SRK and Shahid burn the stage during Star- Screen awards

THE FIRST awards of 2011 were finally on air this Saturday on Star Plus. The dazzling duo SRK - Sasha ( Shah Rukh Khan & Shahid Kapoor) were the main hosts. Though SRK was in his usual comic best, Shahid  Kapoor was trying hard to get attention.

They managed to get Rekha shake a leg on her trademark songs. Keeping in mind their huge fan following, SRK & Shahid are heartthrobs in their own rights which they then utilised to pay tribute to Asha Parekh when Shahid showed off his dance moves in a saree on her " Ajaa Ajaa" song.

With SRK constantly making fun of Shahid, his flops (movies & relationships), they managed to tickle the funny bones of the celebrities present from the B-town.

Anushka and Ranveer co-hosted the event. Ranveer also received "The most promising New Comer Award",which he offered to Anushka ,which she jokingly accepted as she didn't get it for her debut film.

As for other main awards, Dabangg, My Name is Khan and Ishqiya bagged most of them.

Best Actor (Male)

Salman Khan - Dabangg

Best Actor (Female)

Vidya Balan - Ishqiya

Best Actor Popular Choice (Male)

Shahrukh Khan - My Name Is Khan

Best Actor Popular Choice (Female)

Katrina Kaif - (Raajneeti - Tees Maar Khan)

Katrina, Priyanka Chopra, Vidya Balan, Hema Malini, Arbaaz Khan, Karan Johar, Kajol were among the star audience.

While the faces missing were the Bachchan family with an exception to Aishwarya Rai who made a come back to the performing stage after 2007. Also Saif and Kareena gave the screen awards a miss along with Akshay Kumar and many others.

 

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My Name Is Khan and Dabangg dominate Filmfare Awards 2011 nominations

THE BIGGEST and oldest film award function in Bollywood, 56th Filmfare Awards will take place on Saturday, January 29th at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai. Two young hunks of Hindi film industry Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan will host the award night. The Filmfare Awards are considered as the Oscar Awards of Bollywood.

Two Khans of Bollywood, Shah Rukh and Salman once again dominated the award nomination which was based on the films released in 2010. Shah Rukh Khan starrer "My Name Is Khan" and Salman Khan starrer, Dabangg which was also the highest ever grossing film was nominated under the category of Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor in a Leading Role in the 56th Filmfare Awards.

List of Filmfare Awards 2011 nominations:

Best Director

Abhinav Kashyap (Dabangg)
Karan Johar (My Name Is Khan)
Manish Sharma (Band Baaja Baaraat )
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Guzaarish)
Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan)

Best Male Actor in a leading role:

Ajay Devgn (Once Upon A Time In Mumbai)
Hrithik Roshan (Guzaarish)
Salman Khan(Dabangg)
Shah Rukh Khan (My Name Is Khan)
Ranbir Kapoor (Raajneeti)

Best Female Actor in a leading role

Aishwariya Rai Bachchan (Guzaarish)
Anushka Sharma (Band Baaja Baaraat )
Kajol (My Name Is Khan)
Kareena Kapoor (Golmaal 3)
Vidya Balan (Ishqiya)

Best Actor in supporting role (Male)

Arjun Rampal (Raajneeti)
Arshad Warsi (Golmaal 3)
Emraan Hashmi (Once Upon A Time In Mumbai)
Manoj Bajpai (Raajneeti)
Nana Patekar (Raajneeti)
Ronit Roy (Udaan)

Best Actor in a supporting role (Female)

Amrita Puri (Aisha)
Kareena Kapoor (We Are Family)
Prachi Desai (Once Upon A Time In Mumbai)
Ratna Patak Shah (Golmaal 3)
Supriya Pathak Kapoor (Khichdi, The Movie)

Best Music

Pritam Chakraborty (Once Upon A Time In Mumbai)
Sajid-Wajid & Lalit Pandit (Dabangg)
Shankar Ehsaan Loy (My Name Is Khan)
Vishal-Shekhar (Anjaana Anjaani)
Vishal-Shekhar (I Hate Luv Storys)
Vishal Bhardwaj (Ishqiya)

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Golden Globe Awards 2011 announced, here is winners list

THE ANNUAL 68TH Golden Globe Awards were announced on Sunday January 16 in Beverly Hills, California. Ricky Gervais, a British comedian and actor hosted the Golden Globe Awards 2011. The nominations were announced for this award function on December 14, 2010.

"The Social Network," won four Golden Globes awards, including Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best Original Score while "The Fighter" earned two awards, including one for supporting actor Christian Bale.

Oscar winning Indian music director, A.R Rahman missed an opportunity to grab the 2011 Golden Globe Awards. He was nominated for the Best Original Score category for his song in Danny Boyle's film '127 Hours. ' Here is the list of people who left a considerable mark with their performances:

Motion Picture - Drama: The Social Network

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: Colin Firth for The King's Speech

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical: The Kids Are All Right

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical: Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical: Paul Giamatti for Barney's Version

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Melissa Leo for The Fighter

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Christian Bale for The Fighter

Best Director - Motion Picture: David Fincher for The Social Network

Best Television Series - Drama: Boardwalk Empire

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama: Katey Sagal for Sons of Anarchy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama: Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire

Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical: Glee

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical: Laura Linney for The Big C

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical: Jim Parsons for The Big Bang Theory

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Carlos

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Claire Danes for Temple Grandin

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Al Pacino for You Don't Know Jack

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Jane Lynch for Glee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Chris Colfer for Glee

Best Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network

Best Original Song: "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from Burlesque

Best Original Score: The Social Network

Best Foreign Language Film: In a Better World, Denmark

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Signature music of Festival of Cellphone Cinema released

THE SOUND and Music department of Marwah Studios comprising of students from Asian School of Media Studies and Asian Academy of Film And Television recorded and released the first version of signature tune for the 4^th International Festival of Cellphone Cinema scheduled for 14^th and 15^th of January 2011 at Noida Film City.

The music has been designed and recorded by students of AAFT and ASMS under the supervision of Rajinder Gandhi, renowned sound recordist and Head of (HOD) the Sound Department at the sound studios of Marwah Studios with the help of Radio Noida 107.4FM.

“I am trying my best to give students more liberty with sound studios and equipments to develop their creativity in the music and digital sound.” informed Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios.

“We have the best sound arrangements for music as well as recording backed by our own Radio Station” said Kalyan Sarkar Dean AAFT and Festival Director. Om Gupta appreciated the efforts of sound department and the students. The tune can be listened on Radio Noida in regular intervals said Brahm Prakash the radio head.

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Travolta to be honoured with German Golden Camera award

JOHN TRAVOLTA is all set to receive the Golden Camera award for best international actor.

The US actor will collect one of Germany''s top entertainment honours at a ceremony in Berlin on 5 February.

The ‘Pulp Fiction’ star, 56, was praised by German listings magazine Horzu, organisers of the awards, as "one of the greatest actors in the world".  "The way John Travolta chooses his roles and the variety of characters he portrays shows a lot of courage," the BBC quoted Horzu as saying.

"He doesn''t follow the same pattern and always shows us a different face. By doing that he continues to amaze his audience."

"Receiving the Golden Camera best actor international award is a huge honour for me," said Travolta.

"I take great pride in my work and it''s wonderful to have it recognised in such a way. "It''s going to be great to accept this award in person next month," he added.

The award itself is an 18-carat, gold-plated replica of the first electronic TV camera.

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AAFT celebrates Rajat Arora's Success at Apsara Awards

THIS IS not the first time that a former student of Asian Academy Of Film And Television has been appreciated at National Level for creativity in the field of films and television, when Rajat Arora got his Apsara Award for Best Screen Play for 'Once upon a time in Mumbai' in an auditorium full of who’s who from Indian film industry in Mumbai during the sixth edition of the award ceremony constituted by Film And Television Producers Guild.

“We are proud of Rajat Arora who has added another feather in the cap of the institute, and made us feel that good education and hard work will never go waste”, said Sandeep Marwah Director of Asian Academy Of Film And Television appreciating the writing caliber of his student.

The other nominees for the same category of Best Screen Play were Anjum Rajabali & Prakash Jha for Raajneeti, Habib Faisal for Band Baaja Baraat, Vishal Bharadwaj, Abhishek Chaubey & Sabrina Dhawan for Ishqiya, Abhishek Sharma for Tere Bin Laden, Kanu Behl and Dibakar Banerjee for Love Sex Aur Dhokha.

Rajat Arora has been in Industry for many years now and has written some of the best projects for the entertainment world including ‘Ahhsas’, ‘Blue’, ‘Chandni Chowk to China’, ‘ Kabhi Bhi Kahin Bhi’, ‘Taxi No 9211’, ‘Hattrick’ , ‘Bluff Master’, ‘Family Ties of Blood’ etc.

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Poster Of 4th International Cellphone Cinema Fest launched

THE EXCITEMENT at the campus of Marwah Studios is getting higher as the poster of the 4^th International Festival of Cellphone Cinema was released at a function attended by the management, film, television and media students of Asian Academy of Film And Television, Asian School of Media Studies, Asian School of Graphics and Animation Asian Business School, Asian School of Performing Arts at Noida Film City.

"We are growing with every festival every year, not only the reach of the festival has grown, but the quality of films, participants and events related to this festival has brought us into lime light”, said Sandeep Marwah President of 4^th IFCC and Director of AAFT.” We are the first one in this part of the World to project this idea to start Mobile Cinema”. Marwah added while releasing the poster.

“I am excited that we are now ready for the seminar, workshop, screening and great gala party for the 4^th International Festival of Cellphone Cinema on 14^th and 15^th of January”, said Kalyan Sarkar Festival Director of 4^th IFCC.

All the members of International Film And Television Club, International Film And Television Research Centre, Mahatma Gandhi Forum, International Public Broadcasting Forum, Shakespeare Society, International Children’s Film Forum, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Forum are invited to this festival informed the organization.

The event was attended by Latika Sahani, Satish Anand, Brahm Prakash, C.R.Chabra, Joao Ponces, R.K.Singh, Om Gupta, Ashok Tyagi and others.

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