53rd Filmfare Awards 2008

Here is the list of candidates voted to be most worthy of receiving
the Filmfare awards for important 19 categories..

1. Best Film Winner: Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par

2. Best Director Winner: Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par

3. Best Actor Winner: Shah Rukh Khan for Chak De India

4. Best Actress Winner: Kareena Kapoor for Jab We Met

5. Best Choreography Winner: Saroj Khan for Barso Re Guru

6. Best Actor Critics Award Winner: Darsheel Safary for Taare Zameen Par

7. Best Debuting Male Winner: Ranbir Kapoor for Saawariya

8. Best Debuting Female Winner: Deepika Padukone for Om Shanti Om

9. Best Supporting Male Winner: Irrfan Khan for Life in a Metro

10. Best Supporting Female Winner: Konkana Sen Sharma for Life in a Metro

11. Best Music Direction Winner: A. R. Rehman for Guru

12. Best Dialogue Winner: Imitiaz Ali for Jab We Met

13. Best Screenplay Winner: Anurag Basu for Life in A Metro

14. Best Lyricist Winner: Prasoon Joshi for ’Maa’ from Taare Zameen Par

15. Best Playback Singer Male Winner: Shaan for ’Jabse Tere Naina’ from Saawariya

16. Best Playback Singer Female Winner: Shreya Ghoshal for ’ Barso Re ’ from Guru.

17. Best Cinematography Winner: Sudip Chatterjee Chak De India

18. Life Time Achievement Award Winner: Rishi Kapoor

19. Best Costume Design Winner: Sujata Sharma for Gandhi My Father.

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Jiah Khan who made a sizzling debut with her film titled Nishbd is in love with a guy named Alejandro. It is said that he is a prince of Italy and met Jiah at a friends wedding.

When Jiah Khan was questioned about her boyfriend, she openly agreed that she was dating him and will surely marry him some time in the future. The sexy girl also admitted that he is comfortable with her working in the film industry and is very understanding and romantic. Aljendro is a part South American and a part Italian. He is a car racing professional and private equity management.

Jiah Khan when asked about her costars admitted that she was little nervous on the first day of the shoot of Gajnini as she was very much afraid about Aamir Khan. But later on when she started to work with him, she came to know how good and professional Aamir khan was, different from what others say.

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Jodhaa-Akbar

Director : Ashutosh Gowarikar
Music : A R Rahman
Lyrics : Javed Akhtar
Starring : Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Sonu Sood, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Suhasini Mulay, Raza Murad & Punam Sinha.

The timing of Ashutosh Gowariker’s Magnum Opus could not have been better. A love story set in the 16th century between the Mughal Emperor who ruled Hindustan (now India), Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar, and a fiery young Rajput princess, Jodhaa. With love as the backdrop, and highlighting the Hindu-Muslim marriage of alliance culminating in love and respect for one another, a day after Valentine’s Day was an apt moment for its release. Moreover, with hate politics being on the agenda, the timing of its release could not have been better. JODHAA AKBAR surely comes as a soothing balm to every Indian. If watched closely, it sends a message loud and clear that country is above everything else, even self! For our warring politicians, for this message alone, this movie is worth many trips to the multiplex.

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Viewed as a love story, it portrays beautifully, the defiance of Jodhaa, the Rajput girl who is asked to marry Akbar, a Muslim Emperor. Not one to bow down or suppress her voice, Jodhaa expresses two strong wishes to the Emperor. Only if he agrees will she marry him. The first being he will not force her to change her religion and the second; he will give her a place in his palace to have a temple of her own. Both wishes are granted!

Then comes the tough task of the Emperor trying to get close to Jodhaa. Slowly, she teaches him that winning battles is not everything… he learns to win her heart as well. For lovers, this is a beautiful rendition of a perfect love story.

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Ashustosh Gowariker has outdone himself. This movie is a masterpiece, a complete interpretation of what the director has visualized. From costumes, to body language, to background score, to the songs, sets, manpower and lighting… Gowariker has everything spot-on. Cinematographer Kiran Deohans captures through his wide lens the glory of the Moghul Era recreated by Nitin Desai. A R Rahman uses the beat of huge drums to transport you to another era. Pure, acoustic delight. Ravi Dewan recreates the fights that have you on the edge of your seats, while Raju Khan, Rekha Chinni Prakash and Ash Kumar combine to give you some breathtaking dances to do justice to the costumes of Neeta Lulla. The choreography of the tracks Khwaja Mere Khwaja and Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah leave you awestruck.

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Now, for the performances. The perfectionist that he is, Gowariker has taken pains to pick his entire cast and each one blends with the other to transport you back to an era gone by. Even the extras have been carefully picked.

Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachahan in the lead role, contrary to beliefs, have come out looking super cool. Both actors complement each other, and both have been given the space to build their characters. I would rate this as Aishwarya’s best performance to date. This is credit to a good director who knows how to extract a performance from his actor. As for Hrithik, he soaks in the moment and one can see him completely surrender himself to Gowariker. He has worked hard on his body language and dialogue delivery. He portrays well the qualities of Akbar. He may not be the perfect Akbar, but he does enough to relive the role of the Emperor; that of a gentle and tolerant ruler with a love for his subjects who even put his life on the line to save his country. His dialogue towards the end where he subjects himself to the might of Sharifuddin Hussain for a sword fight, ’Hum Hindustan ko galat haaton mein jaate nahin dekh sakta’, draws a huge applause.

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Considering the intricacies of the subject, I guess the three-hour plus length of the movie could not have been avoided.

And you know who has attended the premier show on the lovely occasion of Valentine at Imax theater in Wadala.

Guest List: Hrithik Roshan, Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Kiran Rao, Ronnie Screwvala, Kangna Ranaut, Rekha, Minissha Lamba, Tushar Jalota, Ashutosh Gowarikar,Sonu Sood, Ishita Arun, Akbar Khan, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Vaibhavi Merchant, Ramesh Sippy, Kiran Juneja, Sonali Bendre, Govind Nihalani, Nitin Desai, Ila Arun, Shatrughan Sinha, Poonam Sinha, Ramesh Deo, Ajinkya Deo.

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Clay Animation – Taare Zameen Par

Stop motion animation veteran, Dhimant Vyas and Aamir Khan Productions have generously shared photos of the making of the Clay Animation sequences from Taare Zameen Par.

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Here Presents the Winners of 14th Star Screen Awards..

Best Actor – Shahrukh Khan (Chak De India)
Best Actress – Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met)
Best Child Artiste – Darsheel Safary (Taare Zameen Par)
Best Choreographer – Farah Khan (Om Shanti Om)
Best Comedian – Irfaan Khan (Life… In A Metro)
Best Dialogue – Amol Gupte (Taare Zameen Par)
Best Director – Shimit Amin (Chak De! India) and Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par)
Best Female Singer – Shreya Ghoshal Barso Re Megha – Guru
Best Film – Chak De! India
Best Lyricist – Prasoon Joshi – Maa – Taare Zameen Par
Best Music – AR Rahman (Guru)
Best Negative Actor – Pankaj Kapur – The Blue Umbrella
Best Newcomer Female – Deepika Padukone (Om Shanti Om)
Best Newcomer Male – Ranbir Kapoor (Saawariya)
Best Pair of the Year – Shah Rukh Khan – Deepika Padukone
Best Screenplay – Anurag Basu (Life… In A Metro)
Best Singer Male – Soham – Inn Dino Life in A… Metro
Best Story and Screenplay – Amole Gupte (Taare Zameen Par)
Best Supporting Actor – Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par)
Best Supporting Actress – Chak De India girls
Critics Award for Best Actress – Tabu (Cheeni Kum)
Lifetime Achievement Award – Manoj Kumar.

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It’s just been a week since the Screen Awards were announced but the honours seem to have rankled Darsheel Safary, the young protagonist of Aamir Khan’s directorial debut Taare Zameen Par .

Darsheel, who is by now used to people stopping by and giving him a pat on his back for his performance, has some reservations with the way the Screen Awards placed him under the Best Child Actor category instead of the Best Actor one.

"I’m also a lead actor na . Saif Ali Khan in Tara Rum Pum was a lead actor, there were two kids in it but he was a lead actor," Darsheel tried to explain.

And even before you can say anything, Darsheel comes up with a disclaimer claiming that he was happy once he also received the special jury award at the same ceremony.

"I’m very happy with the jury award," the little actor hastened to add.

The Screen Awards for their part stand by its decision. "The jury stands by what they have said, ’we realise that Darsheel is a child and we understand his disappointment but he must realise that not everyone can win’," Editor of Screen Priyanaka Sinha said.

But there is a pertinent question that begs to be answered, if Aamir Khan was nominated in the best supporting actor category for Taare Zameen Par and if Darsheel won a best child artiste award for the same film then who would be the right person for best male actor in a lead role for the film?

Taare Zameen Par was not only Aamir Khan’s directorial debut, it was also the debut of clay-animation in Bollywood.

After dazzling the advertising world, clay animation has found its way to Bollywood as well.

Aamir Khan’s directorial debut Taare Zameen Par was also Bollywood’s first attempt at using claymation, clay-animation or animation created using clay. Animation Film Designer Dhimant Vyas who worked on the title sequence of Taare Zameen Par , gave way to his imagination even as he identified with Ishaan’s character. Giving shape to clay and giving them an almost life like state is Vyas’s forte and that’s exactly why Aamir Khan took notice of claymation.

"Aamir wanted me to use animals for the imagination sequence and not humans," says Dhimant Vyas.

Dhimant, a graduate from the National Institute of Design, heaves a sigh of relief as Bollywood is finally opening its doors to the world of animation, even as India continues to be a front-runner for outsourcing for major animation studios in Hollywood.

"Its nice that Bollywood is opening up to animation," says Dhimant.

It is because of them that so much of money is going into our treasury and that is really good for us too, But wonder if the government is making good use of it.

Although few of us had not even paid tax till now..

So here Presents the top Bollywood tax payers.

Top individual advance income taxpayers in Bollywood of 2007-2008 till December 31..

Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar- Rs 7 crore:Consecutive hits like Bhool Bhulaiya and Welcome have really added to the stunt man’s purse.

Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan-Rs 3 crore: Last year he paid around 6 crore.This time it has become
half the amount. Tax collectors however, are rejoicing with Taare Zameen Par’s
success. TZP has been a hit at the box office which is real good news for the
treasuery.

Shahrukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan-27 Rs crore:Om Shanti Om and Chak De India, besides money earned from advertisements have enabled him to contribute so much.

Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan- Rs 3.7 crore Not many releases this year caused him to pay so less this time. Also, the man was busy with his newly wedded wife (Aishwarya Rai).

Himesh Reshammiya-Rs 2.5 crore: With more singing contracts in hand even his Tax payment has increased.

Amitabh Bachchan :-Rs 1.8 crore:Well this is actually surprising. Big B seems to be in almost all the movies and he is paying so less. Tax officials please look nto the matter.

Working hard and shedding out in crores is painful sometimes especially for these actors. Everything has its price, including stardom.

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Taare Zameen Par – Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks and neatness. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get anything right in class.

When he gets into far more trouble than his parents can handle, he is packed off to a boarding school to “be disciplined’. Things are no different at his new school, and Ishaan has to contend with the added trauma of separation from his family.

One day a new art teacher bursts onto the scene, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, who infects the students with joy and optimism. He breaks all the rules of “how things are done’ by asking them to think, dream and imagine, and all the children respond with enthusiasm, all except Ishaan. Nikumbh soon realizes that Ishaan is very unhappy, and he sets out to discover why. With time, patience and care, he ultimately helps Ishaan find himself.

Cast:
Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra, Darsheel Safary, M. K. Raina, Tanay Cheda, Sachet Engineer, Vipin Sharma

Director:
Aamir Khan

Producer:
Aamir Khan

Music Director:
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Playback Singer:
Shankar Mahadevan, Ram Madhwani, Kiran Rao, Amol Gupte, Ravi Khanwilkar, Loy Mendonca, Adnan Sami, Vishal Dadlani, Aamir Khan, Shaan

Lyricist:
Prasoon Joshi