3 Idiots made a clean sweep at the 55th Idea Filmfare awards by winning most of the popular choice awards, followed by Firaaq, Dev D and Paa
And the Black Lady goes to...
Popular Awards
Best Film: Vidhu Vinod Chopra for 3 Idiots
Rekha handed over the award to the 3 Idiots team including Maddy, Omi, Boman, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani.
Best Director: Rajkumar Hirani for 3 Idiots
Rajkumar Hirani received the award from Ramesh Sippy.
Best Actor in Leading Role (Male): Amitabh Bachchan for Paa
In his absence Vidya Balan received the award. Vishal Bhardwaj on stage said, "Diye ko ujaala dikhaane jaisa hai.”
Best Actor in Leading Role (Female): Vidya Balan for Paa
Sri Devi and Boney kapoor presented the award to the lovely lady.
Best Supporting Actor (Male): Boman Irani for 3 Idiots
Bipasha Basu and Ramesh Taurani were there on stage to present the award.
Best Supporting Actor (Female): Kalki Koechlin for Dev D
Neil Mukesh and Kunal Kohli gave the award to Kalki. She thanked everyone from the Dev D team and ended the speech by saying, “I also want to thank the most important person in my life, Anurag Kashyap.”
Best Debutante Director (Male): Ayan Mukherjee for Wake Up Sid
Deepika Padukone and Idea head honcho presented the award. Meanwhile, Karan Johar tweets, “I feel like a proud parent.”
Best Debutante Director (Female): Zoya Akhtar for Luck By Chance
Javed Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar presented the award to Zoya, making the moment more special for her.
Best Dialogue: Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra for 3 idiots
Minissha Lamba presented the Best Dialogue Award. Vidhu Vinod Chopra is a happy man today, 3 Idiots has won three awards so far, but he is hungry for more.
Best Screenplay: Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Abhijat Joshi for 3 Idiots
Urmila Matondkar and Abbas-Mastan presented the award to the duo.
Best Story: Abhijat Joshi and Rajkumar Hirani for 3 Idiots
Genelia D'Souza and Harman Baweja gave the award.
Filmfare Critics Award
Best Film: Firaaq
Nandita Das won the Critics Best Film Award for her directorial debut Firaaq.
Best Actor (Female): Mahi Gill, Dev D
Mahie Gill won the Best Actress Award (Critics) for her debut film Dev D
Best Actor (Male): Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir got the award for his consistently outstanding performances in 2009.
Filmfare Music Awards
Best Music: A R Rahman for Delhi 6
Kajol and Tabu gave away the award to Rahman. It’s his 25th Filmfare award.
Best Lyrics: Irshad Kamil for 'Aaj Din Chaddya' (Love Aaj Kal)
Prateik Babbar, Jonty Rhodes and Mugdha Godse presented the award.
Best Playback Singer (Female): Rekha Bharadwaj for Genda Phool (Delhi 6) and Kavita Seth for Iktara (Wake Up Sid)
Madhavan and Shahana Goswami presented the award.
Best Playback Singer (Male): Mohit Chauhan for Masakalli (Delhi 6)
Celina Jaitley and Chunky Pandey gave away the black lady to Mohit.
RD Burman Music Award: Amit Trivedi
Anu Malik and Sherlyn Chopra presented the award to Amit. After receiving the award he said, "I dedicate this award to my mother. This is the greatest achievement for any musician.”
Yamma, Yamma.. Shashi gets Lifetime Achievement Award!
Shashi Kapoor received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Shabana Azmi, Yash Chopra, while the song ‘Yamma Yamma’ from the evergreen movie Shaan played in the background. Shabana spoke a few words about Mr Kapoor, who in return only said ‘Thank You.” Shashi Kapoor holding and posing with his Lifetime Achievement Award trophy while sitting on a wheelchair was truly touching. He was accompanied by daughter Sanjana.
Lifetime Achievement Award: Khayyam
Asha Bhosle presented the award to the renowned music composer. Recalling his fond memories Khayyam saab said, “I started my career as an assistant music director with B R Chopra at the salary of Rs 125. So I dedicate all this success to him.” Asha Bhosle added, “I credit my ghazal singing and urdu to Khayyam saab”.
Nandita Das gets a Special Award for her film Firaaq
Filmfare Technical Awards:
Best Visual Effects: Kaminey
Best Choreography Award: Bosco-Ceasar, 'Chor Bazaari' from Love Aaj Kal
Best Production Design: Helen & Sukant for Dev D
Best Action: Vijayan Master for Wanted
With his hands around the black lady, Vijayan said, “I dedicate this award to Boney Kapoor and my hero Salman Khan.”
Best Sound Design: Manas Chaudhury for Firaaq
Best Editing: Sreekar Prasad for Firaaq
Best Cinematographer: Rajeev Ravi for Dev D
Anurag Kashyap received the award on his behalf.
Best Costume Design: Vaishali Menon for Firaaq
Best Background Score: Amit Trivedi for Dev D
Kabir Bedi and Mukesh Bhatt presented the award.
Amit Trivedi says “I kept very quiet about my work. I would let my work do the talking. This my first Filmfare. I have fallen in love with this Black lady.”
The Buzz off-stage...
Jonty Rhodes sitting backstage between two hot Marathi girls - Mugdha Godse and Urmila Matondkar, who were wearing beautiful saris. The two ladies were trying to get very friendly with the South African cricketer while Jonty was blushing non-stop.
Kajol and Urmila are bonding like a house on fire.
Kunal Kapoor should be given an award for the most active member at the Filmfare. He is doing whatever his friends are telling him to do. Be it going out for a smoke, or on the stage and off stage hanging out, choosing their clothes, giving them company for a drink etc. We wonder where the energy is coming from!
Prateik Babbar and Neil Nitin Mukesh have been constantly together like a magnet since they have entered. We are suspecting a new Dostana well.
Shruti Haasan is wearing a strapless gown and she was shivering with the cold due to the powerful A/C at the Yash Raj studio where the 55th Idea Filmfare Awards happened. She asked for a jacket from a friend to keep her warm.
Sizzling Performances...
Riteish Deshmukh and Jacqueline Fernandez, the Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai pair set the stage on fire, with a rocking performance.
A tribute to MJ...
Karan Johar talks about the ‘King of Pop’...Shahid’s performance follows...
Shahid Moonwalked...
When Shahid Kapoor performed a tribute to Michael Jackson the audience went into a frenzy. Shahid did each and every step of MJ including the trademark moonwalk with great ease. He performed on the songs Jam and Smooth Criminal. Farhan Akhtar and Kunal Kapoor looked quite impressed with Shahid’s act.
Biding adieu...
Filmfare also paid tribute to people who passed away last year. Bina Rai, Shakti Samanta, Feroze Khan, Prakash Mehra, Gulshan Kumar Mehta, Simple Kapadia, Joginder, Leela Naidu, Sujit Kumar, Tahir Hussain and Nirmal Pandey.
Red Carpet : The stars started arriving at the appointed hour at the famous Yash Raj Studio, Mumbai. Riteish Desumukh, Sanjay Gadhvi, Shahid Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan were among the first ones to reach the venue.
Divya Dutta, who has been nominated in the Best Supporting Actress Category for Delhi-6, arrives at the red carpet. The stunning lady says, “The competition is really tough. I am looking forward to SRK-Saif's kick-ass chemistry.”
SRK and Saif were spotted rehearsing backstage. SRK looked amazing in his red glasses and Saif exuded cool in his usual trademark bandana, t-shirt and denims.
Kaveeta Seth is nominated in the Best Playback Singer category for the song Iktara from Wake Up Sid. The newbie says, "I am nervous since the competition is with all established singers. But even if I don't win, I would consider being nominated as an achievement".
Imtiaz Ali who has been nominated in the Best Director category for Love Aaj Kal looked pretty chilled out while walking the red carpet with his parents and wife. He says, “I love being at the Filmfare awards. This is a time where all the friends can meet and party after the awards to celebrate each other’s win”
Imtiaz also walked the ramp at the Manish Malhotra’s show at the Filmfare pre-event party that was held on Thursday night.
Other B-Town celebs are also on the way! Minissha Lamba has decided on a hot pink gown and is running late, Dino Morea is also suiting up, and Neil Nitin Mukesh is on his way and remarks, “Let’s pray”! Filmmaker Tarun Mansukhani is rooting for Wake Up Sid director Ayan Mukherji, who is nominated for Best Debut Director and says, “Please pray he wins.... !”
Others in the house are Silencer Omi, the funny man, Simi Garewal wearing a little black with her usual white and yes... the reclusive Shashi Kapoor! The excitement is definitely building up!
Farhan Akhtar is accompanied by his sister Zoya Akhtar for the ceremony. Farhan’s film ‘Luck By Chance’ has earned several nominations, when we asked him about his chances of winning he said, “I think we have good chance.”
Ayan Mukherjee wants Ranbir Kapoor to win the Best Actor award for Wake Up Sid but he knows Amitabh Bachchan will take that one away for Paa.
Shruti Haasan chose to wear beige colour outfit designed by Christion Dior for the event, but she failed to impress. Shruti will also play the host for a while and says, “I am very excited as this is the first time I will be compering for Filmfare.”
Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar have come in together. Yash Chopra, Padmini Kholapure and Shivangi Kapoor are also at the venue.
Sunidhi Chauhan, who has nominated in the Best singer category for her song ‘Chor Bazaari' from the movie Love Aaj Kal has also arrived. “May the best contender win”, was all she said.
Hottie Sherlyn Chopra who’s attending the filmfare awards for the first time says, “I am looking for Khan and Khan’s (SRK and Saif) double meaning jokes” the lady showed up wearing a gorgeous Black strapless gown.
Mahie Gill is wearing a Black and Golden gown. She is looking very stunning. “I have no idea if I have been nominated for the award. But I am very excited as this is my first Filmfare night.” Nandita Das has just come in with her husband.
SRK who is hosting the event with Saif is really excited and says, “This time we will be poking fun at ourselves rather than the others.”
Karan Johar just can’t stop talking about debutant Director Ayan Mukherjee. “It’s a matter of pride because it belongs to my production house. The film has received several nominations. May the best man win.” Karan who showed up wearing his own creations in association with Varun Bahl, cant wait to see Saif-SRK chemistry revive.
Boman Irani has arrived at the Red carpet. He has a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 3 idiots.
Man of the moment, Raju Hirani, director of 3 Idiots is in the house. He said, “The award is a celebration for one’s hard work. If you start competition it’s not fun, its unhappy then. Anyway I wish we take away at least 10 awards. We will miss Aamir tonight, but what to do he doesn’t attend award function.” To that Vidhu Vinod Chopra added, “Actually I hope we take as many as our hands can carry.”
Director of Dev D Anurag Kashyap walks in with his girlfriend Kalki Koechlin. Anurag has been nominated in the Best Director category but thinks 3 Idiots will take away the Best Film award. Kalki has also earned a nomination in Best debut actress category. The lovely lady said, “This is my first nomination, I am really, really happy. It is a huge thing for me."
Bollywood divas Deepika Padukone, Celina Jaitly, Sameera Reddy arrive at the venue. Celina Jaitley is looking awesome in her Cavalli gown, she said “I’m definitely rooting for Paa.” Deepika who’s dressed in a black Shantanu-and-Nikhil, is looking one of the best dressed at the event.
Music mogul A R Rahman has just entered.
Tabu who is looking pretty in a Anita Dongre outfit, said she is here to have fun and is not rooting for anyone.
Interestingly, Harman Baweja roots for Priyanka and says “Priyanka will bag the best actress award for Kaminey.”
Urmila walks in with designer Manish Malhotra. Dressed in a green saree by Manish, the lady looks nice.
Lara Dutta, Mahesh Bhupati who are rumoured to be dating, walked in together holding hands. It is their first public appearance together. Lara and Mahesh said, “We are each other’s dates tonight. About whether we are officially seeing each other, you just have to wait and watch.”
The entire Roshan family has just entered. Arjun Rampal has come with his wife.
Dia Mirza slipped into a beige dress by Dress Circle for the event, whereas Mugdha Gode chose to dress in a lavender saree.
Hrithik has come in carrying a Kite in his hands and says that he will promote his forthcoming film Kites at the award night. He said, “Filmfare should give an award to every nominee, not just the winners."
Bollywood diva Rekha has just entered looking stunning as ever in her Golden saree.
Kajol has entered with Tanisha wearing what she says is her Blackberry. About SRK-Saif, Kajol said, “They are crazy and have forced me to come here.”
Bipasha Basu just walked in looking gorgeous in a Black off shoulder gown, minus beau John Abraham. Dino Morea too walked in alone.
Kangana stepped in a white Christian Dior gown and is rooting for everyone because they’re all friends. The actress who took ten minutes flat to get ready said ,”It doesn’t take me more time. I am born beautiful.”
Katrina made her red carpet entry in a Gauri and Nainika gown looking like the starlet she is.
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