Aishwarya Rai Bachchan & family at Shammi's 80th birthday bash

Aishwarya Rai Bachcan & family at Shammi's 80th birthday bash - yesteryear actress Shammi turned 80 recently and her birthday bash saw yash chopra,Aishwarya Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and tons of yesteryear filmstars like Pran,Asha Parekh,Prem Chopra to name a few.As usual ony my fav photos are here.

Stardust Awards 2009

I had put up a list of the nominations a few hours ago. Well here are the winners of the Stardust Awards 2009 (after photos). Also here is a selection of photos of celebrities who attended the awards ceremony. As usual I have only put up the ones I thought looked good !!

(There were soooooo many more women photographed than the men ???? WHY ????? That was my only complaint !!)






























AND the Stardust Awards 2009 winners are -

Superstar of Tomorrow - Male
Farhan Akhtar (”Rock On!”)

Superstar of Tomorrow - Female:
Asin (”Ghajini”)

Hottest New Filmmaker:
A.R. Murugadoss (”Ghajini”)

Hottest New Film:
“Ghajini”

Breakthrough Performance - Male:
Prateik Babbar (”Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na”)

Breakthrough Performance - Female:
Manjari Phadnis (”Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na”)

Standout Performance by a music director:
Dhruv Ghanekar (”Drona”)

Standout Performance by a Lyricist:
Kausar Munir (”Falak tak chal”/”Tashan”)

New Musical Sensation - Male:
Benny Dayal (”Pappu can’t dance saala”/”Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na”)

New Musical Sensation - Female:
Anmol Malik (”Talli”/”Ugly Aur Pagli”)

Exciting New Face:
Shriya Saran (”Mission Istanbul”)

The New Menace:
Nikitin Dheer (”Jodhaa Akbar”)

Editor’s choice award for most promising director:
Abhishek Kapoor (”Rock On!”)

Outstanding contribution to Indian cinema:
Dev Anand

Pride of the industry:
Feroz Khan

Special award to Anil Kapoor:
For being the first mainstream Indian actor to take India to Hollywood and winning global recognition

STARDUST SEARCHLIGHT AWARDS WINNERS:

Best Actor
Amitabh Bachchan (”The Last Lear”)

Best Actress
Amrita Rao (”Welcome To Sajjanpur”)

Best Film
“A Wednesday” (Anjum Rizvi)

Best Director
Neeraj Pandey (”A Wednesday)

READER’S CHOICE AWARDS

Star of the year - Male
Hrithik Roshan (”Jodhaa Akbar”)

Star of the year - Female
Priyanka Chopra (”Fashion”)

Dream Director
Ashutosh Gowariker (”Jodhaa Akbar”)

Best Film
“Singh Is Kinng” (Akshay Kumar and Vipul Shah)

Best actor in a supporting role
Tusshar Kapoor (”Golmaal Returns”)

Best Actress in a supporting role
Kangana Ranaut (”Fashion”)

Best Actor in a negative role
Anil Kapoor (”Tashan”)

Style Icon of the year - Male
Saif Ali Khan

Style Icon of the year - Female
Kareena Kapoor

Private World of Celebrity Wives on TV

Famous Celebrity Wives are all set to feature in an upcoming TV Show to be hosted by designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla. To be called “The First Ladies with Abu Sandeep” the show will start on January 3rd, 2009 .“The First Ladies with Abu Sandeep” will be aired on lifestyle channel NDTV Good Times from January 3. It will be telecast every Saturday at 10 p.m. and the first episode would have Nita Ambani as the guest.


From Bollywood celeb wives Jaya Bachchan, Gauri Khan, Suzanne Roshan, Manyatta Dutt, Adhuna Akhtar, Anupama Chopra, Tanya Deol, Kirron Kher to others like Maharani Padmini Devi, Nita Ambani, Neerja Birla and Usha Mittal - many will be seen on the show. They will talk about their private world and the challenges they face in being the wife of a successful man.

The celebrity husbands too will make an appearance on the show, which is being produced by Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment.