The
13th Annual Screen awards were given
away in Mumbai on the 6th of January
and the winners list gave many a reason
to celebrate. There were no surprises
for the best part of the awards night,
but there were one or two awards that
went contrary to expectations.
Best Movie:
No surprises. There were only two real contenders.
Rang De Basanti and Lage Raho Munna Bhai. Lage
Raho Munna Bhai walked away with the honors.
Best Director:
If
Munna Bhai got the best movie, then RDB was
not to be left behind. Director Rakeysh Omprakash
Mehra bagged the award.
Best
Story:
Lage Raho Munna Bhai scores number two.
Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijith Joshi share
the award.
Best Screenplay:
RDB comes back for its second. Rensil De’silva
and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra share the award.
Best Actor:
The
first award to go to someone not associated
with RDB or Munna Bhai. Hrithik Roshan gets
the award for his performance in Kkrish.
Best Actress:
The first and the only big surprise, everyone
expected Bipasha Basu to bag the award for Corporate.
But the jury seemed to think differently. Kareena
Kapoor won her first big award in a long time
for Omkaara.
Best Actor in a supporting role:
This
guy must be the most electrifying ‘Circuit’
the film industry has had in a long time. Arshad
Warsi, for playing the most lovable gangster
in Lage Raho Munna Bhai.
Best Actor in a negative role:
A cakewalk of sorts for Saif Ali Khan; he is
winning everywhere this year, for his performance
in Omkaara.
Best Actress in a supporting role:
One award that many had not chanced predicting.
Veteran Kirron Kher for playing Aamir Khan’s
mother in RDB.
Best
Actor in a comic role:
A bit off a surprise; Shreyas Talpade winning
his first big award for his role in Nagesh
Kukunoor’s Dor.
Best Background Music:
Well, no prizes for guessing. A.R.Rahman
for Rang De Basanti.
It must have been really unfair for Sanjay
Dutt to have to walk away empty handed after
his wonderful performance in Lage Raho Munna
Bhai; he received a Critic’s Special
award. So did Ayesha Takia for her role
in Dor.
Siddharth registered his presence with an award
for the most promising male newcomer. Kangana
Ranaut was given the most promising female newcomer
for Gangster and Woh Lamhe.
The
disappointments of the night: Aamir Khan left
high and dry after a wonderful 2006 and the
Bacchhans totally absent from the awards list.
Thus fell the curtains on what has been Bollywood’s
best year in this millennium.
