Zee Cine Awards 2011

Its 3:20 am ,early morn and I am typing this out while everything is still fresh in my memory. Yet another magical night in Singapore. It was a starry night, stars on the sky and Bollywood stars in the enchanting Marina Bay Sands Hotel. MBS in itself is a building I can write about for hours(next time ).For now just take a look at the wonderful edifice.

Beautiful Marina Bay Sands

 The tickets were a gift from my hubby. A new year gift. $700 per person!! Made me feel special ;)Although I was not excited initially, when we entered the ballroom I could feel the excitement in the air. The atmosphere was all charged up .

5,000 odd fans awaiting for one glimpse of their favourite stars. Just to look at crowd itself was overwhelming!The Who's Who of the Indian Film Industry just to name a few- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Arjun Rampal,Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Hrithik Roshan , Karan Johar, Subhjash Ghai and many more assembled for the event.

Akshay Kumar and Sajid Khan hosted the event and proved to be a  comedic extravaganza. Sajids funny tauts, Akshays sense of humor were to die for.A I must say Akshay is a hearthrob! At his 40's , and yet it seems time has been on his side..Zee Awards  revealed a whole new facet of Akshays personality to me: An amazing anchorperson. Priyanka Chopra was the prominant star in the whole event , making appearances every 20 min for Best Movie Nominees dancing for every song from the nominated movies. The dashing hunk Arjun Rampal just stole my heart tonight!

The lights , the music system was mind blowing! The backgrounds used during different dance/award ceromony were so colorful . The effort made by the Zee team hosting a majestic show so successfully is remarkable.  I have no words to decribe the experience I just had few hours ago.So I will just post few videos of Shah-rukh, Rishi Kapoor, and other distinguished actors whose voice you can hear as the videos are not very clear.

Another lovely moment was Shah-rukh teaching Hrithik how to treat his wife on stage! Suzanne Khan was called upon the stage. Shah-rukh made hrithik dance to the tunes of Sajda song for Suzanne . Hritik also showered his wife  with flowers and bowed down to her proclaiming his love to her in front of the whole world!!! SO romantic. And vice versa, it was Suzannes turn to say those 3 magic words...    sigh! How cute is that!( I am trying to upload 2 more lovely videos but blogger is having uploading problems and am off to India in a few hours. )

Aishwarya Rai, Deepika Padukone Shahrukh all danced to the tune of Bollywood music and the crowd went berserk!

One thing changed in me tonight. I have disliked Shahrukh for reasons still unknown to me, and that has changed. I think I like him now :) and once again for reasons unknown hahaha I guess its the persona. Maybe its the aura he eminates when you see him upclose...

Being a proud ex-employee of Zee I am so glad Zee chose this small beautiful island to host the event this year. Looking forward to many more.

Award Winners:

Best Actor (Male) Jury Choice

Hrithik Roshan (Guzaarish)

Best Actor (Female) Jury Choice

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Guzaarish)

Best Film Jury Choice

Udaan

Best Director Jury Choice

Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan)

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male)

Arjun Rampal - Raajneeti

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)

Prachi Desai - Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai

Best Actor In A Comic Role (Male/Female)

Boman Irani - Well Done Abba

Best Actor In A Negative Role (Male/Female)

Ronit Roy - Udaan

Most Promising Debut Director

Abhinav Kashyap - Dabangg

Most Promising Debut (Male)

Ranvir Singh - Band Baaja Baaraat

Most Promising Debut (Female)

Sonakshi Sinha - Dabangg

Best Playback Singer (Male)

Mohit Chauhan - Pee Loon (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai)

Best Playback Singer (Female)

Richa Sharma - Sajda (My Name Is Khan)

Best Story

Karan Johar - Shibani Bathija (My Name Is khan)

Best Music

Sajid-Wajid - Dabangg

Best Lyrics

Gulzar - Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji (Ishqiya)

Best Dialogue

Rajat Arora - Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai

Best Choreographer

Farah Khan - Sheila Ki Jawani (Tees Maar Khan)

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - Song of the Year

Munni Badnaam - Dabangg

Best Screenplay

Abhinav Kashyap - Dabangg

Best Background Music

Sandeep Shirodkar - Dabangg

Best Action

Vijayan Master - Dabangg

Best Editing

Pranav V Dhiwar - Dabangg

Best Cinematography

Ayananka Bose - Kites

Best Art Director

Guzaarish

Best Sound Design

Dileep Subramaniam - My Name Is Khan

International Male Icon

Ranbir Kapoor

International Female Icon

Deepika Padukone

Best Lifetime Jodi

Rishi Kapoor - Neetu Singh

Lifetime Achievement Award

Shatrughan Sinha

Best Marketed Film

My Name Is Khan

Popular choice awards:

Best Actor (Male) Popular Choice

Shah Rukh Khan - My Name Is Khan

Best Actor (Female) Popular Choice

Vidya Balan - Ishqiya

Best Film Popular Choice

Dabangg

Best Director Popular Choice

Karan Johar - My Name Is Khan