Celebrities light up Filmfare awards
MUMBAI: Ranbir Kapoor starrer ‘Barfi!’ emerged top winner at the Filmfare Awards 2013 bagging six trophies, including best film and best actor, while Vidya Balan’s ‘Kahaani’ followed close with five wins.
The heart-wrenching love story between a deaf-and-mute boy and an autistic girl, directed by Anurag Basu, won Ileana D’Cruz the best debut (Female) award.
Pritam received the Best Background Score and Best Music Director trophies for ‘Barfi!’. The film, which was India’s official entry at the Oscars this year, also won the Sony Trendsetter Of The Year award at the 58th Filmfare awards held at the Yash Raj Films studio in suburban Mumbai.
While Vidya continued her winning spree bagging the Best Actress award for her portrayal of a pregnant woman in search of her husband in ‘Kahaani’, Sujoy Ghosh won the Best Director award for the film.
The thriller also bagged technical awards like Best Cinematography (Setu), Best Sound Design (Sanjay Maurya & Allwin Rego) and Best Editing (Namrata Rao).
It was a big night for most small budget content-driven films released in 2012. Anurag Kashyap’s directorial ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, went head to head with John Abraham’s debut production ‘Vicky Donor’, both bagging four awards each.
Annu Kapoor won the best actor in a supporting role (male) for his portrayal of Dr Chaddha in ‘Vicky Donor’.
The film’s writer Juhi Chaturvedi earned the Best Story award.
Ayushmann Khurrana, who made his acting debut in the movie, won two awards – Best Debut (male) and Best Playback Singer award (male) for ‘Paani Da Rang’.
Anurag Kashyap, Akhilesh Jaiswal, Sachin K Ladia and Zeishan Qadri together won the Best Dialogue award for ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’. It also took home the Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Female) won by Richa Chadda and the Critics’ Award for Best Film. Sham Kaushal won the Best Action award for the film.
Sanjay Chouhan and Tigmanshu Dhulia won the Best Screenplay trophy and Irrfan Khan bagged the Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Male) for ‘Paan Singh Tomar’.
Quotable quotes
Some interesting comments made by celebrities at 58th Idea Filmfare Awards.
Yami Gautami: “This is my first year at Filmfare and I must confess that watching Filmfare Awards on television and actually being here at the venue is an altogether different experience”.
Vidya Balan: “This is the first time I am coming with my husband (Siddharth Roy Kapur). Interestingly I met Siddharth for the first time at the backstage at Filmfare Awards some years back. So it is a very nostalgic feeling for me today “.
Vidya Balan (after she received the Best Actor – Female Award): “Thank you (cinematographer) Setu for making a pregnant women look beautiful. As a child I would stay glued to the TV to watch Filmfare. As the Bible says ask and you shall receive”.
Arjun Kapoor, “The fondest memory of my Filmfare is watching it with my mother but today I am walking the red carpet with my sister as she is my hottest date.”
Choreographer Ceasar: “The song Auntyji was a challenge, not because of Kareena Kapoor but because of Imran Khan. It was a challenge to teach him. Imran also got inspired by Bosco who featured in the song as well. In fact the actors made us dance to their tunes”
Yash Chopra’s wife, Pamela Chopra (while receiving the Lifetime achievement award for Yash Chopra): “Yash Ji came to Bombay with Rs 200 in his pocket, dreams and his mother’s blessings. He was the humblest person I have known in my life. He never knew he was Yash Chopra – his greatest quality. Three things he loved – films, food and family – in the same order”.
Pooja Mishra: “I love the lady in the black so I have too dressed in black.”
Manoj Bajpayee: Everyone who is nominated is a winner”
Madhuri Dixit Nene: “I have 6 Filmfare trophies.”
Pritam: “I grew up listening to RD Burman’s music and I am greatly influenced by him. Even today when I listen to his music, I get nostalgic. I am really happy to win two awards. I wasn’t expecting two trophies”
Aftab Shivadasani arrives with his girlfriend Nin and confirms his wedding bash, “We have decided to marry each other. It’s no more a secret. The date is not confirmed yet but inshaallah it will be this year for sure”.
Parineeti Chopra, who was nominated in the Best Actress category for Ishaqzaade says she wants her cousin Priyanka Chopra to win for Barfi. “I want all the awards to go to Barfi. Ranbir Kapoor as the Best Actor, Anurag Basu as the Best Director”.
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