'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' wins eight awards at Star Guild

January 18, 2014

Bhaag_Milkha_BhaagMumbai, Jan 18: Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar starrer 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' has as many as maximum awards at the Star Guild Awards.

The biopic -- 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' on legendary athlete Milkha Singh, who was also known as the Flying Sikh, won eight awards, at the ninth edition of the Renault Star Guild awards held here last evening.

Farhan Akthar bagged the award for best actor in a leading role category, the best director award went to Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. The award in the best film category was given to Viacom 18 Motions Pictures and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.

"The biggest thank you goes to Milkha Singh and his family for all the support and passion that he put in me. When I met him for the first time, he told me about the sacrifices he went through in his life and Prasoon Joshi has captured it very well in the title track," Farhan said.

The film also won best screenplay and best story (Prasoon Joshi), best cinematography (Binod Pradhan), best sound design (Nakul Kamte), and best actress in a supporting role (Divya Dutta) award.

Deepika Padukone continued her winning spree as she won the best actress award for 'Chennai Express'.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Goliyon Ka Rasleela: Ramleela' got four awards, including Supriya Pathak (best performance in a negative role), Bhoomi Trivedi (best playback singer, female), Anju Modi and Maxima Basu (best costume design award) and Rashid Khan (best art direction award).

The ninth edition of the Renault Star Guild awards brought the biggest stars of the Indian Film and Television industry last evening at Mumbai's NSCI Ground, Worli.

The eventful night saw Salman Khan take centr stage for the second year running as the host for the evening.

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan won Renault Star Guild Entertainer of the Year. And the lifetime achievement honour was given to screenwriter Salim Khan and actress Tanuja Mukherjee.

Pritam got award for best music for 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'. Remo D'Souza won best choreography award for the song 'Badtameez Dil' & 'Balam Pichkari' from the same film. The film also won an award in the best dialogue category.

'The Lunchbox' won three awards including best actor in a supporting role went to Nawazuddin Siddiqui, the star verdict award was given to Irfaan Khan and The Yash Chopra award for the most promising debut director went to Ritesh Batra.

Sushant Singh Rajput walked away with the award for most promising debut (Male) for the 'Kai Po Che', Vaani Kapoor took home the award for most promising debut (Female) for 'Shuddh Desi Romance'. 'Dhoom 3' and 'Krrish 3' got Best Special Effects awards.

Actors Varun Sharma of 'Fukrey' fame and Arshad Warsi (Jolly LLB) shared the award for best performance in a comic role.

To commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of late filmmaker Khwaja Ahmed Abbas, the Film & Television Producers Guild introduced the K A Abbas Honour for Cinema with Social Sensitivity.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan gave away the award naming the film 'Shahid' as its first ever recipient.

The Film & Television Producers Guild of India introduced the Guild Hall of Fame announcing 2013's nine major film titles from the year gone by to be included into this exclusive club.

The announcement made by Ramesh Sippy and host Salman Khan saw 'Race 2', 'Aashiqui 2', 'Krrish 3', 'Chennai Express', 'Dhoom 3', 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag', 'Grand Masti', 'Goliyon Ka Rasleela: Ramleela' and 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' being inducted into the Guild Hall of Fame.

The evening was coupled with enthralling performances by the superstars, including Kareena Kapoor Khan, Prabhu Deva who was joined by young starlet, Sonakshi Sinha, Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor and Jacqueline Fernandez.

On TV front, the best reality TV Show award went to Endemol India for 'Bigg Boss 7', best mythological series was Mahabharat (Star Plus). Rajat Tokas got best actor award for the show 'Jodha Akbar', while Drashti Dhammi and Ankita Lokhande shared best actress award for 'Madhubala' and 'Pavitra Rishta' respectively.

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June 15,2020

Mumbai, Jun 15: Maharashtra police's cyber department has asked people to refrain from circulating online pictures of the body of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who was found hanging in his apartment in Mumbai's Bandra area.

Terming it as a "disturbing trend", it warned that circulation of such pictures could attract legal action.

Rajput, 34, was found hanging in his apartment on Sunday, sending shockwaves rippling through the Hindi film industry and elsewhere.

Later, some people circulated pictures of the actor's body on social media platforms, following which the state police's cyber department said it was in "bad taste".

A disturbing trend has been observed on Social Media platforms by Maharashtra Cyber that pictures of deceased actor Sushant Singh Rajput are being circulated, which are disturbing and in bad taste," it tweeted late Sunday night.

"It is emphasised that circulation of such pictures is against legal guidelines and court directions, and are liable to invite legal action," it added.

Urging netizens to refrain from posting such photos, the cyber department said the pictures already circulated should be deleted henceforth.

"In the digital age, every piece of information we read or watch needs to be cross-checked, verified and we all have to be careful before believing or forwarding them," it said.

After the actor's death, police said no note was found at the spot.

Police sources also said they did not find any foul play in their initial investigation.

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August 2,2020

Mumbai, Aug 2: None of the sim cards that actor Sushant Singh Rajput was using was registered under his name, said the team of Bihar Police, probing his death case, on Sunday.

The team also informed that one of the sim cards that the late actor was using was registered the name of his friend Siddharth Pithani.

"We are now tracking the call detail records (CDRs)," the police said.

The team also said that they will interrogate the family of Sushant Singh Rajput's former manager Disha Salian, who died few days before Sushant's death.

"Even after constant attempts to connect with them on phone, we have failed to establish any contact," it said.

Earlier today, while talking to news agency, the Director-General of Police (DGP) of Bihar Gupteshwar Pandey hinted at the non-cooperation of Mumbai police with his team in their investigation.

"We don't have post-mortem report details, CCTV footage or any information that has been collected by Mumbai Police during probe till now. Our Chief Minister has requested the Maharashtra Chief Minister to ask his police force to cooperate with us," the DGP added.

When asked if Bihar Police want CBI probe into the case, he said, "We are more than capable of doing an unbiased investigation. We hope that Mumbai Police will cooperate with us and we'll conclude the investigation."

Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai residence on June 14. Mumbai Police who was investigating the case had earlier informed that they have recorded the statements of 41 people, including filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, film critic Rajeev Masand, director-producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and filmmaker Aditya Chopra so far.

A team of Bihar Police is in Mumbai to probe the actor's death after an FIR was filed by Rajput's father KK Singh against late actor's girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty in Bihar in connection with the death case under several sections including abetment of suicide.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had also registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in Rajput's death case. ED registered the report after an FIR was filed by his father against Chakraborty.

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May 17,2020

Mumbai, May 17: TV actor Manmeet Grewal, who worked on shows like "Aadat Se Majboor" and "Kuldeepak", committed suicide after struggling with dwindling finances amid lockdown, family friend-producer Manjit Singh Rajput said.

Grewal, who was originally from Punjab, hanged himself on Friday night at his Kharghar residence here where he lived with his wife. He was 32.

Rajput, who had known Grewal for nearly seven years, said the actor was facing "financial crisis" and wasn't able to earn due to the lockdown. 

"He was going through a major financial issue and he was also in depression. The added pressure of not being able to repay loans amid this (no work phase) got to him. His wife is completely shocked and devastated," Rajput told PTI.

The producer said last rites of the actor were performed on Saturday. 

Grewal was working on projects like a webseries and some commercials, which were put on hold due to the nationwide lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

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