Rang De, Omkara sweep Screen nominations

On the whole, the nomination list reflects the bountiful year Bollywood has had, both in terms of business and excellence in film-making. The Screen jury picked the best of the lot from over 200 releases in 2006. The awards will be given away on January 6 at MMRDA Grounds, Bandra-Kurla Complex.

UTV Motion Pictures8217; co-production with Mehra, Rang De8230; took the nominations for Best Film, Best Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Best Actor Male Aamir Khan, three of the six nominations for Best Actor In A Supporting Role Atul Kulkarni, Sharman Joshi and Kunal Kapoor, Best Actor In A Supporting Role Female Kirron Kher, two nominations for AR Rahman for Best Music as well as Best Background Music, Best Lyrics Prasoon Joshi for the popular Masti ki pathshaala8230;, Best Screenplay Rensil D8217;Silva and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Best Dialogues Prasoon Joshi and Renzil D8217;Silva, Best Story Kamlesh Pandey and Most Promising Newcomer Male Siddharth. It was also nominated for editing, sound, art direction, cinematography and choreography.

Omkara, produced by Kumar Mangat, was nominated for Best Film, Best Actor Ajay Devgan, Best Actor Female Kareena Kapoor, Best Actor In A Supporting Role Female Konkona Sen Sharma, Best Actor In A Negative Role Saif Ali Khan besides Best Sound, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Choreography.

The film also scores hugely on the music side, with nominations for Best Lyrics Gulzar for Beedi jalayale8230;, Best Playback Singer Male Sukhwinder Singh for Omkara8230; and Best Playback Singer Female Sunidhi Chauhan Beedi jalayale8230;, Shreya Ghoshal O saathi re8230; and Rekha Bhardwaj Namak ishq ka8230;. The list is topped by Vishal Bhardwaj winning nominations for Best Music, Best Background Music, Best Dialogues and Best Direction 8212; a record at the Screen Awards.

Mukesh Bhatt8217;s crime thriller-cum-love story Gangster and Vinod Chopra8217;s Lage Raho Munnabhai follow with 10 and 9 nominations

respectively. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Don and Fanaa have won seven nominations each, followed by Dor and Dhoom 2 with six nominations each and Krrish and Vivah with five nominations each. The other nominees in the Best Film category are Rakesh Roshan8217;s Krrish, Vinod Chopra8217;s Lage Raho Munnabhai and Rajshri Productions8217; Vivah, while the list of Best Director nominees includes Anurag Basu Gangster, Nagesh Kukunoor Dor, Rajkumar Hirani Lage Raho Munnabhai and Sooraj R.Barjatya Vivah.

Hrithik Roshan has won nominations for his performances in Krrish and Dhoom 2, and Sanjay Dutt Lage Raho Munnabhai and Shahid Kapoor Vivah complete the Best Actor Male nominations. Among the women actors, Aishwarya Rai Dhoom 2, Bipasha Basu Corporate, Ayesha Takia Dor, Amrita Rao Vivah and Kajol Fanaa are the other nominees in the Best Actor Female category.

Nominations for the 13th Star-Screen awards

BEST FILM

KRRISH Rakesh Roshan

LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI

Vidhu Vinod Chopra

OMKARA Kumar Mangat

RANG DE BASANTI RDB Ronnie Screwvala, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

VIVAH Kamal Kumar Barjatya, Rajkumar

Barjatya, Ajit Kumar Barjatya

BEST DIRECTOR

ANURAG BASU Gangster

NAGESH KUKUNOOR Dor

RAJKUMAR HIRANI Lage Raho Munnabhai

RAKEYSH OMPRAKASH MEHRA RDB

SOORAJ R. BARJATYA Vivah

VISHAL BHARDWAJ Omkara

BEST ACTOR MALE

AAMIR KHAN Rang De Basanti

AJAY DEVGAN Omkara

HRITHIK ROSHAN Dhoom 2

HRITHIK ROSHAN Krrish

SANJAY DUTT Lage Raho Munnabhai

SHAHID KAPOOR Vivah

BEST ACTOR FEMALE

AISHWARYA RAI Dhoom 2

AMRITA RAO Vivah

AYESHA TAKIA Dor

BIPASHA BASU Corporate

KAJOL Fanaa

KAREENA KAPOOR Omkara

BEST ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE MALE

AMITABH BACHCHAN Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna KANK

ARSHAD WARSI Lage Raho Munnabhai

ATUL KULKARNI Rang De Basanti

KUNAL KAPOOR Rang De Basanti

NANA PATEKAR Taxi No. 9-2-1-1

SHARMAN JOSHI Rang De Basanti

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEMALE

GUL PANAG Dor

KIRRON KHER Rang De Basanti

KONKONA SEN SHARMA Omkara

RATNA PATHAK-SHAH Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota 8211; What If?8230;

SEEMA BISWAS Vivah

BEST NEGATIVE ROLE

AAMIR KHAN Fanaa

ESHA DEOL Ankahee

SAIF ALI KHAN Omkara

SHAH RUKH KHAN Don

SHINEY AHUJA Gangster

BEST ACTOR IN A COMIC ROLE

OM PURI Malamaal Weekly

RANVEER SHOREY Khosla Ka Ghosla

SHREYAS TALPADE Dor

TUSSHAR KAPOOR Golmaal 8211; Fun

Unlimited

UDAY CHOPRA Dhoom 2

BEST BACKGROUND MUSIC

DOR Salim-Suleiman

FANAA Salim-Suleiman

GANGSTER Raju Singh

OMKARA Vishal Bhardwaj

RANG DE BASANTI AR Rahman

BEST MUSIC

AKSAR Himesh Reshammiya

FANAA Jatin-Lalit

JAAN-E-MANN Anu Malik

KABHI ALVIDA 8230; Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

RANG DE BASANTI AR Rahman

OMKARA Vishal Bhardwaj

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER MALE

KK Tu hi meri shab hai8230;8212;Gangster

SHAAN Chand sifarish8230;8212;Fanaa

SONU NIGAM Bawari piya8230;8212;Baabul

SUKHWINDER SINGH Omkara8230;

SHAFQAT AMANAT ALI Mitwaa8230;8212;KANK

ZUBEEN GARG Ya Ali8230;8212;Gangster

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER FEMALE

ALKA YAGNIK Tumhi dekho naa8230;8212;Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna

ANOUSHKA MANCHANDA Golmaal8230;8212; Golmaal- Fun Unlimited

REKHA BHARDWAJ Namak ishq8230;8212;Omkara

SHREYA GHOSHAL O saathi re8230;8212;Omkara

SUNIDHI CHAUHAN Beedi jalayale8230;8212;Omkara

BEST LYRICS

GULZAR Beedi jalayale8230;8212;Omkara

JAVED AKHTAR Mitwaa8230;8212;KANK

PRASOON JOSHI Masti ki paathshala8230;

8212;Rang De Basanti

PRASOON JOSHI Subhanallah8230;8212;Fanaa

MIR ALI HUSAIN Ye hausla8230;8212;Dor

SWANAND KIRKIRE Bande mein

tha dum8230;8212;Lage Raho Munnabhai

BEST STORY

GAFLA Sameer Hanchate

GANGSTER Mahesh Bhatt

KHOSLA KA GHOSLA Jaideep Sahni

LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI Rajkumar Hirani/ Abhijat Joshi

RANG DE BASANTI Kamlesh Pandey

BEST SCREENPLAY

GANGSTER Anurag Basu

LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi

MALAMAAL WEEKLY Priyadarshan

PYAAR KE SIDE/EFFECTS Saket Chaudhary

RANG DE8230; Renzil D8217;Silva, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

BEST DIALOGUE

FANAA Kunal Kohli

LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI Rajkumar Hirani

MALAMAAL WEEKLY Manisha Korde

OMKARA Vishal Bharadwaj

RANG DE BASANTI Prasoon Joshi,

Renzil D8217;Silva

BEST EDITING

GANGSTER Akiv Ali

LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI Rajkumar Hirani

RANG DE BASANTI PS Bharathi

TAXI NO. 9211 Aarif Sheikh

BEST SOUND

DON Andrew Belletty

GANGSTER Adil Ali

KRRISH Jitendra Chaudhary

OMKARA KJ Singh

RANG DE BASANTI Nakul Kamte

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

ANTHONY KAUN HAI ?Hemant Chaturvedi

DON Mohanan

KABHI ALVIDA NAA KEHNA Anil Mehta

OMKARA Tassaduq Hussain

RANG DE BASANTI Binod Pradhan

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

ALAG EFX8212;Prasad

DHOOM 2 Tata Elxsi 8211; Pankaj Khandpur

DON Red Chillies VFX

JAAN-E-MANN Prime Focus Ltd.8212;Merzin Taveria

KRRISH Marc Kolbe, Craig Mumma8212;USA

BEST ART DIRECTION

DON Aradhana Sheth

JAAN-E-MANN Sabu Cyril

KABHI ALVIDA8230; Sharmistha Roy

OMKARA Samir Chanda

RANG DE BASANTI Samir Chanda

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

DHOOM 2 Dhoom8230;8212;Shiamak Davar

DON Main hoon Don8230;Ganesh Hegde

JAAN-E-MANN Humko maloom8230;8212; Farah Khan

OMKARA Beedi8230;8212; Ganesh Acharya

RANG DE BASANTI Masti ki Paathshala8230;8212;Ganesh Acharya

BEST ACTION

DHOOM 2 Allan Amin

DON Sham Kaushal

KRRISH Tony Ching Siu Tung Hong Kong and Sham Kaushal

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER MALE

SIDDHARTH Rang De Basanti

UPEN PATEL 36 China Town

VINOD SHARAWAT Gafla

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER FEMALE

KANGANA RANAUT Gangster, Woh Lamhe8230;

ONJOLIE NAIR Holiday

MOST PROMISING DEBUT DIRECTOR

DIBAKAR BANERJEE Khosla Ka Ghosla

KABIR KHAN Kabul Express

NASEERUDDIN SHAH Yun Hota To Kya Hota

SAKET CHAUDHARY Pyaar Ke Side/Effects

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