The awards begin to roll in for Shah Rukh Khan

November 19, 2007 |16:49 | Gossips | Movies | Parties | Scandals By : Team X

Shah Rukh Khan had two releases this year, Chak De: India and Om Shanti Om and both rocked the box office. It is now time for him to start collecting the awards that must inevitably come his way.He was conferred the V Shantaram Best Actor award for the film Chak De: India yesterday.Instituted in the memory of eponymous filmmaker whose illustrious career spanned six decades the awards are unique because they span the entire spectrum of filmmaking in India, instead of being limited to Bollywood films.Films released in the time period September 2006 to August 2007 were considered for the awards, which means Shah Rukh Khan could win a nomination next year too for the Om Shanti Om which was released November 9."Its great. The credit should go to Shimit, Jaideep and the lovely 16 girls," Shah Rukh told the media.The film Chak De won two additional awards which went to Shimit Amin for Best Director Silver and editing and Yash Raj Films for the Best Film Gold.Malayalam actress Meera Jasmine won the best actress award for the film Ore Kadal."Its great to receive such an award with so many other nominees. It feels very nice," she said.Mani Ratnam's Guru won awards for Best Music, Best Director, and Cinematography.Lage Raho Munnabhai won awards for Best Story and Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Arshad Warsi).Bollywood presence at the awards was restricted to Shah Rukh and Yash Chopra.A surprise attendee was V Shantaram's daughter, Rajshree, a former Bollywood actress (Brahmachari, Geet Gaaya Pattharonne) who gave up her flourishing career in 1968 to settle down in the US.

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