MAX Stardust Awards 2009

Media News

Mumbai, February 13, 2009

For over 30 years, ‘Stardust’ magazine has showcased the Hindi film industry’s emerging talent through its glossy pages. In accordance with the same tradition, Stardust founded the ‘MAX Stardust Awards – A Celebration Of New Talent’ as the premier event to honour these rising talents who are leading the way in the entertainment world and guiding the future of Bollywood.

The Award is a coming together of two giants, Stardust the world's largest selling film magazine and MAX, India's no.1 Hindi movie channel. The idea behind the ‘MAX Stardust Awards’ is to establish it as an event that truly reflects the edginess and irreverence that has become synonymous with young Bollywood. The event will also rise to become one of the industry's most high-profile event garnering tremendous press coverage and attracting some of the biggest names in the industry, from established stars to the new breed of talent:

The ‘MAX Stardust Awards’ are for those who have begun their journey into showbiz. For those who have just wowed the industry and the audience with their spectacular histrionics. For those who are here to stay in the business for a long, long time. Only the young talents and films that have made an impact in 2008 have been nominated for the ‘MAX Stardust Awards’. The ‘MAX Stardust Awards’ are aimed at the Generation Next who will rule Bollywood in times to come.

The glittering ceremony of the MAX Stardust Awards to be held on 15th February 2009 at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai will be an event where the movie industry’s moguls will mingle with the country’s top elite. The function will be compact, exclusive and totally television-oriented with limited seating capacity.

The programme highlights will include a lot more than just the handing over of awards. There will be a series of specially devised entertainment acts, including song and dance performances by leading stars like Tusshar Kapoor, Misnissha Lamba, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor and Ameesha Patel.

The event will have lavish sets coupled with lasers, special effects, lighting and acoustics to create a breathtaking audio and visual impact. And the guest profile will include film stars, leading personalities from the movie industry, celebrities, socialites, politicians and top dignitaries from all over the country.

The recipients of the MAX Stardust Awards are young, they’re hot and they’re the superstars of tomorrow. Fresh faces will be on parade at the ‘MAX Stardust Awards’ – an event that will truly represent the gifted future breed of Bollywood. The MAX Stardust Awards are a salute to the new talents of the Indian film industry.

For further information, please contact:

Suhrid Mehta

Mobile: + 91 98205 18570