Shah Rukh Khan, the heartthrob of millions of bollywood lovers, won his eighth best actor trophy for Karan Johar’s magnum opus ‘My Name Is Khan at the glittering fifty-sixth Filmfare awards function.
Kajol, who played the female lead opposite Shah Rukh Khan in the same film, also got the best actor award in female category. Karan Johar, the ace filmmaker and a close friend of King Khan, received the award for best direction of the same flick.
It may be recalled that ‘My Name is Khan’ is a sensitive film which talked about universal brotherhood through the character of SRK, who played a challenged Rizwan Khan based in the US. The sensitivity that was brought out by the SRK in this character and then in the film, won him the award.
However, it does not mean that Shah Rukh Khan’s bête noir Salman Khan’s film ‘Dabangg’ went unnoticed. In fact, Salman Khan’s blockbuster won the award for best film in popular category, making Arbaaz Khan and Malaika Arora Khan proud.
Then, the lead actor Sonakshi Sinha, who played Salman Khan’s love interest in the flick, went with the award of the best debutant (female) of the year. However, in the male category debutant award was won by Ranveer Singh for his performance in Yashraj Films’ ‘Band Baaja Baraat’.
Vidya Balan, who played the character of a feisty rural lady in Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Ishqia’, won the critic’s best actor award in the female category. Similarly, ‘Udaan’ was declared to be the best film in critic’s category, while best actor award went to veteran bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor for his pioneering role in ‘Do Dooni Chaar’.
Another highlight of the function was the cute scene of Shah Rukh Khan courting sizzling Madhuri Dixit on the stage. Why Shah Rukh Khan is known as King of Romance was amply clear with the way of wooing Ms Dixit on the podium.
Then there was touching moment when doyen of Indian cinema Yash Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan felicitated legendary Amitabh Bachchan for completing his forty years in the tinsel town.
The show was hosted by new heartthrobs Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan. They kept the audience in splits with their witty one-liners and funny acts. However, Ranbir Kapoor’s Shah Rukh act and Imran’s Salman Khan’s act took the cake among all their performances.
