khan
Special award to anil kapoor:
For Being The First Mainstream Indian Actor To Take India To Hollywood And Winning Global Recognition
STARDUST SEARCHLIGHT AWARDS WINNERS:
Best Actor:
Amitabh Bachchan (The Last Lear)
Best Actress:
Amrita Rao (Welcome To Sajjanpur)
Best Film:
A Wednesday (Anjum Rizvi)
Best Director:
Neeraj Pandey (A Wednesday)
READER’S CHOICE AWARDS:
Star of the year — Male:
Hrithik Roshan (Jodhaa Akbar)
Star of the year — Female:
Priyanka Chopra (Fashion)
Dream Director:
Ashutosh Gowariker (Jodhaa Akbar)
Best Film:
Singh Is Kinng (Akshay Kumar and Vipul Shah)
Best actor in a supporting role:
Tusshar Kapoor (Golmaal Returns)
Best Actress in a supporting role:
Kangana Ranaut (Fashion)
Best Actor in a negative role:
Anil Kapoor (Tashan)
Style Icon of the year — Male:
Saif Ali Khan
Style Icon of the year — Female:
Kareena Kapoor
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