Stardust 2016: Amitabh Bachchan Wins Best Actor, Anushka Sharma Bags Best Actress Award

December 21, 2016

Mumbai, Dec 21: Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won big at the star-studded Stardust Awards.

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Held here on Monday night, the awards ceremony was attended by celebrities like Kajol, Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Richa Chadha, Diljit Dosanjh, Manisha Koirala, Sridevi and Anil Kapoor.

Legendary singer Asha Bhosle, who won the Living Legend award at the ceremony, presented the Viewers' Choice Best Actor Male award to Amitabh, who had films like Wazir, Te3n and Pink this year.

Aishwarya handed over the Editor's Choice Best Actor Of The Year Male trophy to Shah Rukh for his act in "Fan".

"Sometimes one's best does not always answer...So, a very heartfelt thanks to Colors Sansui Stardust Awards for 'Fan' and Gaurav (one of his characters in the film). Want to work harder now," SRK tweeted on Tuesday.

Big B presented the Editor's Choice Iconic Role of the Year award to his daughter-in-law Aishwarya.

Filmmaker Omung Kumar congratulated Aishwarya, who acted in his film Sarbjit.

"You deserved it," he tweeted.

Star couple Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar gave away the Lifetime Achievement Award to the evergreen actress Rekha.

The audience got to see some Kapoor family love when actor Ranbir Kapoor and his star mother Neetu presented the Best Actor in a Supporting Role to actor Rishi Kapoor for his performance in "Kapoor & Sons".

Priyanka Chopra, who returned to Mumbai from US on Sunday, was given the Global Icon award by actress Sridevi, who was glittering in a golden suit.

Priyanka's cousin and actress Parineeti Chopra even paid a tribute to her on the stage.

"Never been so nervous in my life. Giving a tribute to my sister and the best stage performer. Can't even try and match up to her," Parineeti had tweeted a few days ago.

Parineeti wore the same sari that Priyanka sported in the film Dostana and danced to the film's hit number "Desi girl".

Other performers included Jacqueline Fernandez, Diljit and Himesh Reshammiya.

The Best Filmmaker Of The Year award went to Ram Madhvani for Neerja, a biopic on air hostess Neerja Bhanot who lost her life while saving passengers from terrorists on board hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 in September 1986.

Sonam Kapoor, who played Bhanot in the film, received the Editor's Choice Best Actress award. Her co-star Shabana, who played her mother in the biopic, bagged the Best Supporting Actor (Female) trophy. Best Actor In A Negative Role award went to Jim Sarbh for Neerja.

The Best Actress Female award was given to Anushka for Karan Johar's "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil". The movie also won the Best Music Album.

Karan tweeted: "Thank you Colors, Stardust Awards and this one's for the entire team of 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil'".

His friend and actress Kajol received a Special award on behalf of her husband and filmmaker Ajay Devgn for helming Shivaay.

Among other awards, Best Debut (Male) went to Anil's son Harshvardhan Kapoor, who made his acting debut in "Mirzya". His co-star Saiyami Kher shared the Best Debut Female award with Disha Patani, who featured in "M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story".

Best Superstar Of Next Gen went to actor Varun Dhawan.

In the music category, the Best Music Director award went to Pritam for "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil", Best Lyricist to Amitabh Bhattacharya for "Channa mereya" from the same film, Best Playback Singer (Male) to Arijit Singh for the same song, and Best Playback Singer (Female) to Neha Bhasin for "Jag ghoomeya" ("Sultan").

"Sultan", starring Salman and Anushka, also won the Viewers' Choice Best Film and Best Costume Design awards.

Best Choreography was given to Bosco-Caesar for Kaala chashma from "Baar Baar Dekho". Best Screenplay award was handed over to Abhishek Chaubey and Sudip Sharma for "Udta Punjab", a crime-drama film which locked horns with the Central Board of Film Certification over its release.

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February 25,2020

New Delhi, Feb 25: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday gave time to Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to seek instructions on travel ban imposed on comedian Kunal Kamra.

Kamra approached the court against IndiGo which suspended him from flying with the airlines for a period of six months. Other airlines had also followed the suit in pursuance to this.

Justice Naveen Chawla said that the regulatory body should not have certified actions of airlines other than IndiGo to ban Kamra without conducting inquiry. The matter will now be heard on February 27.

Last month, IndiGo had barred the stand-up comedian for six months from using its services for allegedly portraying "unacceptable behaviour" onboard its flight.

The airline claimed that Kamra, while travelling on a Mumbai-Lucknow IndiGo flight, provoked a TV news anchor by asking questions over his news presentation style.

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January 11,2020

Washington, Jan 11: Fresh off his win at the Golden Globes, actor Joaquin Phoenix participated in a climate change protest and was arrested by the police.

The "Joker" star took part in the weekly protests against climate change, started by Hollywood veteran Jane Fonda.

According to Variety, the 45-year-old actor also addressed the crowd of close to 300 people.

In his short speech, he took aim at the meat and dairy industry for being the third leading cause of the climate crisis.

"Sometimes we wonder what can we do in this fight against climate change, and there is something that you can do today and tomorrow, by making a choice about what you consume," Phoenix said.

"There are things I can't avoid. I flew a plane here today, or last night rather, but one thing I can do is change my eating habits," he added.

Besides Phoenix, veteran Hollywood star Martin Sheen also turned up for the protest and got arrested by the police. Actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Susan Sarandon were also present.

Capitol Police said it arrested 147 people who were charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding. All the protestors were later released.

Fonda, who was on stage with Phoenix, called him "one of the greatest living actors today".

She has been protesting weekly as part of her "Fire Drill Fridays" initiative since announcing she was moving to Washington "to be closer to the epicenter of the fight for our climate." Her participation has ended in multiple arrests.

Earlier this month, Phoenix had talked about climate change at the Golden Globes ceremony, asking Hollywood to walk the talk on the issue.

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January 12,2020

Mumbai, Jan 12: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday came out in support of actor Deepika Padukone, who is facing flak from the BJP and some other quarters over her visit to the JNU campus in Delhi to express solidarity with students who were recently attacked by armed assailants.

Raut, who is a Rajya Sabha member and the executive editor of Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana', said the country cannot be run in a "Talibani" style.

After Padukone's visit to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Tuesday, many appreciated her "silent solidarity", but some others criticised her for "supporting Leftists", saying it was a promotional stunt for her latest film "Chhapaak".

Some also demanded a boycott of her film, based on the life of an acid attack survivor, played by Padukone.

A section of BJP leaders also criticised the 34-year- old actor over her JNU visit.

Talking to PTI, Raut said, "The demand for boycott of the actress and her film is wrong. The country cannot be run in a 'Talibani' style."

"Chhapaak", directed by Meghna Gulzar, hit the theatres on Friday.

Declaring a movie tax-free means the state has waived the entertainment levy imposed on it, thereby bringing down the ticket rates and encouraging more people to watch it.

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