Filmfare Awards 2010

Best Film (Popular) - 3 Idiots

Best Director - Rajkumar Hirani (3 Idiots)

Best Actor (Male) Popular - Amitabh Bachchan (Paa)

Best Actor (Female) Popular - Vidya Balan (Paa)

Best Actor (Male) Critics - Ranbir Kapoor (consistently outstanding performances through 2009)

Lifetime Achievement Award - Khayyam

Best Actor (Female) Critics - Mahi Gill (Dev. D)

Best Film (Critics) - Firaaq

Best Supporting Actor (Male) - Boman Irani (3 Idiots)

Best Supporting Actor (Female) - Kalki Koechlin (Dev. D)

Best Debutante (Male) - Ayan Mukerji (Director, Wake Up Sid)

Best Debutante (Female) - Zoya Akhtar (Director, Luck By Chance)

Best Screenplay - Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhijat Joshi (3 Idiots)

Best Story - Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani (3 Idiots)

Best Lyrics - Irshad Kamil (Aaj Din - Love Aaj Kal)

Best Music - AR Rahman (Delhi 6)

Best Playback Singer (Male) - Mohit Chauhan (Masakali - Delhi 6)

Best Playback Singer (Female) - TIE - Kavita Seth (Iktara - Wake Up Sid) & Rekha Bhardwaj (Genda Phool - Delhi-6)

The RD Burman Award for Music - Amit Trivedi (Dev. D)

Best Cinematography - Rajeev Ravi (Dev. D)

Best Action - Vijayan Master (Wanted)

Best Costume - Vaishali Menon (Firaaq)

Best Production Design - Helen and Sukant (Dev D)

Best Sound Design - Manas Chaudhry (Firaaq)

Best Choreography - Bosco Ceaser for Chor Bazaari (Love Aaj Kal)

Best Visual Effects - Kaminey

Ash, Big B threaten to skip Filmfare awards

A furious Bachchan family has threatened to skip the prestigious Filmfare awards Saturday evening unless the Mumbai Mirror publishes a formal apology for spreading "false" news about Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's health.
The Mumbai Mirror and Filmfare both belong to the Times Group. Aishwarya Rai, who was supposed to perform at the event, has decided to pull out.

The Bachchans have also sent a legal notice to the editor of Mumbai Mirror, seeking a retraction and apology.

"We have informed Filmfare that neither will Aishwarya be performing at the event, for which all preparations had been made and neither shall any of us be attending," Amitabh Bachchan posted on his blog, bigb.bigadda.com.

The family is angry that the paper has not published a formal apology for the article stating that Aishwarya is suffering from stomach tuberculosis and cannot conceive, a news branded as "completely false" by father-in-law Amitabh.

"Suffice to say for the moment that despite a few personal apologies from management and owners, no public apology has taken place. You cannot abuse me in public and then come and say sorry to me in private."

"So, even though we have great relations with the family in ownership and despite the fact that we have continuously responded to their needs whenever desired, unstintingly - the lawyers notice has been delivered to the editor of Mumbai Mirror, seeking on a legal plane retraction and apology," he added.

The Bachchans are not alone in their stand. Director R Balakrishnan, who helmed the Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan-starrer Paa, has also decided to stay away from the event to show his support to the Big B.

"Balki, the director of the film, even when Paa has been nominated in five categories for the evening, (is not attending). No coercion, just a voluntary decision of solidarity. Thank you Balki," said Amitabh.

The Filmfare awards will be held in Mumbai Saturday evening.

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SRK and Saif return as hosts of the Filmfare awards

Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan return as hosts of the Filmfare awards that are being held this week at the Yash Raj Studios, Andheri. Last year, Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan had hosted the gala after several folks thought that King Khan and the Chote Nawab had gone overboard with their Na-Real awards in 2008.

The duo had upset some sections of the film fraternity fuming with their mean, mean digs. This time, we wonder who will be the bakra of their jibes. Last heard, SRK was busy getting his script ready.

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