Nokia 15th Annual STAR Screen Awards

Media News

Mumbai, January 24, 2009

An unforgettable extravaganza and a fun filled evening is coming your way with the biggest and most talented celebrities of Bollywood being a part of Nokia 15th Annual STAR Screen Awards 2009. Touted as the most prestigious awards ceremony of the year, the Red Carpet is decked up to welcome the biggest names from the film fraternity who come to witness the grandest awards night. Don’t miss the celebration of all films in the year 2008, packed with scintillating performances and laced with amazing twist and turns on Nokia 15th Annual STAR Screen Awards on Sunday, January 25 at 8 pm, only on STAR Plus.

Following are the nominations under each category; one among them will receive the 15th Annual STAR Screen Awards for excellence in that category:

1. Best Film

A Wednesday

Ghajini

Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na

Jodhaa Akbar

Rock On !!!

Sarkar Raj

2. Best Director

A.R. Murugadoss - (Ghajini)

Abbas Tyrewala – (Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na)

Abhishek Kapoor - (Rock On !!!)

Ashutosh Gowariker - (Jodhaa Akbar)

Neeraj Pandey - A Wednesday

Ram Gopal Varma - Sarkar Raj

3. Best Actor (Male)

Aamir Khan - (Ghajini)

Abhishek Bachchan – (Dostana)

Akshay Kumar - (Singh is Kinng)

Amitabh Bachchan - (Sarkar Raj)

Hrithik Roshan - (Jodhaa Akbar)

Naseeruddin Shah - (A Wednesday)

Ranbir Kapoor- (Bachna Ae Haseeno)

Shah Rukh Khan - (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)

4. Best Actor (Female)

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Jodhaa Akbar

Asin Thottumkal - Ghajini

Genelia D'Souza - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na

Kajol - U, Me aur Hum

Priyanka Chopra - Fashion

5. Best Actor in a Supporting Role ( Male)

Abhishek Bachchan - Sarkar Raj

Amir Bashir- A Wednesday

Anupam Kher - A Wednesday

Arjun Rampal - Rock On !!!

Irfan Khan - Mumbai Meri Jaan

Jimmy Shergill - A Wednesday

Pankaj Kapur - Halla Bol

6. Best Actor In A Supporting Role ( Female)

bipasha basu - Bachna Ae Haseeno

ila arun - welcome to sajjanpur

kangana ranaut - Fashion

mughda godse - Fashion

ratna pathak shah - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na

shahana goswami - Rock On !!!

7. Best Actor In A Negative Role (Male/Female)

Akshaye Khanna - Race

Anil Kapoor - Tashan

Ashwini Kalsekar - Phoonk

Dilip Prabhawalkar - Sarkar Raj

Ila Arun - Jodhaa Akbar

8. Best Actor in A Comic Role ( Male/Female)

Ashwini Kalsekar - Golmaal Returns

Mallika Sherawat - Maan Gaye Mughal e Azam

Rajpal Yadav - Krazzy 4

Shreyas Talpade - Welcome to Sajjanpur

Tusshar Kapoor - Golmaal Returns

9. Best Background Music

A Wednesday - Sanjoy Chowdhury

Jodhaa Akbar - A.R. Rahman

Phoonk - Bapi-Tutul

Race - Salim-Sulaiman

Rock On !!! - Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Sarkar Raj - Amar Mohile

10. Best Music

Bachna Ae Haseeno - Vishal-Shekhar

Dostana - vishal-Shekhar

Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na - A.R. Rahman

Jannat - Pritam Chakraborty

Jodhaa Akbar - A.R. Rahman

Rock On!! - Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Singh is Kinng - Pritam Chakraborty

11. Best Playback Singer ( Male)

A.R. Rahman - Khwaja Mere Khwaja (Jodhaa Akbar)

Atif Aslam - Pehli Nazar (Race)

KK - Khuda Jaane- (Bachna Ae Haseeno)

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Teri Ore (Singh is Kinng)

rashid ali - Kabhi Kabhi Aditi (Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na)

Shankar Mahadevan - Desi Girl (Dostana)

sukhwinder singh - haule haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)

12. Best Playback Singer ( Female)

Dominique Cerejo- Yeh tumhari meri baatein (Rock On !!!)

Hard Kaur & Anmol Malik - Talli ho gayi (Ugly aur Pagli)

Monali Thakur- Zaraa Zaraa touch me (Race)

Shilpa Rao - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)

Shreya Ghosal - Teri Ore (Singh is Kinng)

Shruti Pathak - Mar Jaawa (Fashion)

Sunidhi Chauhan -Dance pe Chance (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)

13. Best Lyrics

Anvita Dutt Guptan - Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)

Jaideep - Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)

Kashif - Khwaja Mere Khwaja (Jodhaa Akbar)

Mayur Puri - Teri Ore (Singh is Kinng)

Sameer - Pehli Nazar (Race)

Sayeed Qadri – Bakhuda (Kismat konnection)

Sayeed Qadri - Zara Si Dil mein de jagah (Jannat)

14. Best Story

A Wednesday- neeraj pandey

Fashion - madhur bhandarkar, ajay monga & anuradha tiwari

Jodhaa Akbar - haider ali

oye lucky! lucky oye! - dibakar bannerjee

welcome to sajjanpur - shyam benegal

15. Best Screenplay

A Wednesday- neeraj pandey

Ghajini - ar murugadoss

race - shiraz ahmed

rock on!! - abhishek kapoor & pubali chaudhary

welcome to sajjanpur - ashok mishra

16. Best Dialogue

A Wednesday- neeraj pandey

Bachna Ae Haseeno - anvita dutt guptan

Dostana - anvita dutt guptan

Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na - abbas tyrewala

welcome to sajjanpur - ashok mishra

17. Best Editing

A Wednesday- shree narayan singh

aamir - aarti bajaj

race - hussain burmawala

Rock On !!!- deepa bhatia

Sarkar Raj - nipun gupta, amit parmar

18. Best Sound

A Wednesday- rakesh ranjan

Ghajini - resul pookutty

mumbai meri jaan - sanjay maurya & alwyn rego

race - rakesh ranjan

Sarkar Raj - debashish mishra

19 Best Cinematography

aamir - alphonso roy

Bachna Ae Haseeno - sunil patel

Dostana - ayananka bose

Ghajini - ravi k. chandran

Rock On !!! - jason west

Sarkar Raj - amit roy

20. Best Special Effects

bhootnath – biju d (b r pix & trix)

drona - david bush

Ghajini - merzin tavaria – (prime focus)

Jodhaa Akbar – pankaj khandpur (tata elxsi)

love story 2050 - merzin tavaria – (prime focus)

21. Best Art Direction

A Wednesday - sunil nigverkar

Ghajini - sunil babu

Jodhaa Akbar - nitin desai

Rock On !!! - shashank tare

welcome to sajjanpur - samir chanda

22. Best Choreography

desi girl -farah khan -Dostana

haule haule - vaibhavi merchant Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

kabhi kabhi aditi - rajeev surti Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na

khuda jaane - Bachna Ae Haseeno - ahmed khan

khwaja mere khwaja- raju khan - Jodhaa Akbar

title song - snoop dogg group - Singh is Kinng

zara zara touch me - bosco -ceasar - race

23. Best Action

Ghajini -peter heins

Jodhaa Akbar - ravi dewan

mission istaanbul - javed & ejaz shaikh, ravi dewan

race - allan amin

tashan - peter hein

24. Most Promising Newcomer (Male)

farhan akhtar - Rock On !!!

harman baweja - love story 2050

imran khan - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na

rajeev khandelwal - aamir

sikandar kher - woodstock villa

pratiek babbar - jaane tu…ya jaane na

25. Most Promising Newcomer (Female)

adah sharma - 1920

anushka sharma - rab ne bana de jodi

asin thottumkal - Ghajini

prachi desai - Rock On !!!

26. Most Promising Debut Director

a.r.murugadoss - Ghajini

abbas tyrewala - Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na

kunal deshmukh - jannat

neeraj pandey - A Wednesday

nishikant kamat - mumbai meri jaan

rajkumar gupta - aamir

tarun mansukhani - Dostana

27. Best Child Artiste

amaan siddiqui - bhootnath

purav bhandare - tahaan

shriya sharma - thoda pyaar thoda magic

28. Best Animation Film

Roadside Romeo

29. Best Indian Film In English

The Last Lear

Who will be the lucky one to take the trophy home, to know all this and much more, stay glued to your television for Nokia 15th Annual STAR Screen Awards exclusively on STAR Plus on Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 8 pm.

For further information, please contact:

STAR India Pvt. Ltd.

Usha Thomas

E-mail: ushat@in.startv.com

Mobile: 9821382227

Vaishnavi Corporate Communications

Hemanshu Mistry

E-mail: hmistry@vccpl.com

Mobile: 9870224273