It's time again.

Nominations for 2nd Apsara Awards 2005

Best Film (nice to see IQBAL, PAGE 3 and HAZAARON KHWAISHEIN AISI in the list, didn't expect that )
Black (Applause and Bhansali Films Pvt Ltd.)
Iqbal (Mukta Searchlight Films)
Parineeta (Vinod Chopra Productions)
Page 3 (Sahara One Motion Pictures)
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd.)


Best Director
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Black)
Nagesh Kukunoor (Iqbal)
Pradeep Sarkar (Parineeta)
Kunal Kohli (Hum Tum) 2004?
Madhur Bhandarkar (Page 3)


Best Actor
Shah Rukh Khan (Swades)
Amitabh Bachchan (Black)
Saif Ali Khan (Parineeta)
Akshay Kumar (Waqt - The Race Against Time)
Anil Kapoor (No Entry)


Best Actress
Rani Mukherjee (Black)
Rani Mukherjee (Hum Tum) 2004? They seem to involve films of 2005 as well as 2004.
Vidya Balan (Parineeta)
Chitrangda Singh (Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi)
Urmila Matondkar (Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara)


Best Actor in a supporting role
Naseeruddin Shah (Iqbal)
Nana Patekar (Apaharan)
Abhishek Bachchan (Yuva) Supporting? Hello? That was a LEADING role!
Kay Kay Menon (Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi) Idem!
Akshay Kumar (Mujhse Shaadi Karogi)


Best Actress in a supporting role
Ayesha Kapoor (Black)
Rani Mukherjee (Veer-Zaara)
Konkona Sen Sharma (Page 3) If she had a supporting role, then I wonder who was leading?
Kiron Kher (Hum Tum)
Priyanka Chopra (Aitraaz)


Best Music
Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy (Bunty aur Babli)
Shantanu Moitra (Parineeta)
Anu Malik (Murder)
Late Madan Mohan (Veer-Zaara)
Himesh Reshammiya (Aashiq Banaya Apne)


Best Lyrics
Swanand Kirkire (Bawara Man - Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi)
Swanand Kirkire (Piyu Bole - Parineeta)
Javed Akhtar (Do Pal - Veer-Zaara)
Sayeed Qadri (Bheege Hot - Murder)
Gulzar (Kajra Re - Bunty aur Babli)


Best Male Playback Singer (where is Sonu Nigam for "Soona mann ka aangan"?)
Kunal Ganjawala (Bheegey Honth Tere - Murder)
Udit Narayan (Main Yahan Hoon - Veer-Zaara)
Atif Aslam (Woh Lamhe - Zeher)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Jiya Dhadhak - Kalyug)
Shaan (Main Aisa Kyon Hoon - Lakshya)


Best Female Playback Singer (where is Chitra for "Raat hamari to"?)
Alisha Chinai (Kajra Re - Bunty aur Babli)
Shreya Ghosal (Piyu Bole - Parineeta)
Sunidhi Chauhan (Dhoom Machale - Dhoom)
Alka Yagnik (Hum Tum - Hum Tum)
Shubha Mudgal (Bawara Mann - Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi)


Best Screenplay
Vidhu Vinod Chopra & Pradeep Sarkar (Parineeta)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Black)
Nagesh Kukunoor (Iqbal)
Kunal Kohli & Siddharth Raj Anand (Hum Tum)
Sudhir Mishra (Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi)


Best Choreography
Vaibhavi Merchant (Kajra Re - Bunty aur Babli)
Ashley Lobo (Dhoom Machale - Dhoom)
Prabhu Deva (Main Aisa Kyon Hoon - Lakshya)
Farah Khan (Tum Se Milke - Main Hoon Naa)
Farah Khan (Kangana Re - Paheli)


Best Story (thankfully no remakes in this list )
Nagesh Kukunoor (Iqbal)
Vijaydan Detha, Amol Palekar (Paheli)
M G Sathya, Ashutosh Gowariker (Swades)
Sudhir Mishra (Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi)
Manoj Tyagi (Page 3)


Best Dialogue
Rekha Nigam, Vidhu Vinod Chopra (Parineeta)
K P Saxena (Swades)
Aditya Chopra (Veer-Zaara)
Prakash Jha (Apaharan)
Anees Bazmee (No Entry)


Best Editing
Bela Segal (Black)
Nipun Gupta (Sarkar)
Sanjiv Datta (Iqbal)
Santosh Mandal (Apaharan)
Hemanti Sarkar and Nitish Sharma (Parineeta)


Best Special Effects
Eagle Video / Vishal Punjabi (Paheli)
Prime Focus (Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi)
Huzefa Lokhandwala (Gayab)
V G Samant (Hanuman)


Best Sound Recording
Resul Pookutty (Black)
Bishwadeep Chatterjee (Parineeta)
Robert Taylor (Mangal Pandey- The Rising)
Anuj Mathur (Veer-Zaara)
Nakul Kamte (Lakshya)


Best Re-recording
Anup Dev (Black)
Leslie Fernandes (Parineeta)
Alok Dev (Apaharan)
Anup Dev (Veer-Zaara)
Leslie Fernandes (Dhoom)


Best Cinematography
Ravi Chandran (Black)
N Nataraja Subramanian (Parineeta)
Ravi Chandran (Paheli)
Himman Dhamija (Mangal Pandey - The Rising)
Anil Mehta (Veer-Zaara)
A K Bir (Shikhar)


Best Art Design
Omung Kumar (Black)
Keshto Mondol, Eldridge Rodrigues, Tanushree Sarkar, Pradeep Sarkar (Parineeta)
Sharmishta Roy (Veer-Zaara)
Nitin Desai (Mangal Pandey - The Rising)
Muneesh Sappal (Paheli)


Best Costume Design
Shalini Sarna (Paheli)
Subarna Ray Chudhuri (Parineeta)
Lovleen Bains (Mangal Pandey - The Rising)
Manish Malhotra (Veer-Zaara)
Sabyasachi Mukherjee (Black)

Nominations for 12th Annual Screen Awards

Best Director
Nagesh Kukunoor (Iqbal)
Prakash Jha (Apaharan)
Ram Gopal Varma (Sarkar)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Black)
Sudhir Mishra (Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi)


Best Actor In a Supporting Role (Male)
Abhishek bachchan (Sarkar)
Amitabh Bachchan (Bunty aur Babli)
Kay Kay Menon (Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi) HE WAS NOT SUPPORTING!!
Naseeruddin Shah (Iqbal)
Toby Stephens (Mangal Pandey - The Rising)


Best Actor In a Supporting Role (Female)
Lilette Dubey (My Brother Nikhil)
Shefali Shah (Waqt) NOMINATED FOR THE TYPICAL CRYING INDIAN MOTHER-ROLE?
Shernaz Patel (Black)
Shweta Prasad (Iqbal)
Prateeksha Lonkar (Iqbal)


Best Actor In a Negative Role
Ajay Devgan (Shikhar)
Kay Kay Menon (Sarkar)
Nana Patekar (Apaharan)
Pooja Batra (Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story)
Yashpal Sharma (Apaharan)


Best Actor In a Comic Role
Abhishek Bachchan (Bunty aur Babli)
Akshay Kumar (Garam Masala)
Anil Kapoor (No Entry)
Ishaa Koppikar (Kya Kool Hain Hum)
Rajpal Yadav (Main Meri Patni Aur Woh)


Best Background Score
Amar Mohile (Sarkar)
A R Rahman (Bose - The Forgotten Hero)
A R Rahman (Mangal Pandey - The Rising)
Monty Sharma (Black)
Salim-Suleiman (Iqbal)


Best Music
M M Kreem (Paheli)
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (Bunty aur Babli)
Shantanu Moitra (Parineeta)
Shantanu Moitra (Yahaan)
Vishal-Shekhar (Dus)


Best Playback Singer (Male)
Atif (Woh lamhe… Zeher)
K K & Shaan (Dus Bahane… Dus)
Sonu Nigam (Dheere Jalna… Paheli)
Sukhwinder (Woh Kisna Hai… Kisna)
Udit Narayan (Hum Hain Iss Pal Yahaan… Kisna)


Best Playback Singer (Female)
Alisha Chinoy (Kajra re… Bunty aur Babli)
Kavita Krishnamoorthy (Main vaari jaoon… Mangal Pandey - The Rising)
Shreya Ghoshal (Piyu bole… Parineeta)
Shubha Mudgal (Bawra mann… Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi)
Sunidhi Chauhan (Kaisi paheli… Parineeta)


Best Lyrics
Gulzar (Dheere Jalna… Paheli)
Gulzar (Naam ada likhna… Yahaan)
Javed Akhtar (Hum hain iss pal yahaan… Kisna)
Swanand Kirkire (Bawra mann… Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi)
Swanand Kirkire (Piyu bole… Parineeta)


Best Story
Prakash Jha (Apaharan)
Nagesh Kukunoor (Iqbal)
Rajpal Yadav, Gunjan Joshi (Main Meri Patni Aur Who)
Sabapati Mahesh (Yahaan)
Sudhir Mishra, Shiv Kumar Subramaniam, Ruchi Narain (Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi)


Best Screenplay
Nagesh Kulkunoor (Iqbal) Piyush Mishra, Somnath De, Shoojit Sircar and Sameer Kohli (Yahaan)
Prakash Jha, Shridhar Raghavan, Manoj Tyagi (Apaharan)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Prakash Kapadia, Bhavani Iyer (Black)
Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Pradeep Sarkar (Parineeta)


Best Dialogue
Gulrez Syed, Molhafiz Hyder, Rajeev Mirza (Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story)
Nagesh Kukunoor (Iqbal)
Prakasha Jha (Apaharan)
Prakash Kapadia (Hindi) & Bhavani Iyer (English) (Black)
Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rekha Nigam (Parineeta)


Best Editing
Catherine D'Hoir (Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi)
Bela Sehgal (Black)
Nipun Gupta, Amit Parmar (Sarkar)
Santosh Mandal (Apaharan)
Shekhar (Yahaan)


Best Sound
Ajay Kumar P B (Yahaan)
Biswadeep Chatterjee (Parineeta)
Kunal Mehta, Parikshit Lalwani (Sarkar)
Resool Pookutty (Black)
Robert Taylor (Mangal Pandey - The Rising)


Best Cinematography
Jakob Ihre (Yahaan)
N Natraja Subramanian (Parineeta)
Ravi K Chandran (Black)
Ravi K Chandran (Paheli)
Sudeep Chatterjee (Iqbal)


Best Special Effects
Biju D (Naina)
Eagle Videofilms (Paheli)
Merzin Tavaria (Prime Focus) (Vaah! Life Ho Toh Ais!)
Stargate Company, LA (Dus)


Best Art Direction
Chandravadhan B More (Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story)
Keshto Mondal, Tanushree Sarkar, Pradeep Sarkar (Parineeta)
Muneesh Sappel (Paheli)
Omung Kumar (Black)
Samir Chanda (Bose - The Forgotten Hero)


Best Choreography
Bosco-Ceasar (Dus bahane… - Dus)
Farah Khan (Kaal dhamaal… - Kaal)
Farah Khan (Kangana re… - Paheli)
Saroj Khan (Vaari vaari… - Mangal Pandey - The Rising)
Vaibhavi Merchant (Kajra Re… - Bunty aur Babli)


Best Action
Allan Amin (Dus)
Jai Singh Nijjar (Apaharan)
Seng (Thailand) (Ek Ajnabee)
Sham Kaushal (Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story)
Shoojit Sircar (Yahaan)


Most Promising Newcomer (Male)
Abhay Deol (Socha Na Tha)
Karan Sharma (Dil Jo Bhi Kahey)
Kunal Khemmu (Kalyug) WHY IS HE ALL OF A SUDDEN A NEWCOMER?
Shiny Ahuja (Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi)


Most Promising Newcomer (Female)
Chitrangada Singh (Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi)
Minissha Lamba (Yahaan)
Sonya Jehan (Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story)
Vidya Balan (Parineeta)


Best Debut Director
Jahnu Barua (Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara)
Mohit Suri (Zeher)
Onir (My Brother Nikhil)
Pradeep Sarkar (Parineeta)
Shoojit Sircar (Yahaan)


Best Actor
Ajay Devgan (Apaharan)
Amitabh Bachchan (Black)
Saif Ali Khan (Parineeta)
Shah Rukh Khan (Paheli)
Shahid Kapur (Shikhar)


Best Actress
Juhi Chawla (My Brother Nikhil)
Konkona Sen-Sharma (Page 3)
Priety Zinta (Salaam Namaste)
Rani Mukerji (Black)
Sharmila Tagore (Viruddh)

I would give all these to Thavamai Thavamirundhu. Hopefully it will win as many as it can next year (dec release!)

Sorry to dissapoint but 'Paheli' is a remake. Paheli was based on a book by 'Vijaydan Detha' which infact was adapted way back in 1973 by Director Mani Kaul for his film-Duvidha. Considering these facts, how in the world can they nominate 'Amol Palekar' for 'Best Story'?

I understand what you're saying, but isn't there a difference between an adaption and a remake? Like.. Farhan Akhtar's DON will be a remake of the old Amitabh Bachchan movie, while J.P. Dutta's UMRAO JAAN could be his adaption of the original novel. Same goes for PARINEETA, I think, which can't be really called a remake of the Bimal Roy version, but rather Vidhu Vinod Chopra's and Pradeep Sarkar's adaption (interpretation) of the original novel?

After giving it a second thought, I can understand that if feels weird that the story is nominated here while there already has been a movie on the same story. In that sense, it isn't original or innovative.

My point, exactly.

For indian films, the line between original/non original, quality vs crap does not exists!! So

Rediff Movie Awards 2006

Best Music: Bluffmaster
Newcomers of the Year: Chitrangda Singh, Abhay Deol
Best Actor in Villainous Role: Nana Patekar (Apaharan)
Best Actor in Comic Role: Akshay Kumar (Garam Masala)
Best Supporting Actress: Ayesha Kapur (Black)
Best Supporting Actor: Riteish Deshmukh (Bluffmaster)
Best Director: Sudhir Mishra (Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi)
Best Film: Iqbal
Best Actress: Rani Mukerji (Black)
Best Actor: Shreyas Talpade (Iqbal)

12th Annual Screen Awards Winners :frusty
By IndiaFM News Bureau, January 12, 2006 - 00:14 IST


Best Director:
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Black) Uhuh, for blowing everything out of proportion?


Best Actor:
Amitabh Bachchan (Black)


Best Actress:
Rani Mukerji (Black)


Best Actor In a Supporting Role (Male):
Naseeruddin Shah (Iqbal)


Best Actor In a Supporting Role (Female):
Shweta Prasad (Iqbal)


Best Actor In a Negative Role:
Nana Patekar (Apaharan)


Best Actor In a Comic Role:
Abhishek Bachchan (Bunty aur Babli)


Best Background Score:
Monty Sharma (Black) It was too loud, and it gets on my nerves when I watch it now.


Best Music:
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (Bunty aur Babli)


Best Playback Singer (Male):
Sonu Nigam (Dheere Jalna… Paheli)


Best Playback Singer (Female):
Shreya Ghoshal (Piyu bole… Parineeta)


Best Lyrics:
Gulzar (Naam ada likhna… Yahaan)


Best Screenplay:
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Prakash Kapadia, Bhavani Iyer (Black) For writing scenes of THE MIRACLE WORKER


Best Sound:
Resool Pookutty (Black)


Best Cinematography:
Ravi K Chandran (Black)


Most Promising Newcomer (Male):
Shiny Ahuja (Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi)


Most Promising Newcomer (Female):
Vidya Balan (Parineeta)


Best Debut Director:
Pradeep Sarkar (Parineeta)

Yup that super A** SLB has become just that!! with big financers, huge budgets!

Ayesha Kapoor deserves all Best Supporting Actress citations for Black. But that's where the kudos should end for that particular film - overrated isn't the word. Still, if a songless film garners this much attention (i.e. winning Best Film and Director), maybe it will influence other filmmakers/producers not to fear straying from the formula.

Apsara awards isn't as bad as other Indian awards. At least good films can be nominated here and unlike other awards which are based on popularity rather than merit. A lot of the good directors in the industry are on the judging panel. I see it as a step towards progress.

I heard Saif won award for last year for his performance in Frito Lay ad. Didnt he act in any new ad this year?

It is categories and awards like these that expose the credibility of such awards. Enough said.

these are pro camp awards..no doubt!!