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Aspara Presents Awards for 2008

Film and Television Producers Guild

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The show must go on, and the 4th Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards show for 2008 definitely went forward, albeit one year later, despite the series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai a little more than 12 months ago.

Aspara_091206_350wHeld on the heels of the 40th International Film Festival of India, the Aspara Awards were handed out on December 5th in India’s largest city of Mumbai for the top cinematic performers of 2008. While the fourth edition of the show was to be held this time last year, the award ceremony was postponed until this week due to the 26/11 terror attacks.

According to the ceremony’s representatives, Hrithik Roshan claimed Best Actor for his role in Jodha Akbar, while Priyanka Chopra earned Best Actress honors for her work in Fashion. Bollywood actor/filmmaker Aamir Khan was named Best Director for Taare Zameen Par; the movie also nabbed Best Film honors.

In all, both Jodha Akbar and Taare Zameen Par won seven awards each; A Wednesday claimed four awards and Fashion nabbed three.

Visiting the city on a fund-raising campaign for his upcoming production of Taj, Hollywood actor Sir Ben Kingsley was reportedly in attendance at the award ceremony.

The full list of award winners is as follows:

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Hrithik Roshan – Jodhaa Akbar

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Priyanka Chopra - Fashion

Best Movie
Aamir Khan – Taare Zameen Par

Best Director

Aamir Khan – Taare Zameen Par

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jimmy Shergill – A Wednesday

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kangna Ranaut – Fashion

Best Actor in a Comic Role
Anil Kapoor – Welcome

Best Actor in a Negative Role
Akshaye Khanna – Race

Best Debut (Male)

Imran Khan – Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na

Best Debut (Female)
Mugdha Godse - Fashion

Best Choreography
Chinni Prakash, Rekha Prakash - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Lyrics

Prasoon Joshi – Taare Zameen Par – “Maa”

Best Female Playback Singer
Shreya Ghoshal – Singh is King – “Teri Ore”

Best Male Playback Singer
Shankar Mahadaven - Taare Zameen Par – “Maa”

Best Music
A.R. Rahman - Jodhaa Akbar

Best Screenplay
Amole Gupte, Neeraj Pandey – Taare Zameen Par, A Wednesday

Best Dialogue
Neeraj Pandey – A Wednesday

Best Story
Amole Gupte – Taare Zameen Par

Best Cinematography
Kiran Deohans – Jodhaa Akbar

Best Costume Design
Neeta Lulla – Jodhaa Akbar

Best Editing
Shree Narayan Singh - A Wednesday

Best Special Effects
Vaibhav Kumaresh, Dhimant Vyas - Taare Zameen Par

Best Sound Recording
Baylon Fonseca - Rock On!!

Best Re-Recording
Hitendra Ghosh – Jodhaa Akbar

Best Art Director
Nitin Chandrakant Desai - Jodhaa Akbar

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