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“I still haven’t been able to digest the fact that I’ve won the Screen Award for Best Actor (Female) in both the Jury and Popular segments. But this year has been great for me. I’m just extremely happy!” — Deepika Padukone

Best Actor Popular Choice (Female) Deepika Padukone (Chennai Express, Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-leela and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani) Success kissed her feet even as a child, having represented her school at the national level badminton championship. For the daughter of Badminton champion Prakash Padukone, Deepika Padukone, forsook sports for the arclights, making the screen her […]

Best  Screenplay Hansal Mehta, Sameer Gautam Singh & Apurva M. Asrani (Shahid) Shahid has turned out to be more than just a comeback vehicle for Hansal Mehta; it’s now reaping him awards, including his first Screen award for Best Screenplay. The film was based on the life of a lawyer and human rights activist, Shahid […]

Best Actor (Female) Tanuja (Pitruroon) Tanuja took home a Screen trophy for the first time for her role of a widow in Pitruroon. The veteran actress even tonsured her head to make her character look authentic in the film for the film directed by Nitish Bharadwaj from Sudha Murthy’s (of Infosys) story. Tanuja is best […]

The perfect host Shah Rukh Khan’s magic laced with his witty one-liners and repartees, had the audience entertained once again, as he played the mega host at the 20th Life OK Screen Awards When Shah Rukh Khan takes centrestage, one can expect the evening to be transformed into moments of fun and laughter. Earlier in 2010 […]

Best Editing Deepa Bhatia (Kai Po Che) While writing about the process of editing for a blog on cinema, Deepa Bhatia, whose film editing career took off with Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa, had said that a good film editor should have the “devotion of a classical musician and “must have the same quiet soulful relationship […]

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) Saurabh Shukla (Jolly LLB) Better know as ‘Kallu Mama’ from the cult film Satya, not many know that Saurabh Shukla also co-wrote the film with director Ram Gopal Varma. He also won a Screen Award for the screenplay of the film along with Anurag Kashyap. A noted personality […]

 Outstanding Contribution to Cinema Ronnie Screwvala  As the head honcho and founder of UTV group (established in 1990), now called Disney UTV, Ronnie Screwvala has been the pioneering force in backing some great celluloid stories. The group provided television content to broadcasters, and in a span of less than two decades, UTV expanded into broadcasting, […]

Best Film Balak Palak & Duniyadari Riteish Deshmukh debuted as an actor with Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003 and has successful films like Masti, Kya Kool Hai Hum, Malamaal Weekly, Heyy Babyy, Dhamaal, Housefull, Double Dhamaal, Housefull 2, Kya Super Kool Hain Hum, the latest blockbuster Grand Masti, and others, to his credit. Besides owning […]

Best  Lyrics Swanand Kirkire, Maanjha (Kai Po Che) When it comes conveying pathos and inspiration, there doesn’t seem to be a better candidate from the newer generation of wordsmiths than Swanand Kirkire. The multifacted lyricist (he is also a writer) has won two National awards for lyrics with songs like Bandhe mein tha dum (Lage […]

Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male/Female) Richa Chadda (Fukrey) Like Shilpa Shukla and Swara Bhaskar, Richa Chadda is a product of theatre. The actress first got noticed as Dolly in Oye Lucky!Lucky Oye! (2008), but her breakout role really came in 2012 with Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur series, where she played Nagma Khatoon, […]

Snap Shots The 20th Annual Life OK Screen Awards witnessed many special moments between co-stars and family members. Our lensmen captured these candid shots of the stars-many delightful, others magical and some hilarious. Here’s looking at Bollywood, uninhibited   Photographers’ delight In a rare show of PDA, Jaya Bachchan leaned over to kiss Amitabh Bachchan […]

Best  Production Design Wasiq Khan (Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela) Taking away the award for Best Production Design for Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-leela, Wasiq Khan’s tryst with the world of cinema began as a backdrop painter with art director Ratnakar Phadke. He later got a job as a production assistant for the Tamil period drama, Iruvar […]

Best  Playback Singer (Male) Arijit Singh,  Tum hi ho (Aashiqui 2) Arijit Singh won his first Screen Award for Best Playback Singer of 2013 for the song Tum hi ho from the film Aashiqui 2. One of contestants of reality show Fame Gurukul in 2005, he became an assistant to music director Pritam and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy […]

Most  Promising Debut Director Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) Making a mark on celluloid with the ubiquitous lunchbox, director-writer Ritesh Batra caught the viewers fancy when he spun a beautiful love story in his maiden directorial venture The Lunchbox. Revolving around the three main protagonists Irrfan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Nimrat Kaur, the film won accolades at […]

The night also captured our esteemed guests in different moods. While some looked relaxed and sat back to enjoy the proceedings on the stage, others indulged in playful banter with friends, while for some, it was a good time to reminisce with old acquaintances   Grin and bear it The most touching sight was that […]

Dressed for Success The  crème de la crème of the Hindi film industry turned up in their glamorous best at the 20th Annual Life OK Screen Awards. Here’s looking at the sartorial stalwarts The red carpet was rolled out for a bevy of beauties and dapper looking men to arrive. And why not? After all, […]

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) Swara Bhaskar (Raanjhanaa) She first got noticed as the heroine, Kangana Ranaut’s best friend Payal in Anand L. Rai’s Tanu Weds Manu, but ever since Swara Bhaskar has earned a reputation of a scene-stealer with every film. This actress, who’s been active in theatre in Delhi, once again […]

Best  Background Score Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy & Tubby (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag) Often referred to as the ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, the trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy are one of the leading musical composers in Bollywood. Before they burst on the film music scene with Mukul Anand’s Dus, the trio dabbled in rock, jazz, pop and jingles for television serials and commercials. […]

  Go, Go, Go Govinda Ranveer Singh entertained everyone with his Govinda act, as he performed on the dancing star’s popular numbers   Paying a tribute to one of the finest dancers of Indian Cinema, Govinda, it was natural for the normally boisterous and energetic Ranveer Singh to feel nervous. Even before his act came […]

Lifetime Achievement Award Amitabh Bachchan Reflecting back on an illustrious career spanning over four decades, winning awards and accolades for his superlative performances, Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with the Screen Lifetime Achievement Award this year. In fact, his early beginnings as a voice narrator in Mrinal Sen’s National Award winning film Bhuvan Shome paved the […]

Rockstar act! When Yo Yo Honey Singh stepped on the stage on the finale night, the roar from the coiffured ladies and suavely dressed men was deafening. But what we observed during the rehearsals with Shah Rukh Khan was a deadly combination of two major entertainers. While, starry-eyed onlookers, tried their best to catch the […]

Life OK Screen Hero Deepika Padukone (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Chennai Express & Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela) If Vidya Balan began to be called the real hero of Bollywood as her films raked in both the moolah and awards between in 2011-2012, similarly 2013 belonged to Deepika Padukone. The actress now has the distinction of […]