The Stardust Awards saw Bollywood’s boys and belles dolled up top to toe for their red carpet stroll. The celebrity turn included Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, Amar Singh, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna, Kajol, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, Ashutosh and Sunita Gowariker, Dev Anand, Rekha, Asha Parekh, Shatrughan and Poonam Singha, Farhan Akhtar, Vivek Oberoi, Kirron and Sikander Kher, Boney and Sridevi Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut and Adhyayan Suman, Amrita Rao, Asin, Celina Jaitley, Neha Dhupia, Dino Morea, Koena Mitra, Abbas-Mustan, Sonu Sood, Ramesh Taurani, Fardeen Khan with wife Natasha, Bappi Lahiri, Anu Malik, Kailesh Kher, Prateik, Arya and Juhi Babbar, Purab Kohli, Arjan Bajwa, Sonali Kulkarni, Poonam Dhillon, Sushmita Mukherjee, Mita Vashist, Vinay Pathak, Genelia D’Souza, Sonal Chauhan, Manjiri Phadnis, Sumeet Raghavan, Shriya Saran, Adah Sharma, Rajneesh Duggal, Aushima Sawhney, Nikitan Dheer with Pankaj Dheer, Aditya Pancholi with wife Zarina Wahab, Chandrachur Singh and Avantika, Amruta Khanvilkar etc etc. The event was hosted by Tusshar Kapoor and Minissha Lamba.
And the winners are:
SUPERSTAR OF TOMORROW – MALE
Farhan Akhtar (Rock On)
SUPERSTAR OF TOMORROW – FEMALE:
Asin (Ghajini)
HOTTEST NEW FILMMAKER:
A R Murugadoss (Ghajini)
HOTTEST NEW FILM:
Ghajini
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE – MALE:
Prateik Babbar (Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE – FEMALE:
Manjari Phadnis (Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na)
STANDOUT PERFORMANCE BY A MUSIC DIRECTOR:
Dhruv Ghanekar (Drona)
STANDOUT PERFORMANCE BY A LYRICIST:
Kausar Munir (Falak Tak Chal / Tashan)
NEW MUSICAL SENSATION — MALE:
Benny Dayal (Pappu can’t dance saala / Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na)
NEW MUSICAL SENSATION — FEMALE:
Anmol Malik (Talli / Ugly Aur Pagli)
EXCITING NEW FACE:
Shriya Saran (Mission Istanbul)
THE NEW MENACE:
Nikitin Dheer (Jodhaa Akbar)
EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING DIRECTOR:
Abhishek Kapoor (Rock On)
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO INDIAN CINEMA:
Dev Anand
PRIDE OF THE INDUSTRY:
Feroz Khan
SPECIAL AWARD TO ANIL KAPOOR:
For Being The First Mainstream Indian Actor To Take India To Hollywood And Winning Global Recognition
STARDUST SEARCHLIGHT AWARDS WINNERS
BEST ACTOR:
Amitabh Bachchan (The Last Lear)
BEST ACTRESS:
Amrita Rao (Welcome To Sajjanpur)
BEST FILM:
A Wednesday (Anjum Rizvi)
BEST DIRECTOR:
Neeraj Pandey (A Wednesday)
READER’S CHOICE AWARDS
STAR OF THE YEAR — MALE:
Hrithik Roshan (Jodhaa Akbar)
STAR OF THE YEAR — FEMALE:
Priyanka Chopra (Fashion)
DREAM DIRECTOR:
Ashutosh Gowariker (Jodhaa Akbar)
BEST FILM:
Singh Is Kinng (Akshay Kumar and Vipul Shah)
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Tusshar Kapoor (Golmaal Returns)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Kangana Ranaut (Fashion)
BEST ACTOR IN A NEGATIVE ROLE:
Anil Kapoor (Tashan)
STYLE ICON OF THE YEAR — MALE:
Saif Ali Khan
STYLE ICON OF THE YEAR — FEMALE:
Kareena Kapoor