53rd Annual Fair One Filmfare Awards

The 53rd Annual Fair One Filmfare Awards was completed amidst much glamour and glitter. Aamir Khan’s ‘Taare Zameen Par’ won the Best Film Award and the debutante director was also honored the Best Director. While ‘Chak De! India ‘ took home 5 awards including the Best Actor (Shah Rukh Khan) and Best Film Awards in the Critics Category. Mani Ratnam’s ‘Guru’ also picked up 5 awards with Best Music and Best Background Music going to A. R. Rahman for his melodious compositions. Saroj Khan picked up the Best Choreographer Award, Shreya Ghosal for Best Female Singer and Samir Chanda for Best Art Directions.

Kareena Kapoor was no surprise when she walked away with the Best Actress Award for her outstanding performance in ‘Jab We Met’. Irrfan Khan won the Best Supporting Actor and Konkona Sen Sharma for Best Supporting Actress for their performances in ‘Life in A Metro’. Imtiaz Ali was awarded with the Best Dialogue Award for his film ‘Jab We Met’ while Anurag Basu for the Best Screenplay Award for his film ‘Life In A Metro’.

As expected, Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone walked away with the Debutant Award for the Best Actor and Actresses. Tabu was honoured with the Critics Award for the Best Actress for her performance in ‘Cheeni Kum’ opposite Amitabh Bachchan.

Here is a gist of the list of the winners at the award function:-

Best Actor
Shahrukh Khan - Chak De India

Best Actress
Kareena Kapoor - Jab We Met

Best Film
Taare Zameen Par

Best Director
Aamir Khan - Taare Zameen Par

Critics’ Award For Best Actor
Darsheel Safary - Taare Zameen Par

Critics’ Award For Best Actress
Tabu - Cheeni Kum

Critics’ Award For Best Film
Shimit Amin - Chak De India

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Irrfan Khan - Life in a… Metro

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Konkana Sen Sharma - Life in a… Metro

Best Lyrics
Prasoon Joshi - (Maa - Taare Zameen Par)

Best Playback Singer (Male)
Shaan - (Jab Se Tere Naina - Saawariya)

Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghosal - (Barso Re - Guru)

Best Music
A. R. Rahman - Guru

Best Story
Amol Gupte - Taare Zameen Par

Best Screenplay
Anurag Basu - Life in a… Metro

Best Dialogue
Imtiaz Ali - Jab We Met

R. D. Burman Award
Monty Sharma (Saawariya)

Lifetime Achievement Award
Rishi Kapoor

Power Awards
Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra

Best Debut (Male)
Ranbir Kapoor - Saawariya

Best Debut (Female)
Deepika Padukone - Om Shanti Om

Best Special Effects
Red Chillies Entertainment - Om Shanti Om

Sony Head N Shoulders Fresh Face of the Year Award
Deepika Padukone

Best Background Score
A. R. Rahman - Guru

Best Editing
Amitabh Shukla - Chak De India

Best Choreography
Saroj Khan (Barso Re Megha Re - Guru)

Best Action
Rob Miller - Chak De India

Best Art Direction
Samir Chanda - Guru

Best Sound
Leslie Fernandes - Johnny Gaddaar

Best Cinematography
Sudhip Chatterjee

Best Costumes
Sujata Sharma - Gandhi My Father