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“London is my favourite, favourite place in the world!” Shah Rukh Khan beamed when he collected his Best Actor award for ‘Chak De! India’ at last Saturday’s Zee Cine Awards 2008 in London.

The ‘Bollywood Bafta’ was presented to him by Bollywood’s original diva, Rekha who stunned the sell-out crowd by reciting the rhyme ‘Jack and Jill’ and singing a few lines from the classic Asha Bhosle track, ‘Dil Cheez Kya Hai’ from the film ‘Umrao Jaan’. Khan performed his ‘Om Shanti Om’ number with at least ten other stars on stage. “Why didn’t you call me on stage to dance with you?” Rekha asked Khan. “Oh Rekhaji, we have grown too old for you!” he cheekily replied.

Khan’s win was no surprise: he was nominated twice in the Best Actor’s category for the aforementioned ‘Chak De! India’ and for his blockbuster ‘Om Shanti Om’. Khan also won the first ever ‘Lifestyle Icon’ award, which broke into half when he collected it. The ‘King Khan’ ended by thanking his London fans: “It is the overseas audience who have made me the star I am.”

Shilpa’s best support

“I’m ecstatic; I have been nominated so many times but I never won,” a visibly tearful Shilpa Shetty cried when she collected her award for Best Supporting actress for ‘Life in a Metro’. Looking stunning as usual in a long white dress, Shetty was accompanied by her producer boyfriend Raj Kundra and her mom. Shetty retained her trademark dignity when she encountered not only one but two of her alleged cheating ex-boyfriend’s former girlfriends: Raveena Tandon and Pooja Bhatra. “This city has gifted me so many awards,” Shetty beamed. “I am so lucky to have the best support system in the world: my parents.”

Salman Khan stole the thunder at Producer Pahlaj Nihalani's party late evening on Monday, April 21, which was attended by Bollywood heavy weights such as Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Moushmi Chaterjee, Jackie Shroff, Danny Denzongpa and Paintal.

Dharmendra was the chief guest at the event at Hotel Sahara Star in Mumbai to celebrate Nihalani's 30 years in Bollywood, the launch of his music lablel - Dhol Music - and the release of the music for his forthcoming film Khushboo.

Others present at the event included Nihalani's family, Suniel Shetty, Divya Dutta, Adnan Sami, Bappi Lahiri, Avantika, Rishi Rehan, Salma Agha, Meera, Sameer, Abbas-Mustan, Neelam, J P Dutta, Ravi Kishan, Danny Denzongpa, Hiten Paintal, David Dhawan, Poonam Sinha, Suneel Darshan and Shravan.

The massive show of solidarity for Nihalani proved overwhelming for the organizers. The presence of Salman Khan eclipsed and embarrassed chief guest Dharmendra who, however, took the evening in his stride.

Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar will present the award to the actor in a programme on April 24 on 66th death anniversary of Master Dinanath Mangeshkar, Pratishthan Trustee Hridaynath Mangeshkar told reporters here last night.

"Aamir has been experimenting a lot in the movies he acts in as well as directing and producing. He does not attend any awards functions nor accepts them. When we called him to convey our decision he readily agreed", Mangeshkar said.

The award comprises cash prize of Rs 50,000 and a memento.

The Pratisthan will also honour noted actor Dr Shriram Lagoo for his contribution to cinema and theatre. The other award winners are Malini Rajurkar (classical music), Mohan Tondwalkar (best drama in Marathi theatre Shamburaje), Dr KR Toraskar of Ulhas Pratisthan will get Anandmai Puraskar for his social work and Shankar Abhyankar will get the Vagvilasini award for his contribution to literature, he said.

Mangeshkar said the Trust organises various theatre, music and dance programmes in memory of Dinanath Mangeshkar.

There's a thin line between good and great. What may strike as effective might not necessarily be exceptional.
While some film stars are naturally charismatic and hopelessly fortunate to bag a top rating for every single achievement, others have a knack to blow their trumpet to the best of their abilities.

Does that really make them incomparable? We asked you to vote for Bollywood's most over-rated actors. And the stinging response was reminiscent of Aamir Khan's punchy one-liner in Rangeela: Apun public hai. Kisi ko bhi gira sakta hai [I am the public. I can reject anyone].

So, here they are, rediff.com readers, your selection of top ten over-rated heroes and heroines:

Shah Rukh Khan

He may saucily croon 'I am the best'. An overwhelming majority, however, voted Shah Rukh Khan as Bollywood's topmost over-rated actor.

Even though most agree his work in Swades and Chak De! India was competent, they feel the eloquent star's has made a career out of playing Raj/ Rahul clones in mush after mush. And to add to the injury, won awards too!

Interestingly, SRK made light of this very sentiment in his recent blockbuster, Om Shanti Om. 

Film and Television Producers' Guild of India (FTPGI) honoured veteran Bollywood filmmaker Yash Chopra with its top award for 'outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema'.

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan received the best actor award for his performance in the Yash Raj Films' super hit film 'Chak De! India'.

Kareena Kapoor walked away with the best actress trophy for her comic portrayal of a young Sikh girl in 'Jab We Met' at a glittering presentation ceremony at the MMRDA Ground in the Bandra-Kurla Complex in northwest Mumbai Sunday.

FTPGI hosts its own award ceremony to honour Indian artistes as well as creative and technical personalities from the film industry every year.

The trophies are known as 'Apsara' awards.

While 'Chak De! India' was chosen the best movie of 2007, its director Shimit Amin bagged the trophy for the best director.

A Pakistani television channel, ARY Gold, also honoured actor Hrithik Roshan as the Best Male Style Icon of the year at the ceremony.

The star, however, could not make it to the ceremony. His father, filmmaker Rakesh Roshan, received the trophy on his behalf. Katrina Kaif bagged the Best Female Style Icon ARY Gold trophy.

Akshay Kumar, who churned out the maximum number of hits last year, was adjudged the 'Entertainer of the Year' by the FTPGI jury.

NDTV Imagine honoured Deepika Pudokone and Ranbir Kapoor as the year's best new faces, respectively.

Salman Khan and Govinda received the hit pair NDTV Imagine trophy for their breezy performances in producer Sohail Khan's hit movie last year, 'Partner'.

Salman Khan, Bipasha Basu, Kareena and Riteish Deshmukh performed on the stage and livened up the well-attended awards presentation ceremony put together by Wizcraft.

As is known, close family friend Karan Johar had Shah Rukh Khan's block dates from May 2008 for his next film with SRK and Kajol, 'Khan'/My Name Is Khan'. However that is no longer the case.
As per the latest trade buzz, Karan Johar has generously decided to give the entire three months dates to Aditya Chopra for his next directorial venture, 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'.

While on 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi', the leading lady, a newcomer, is still to be finalised, but the film is all set to commence on May 16 and will release on December 12.

Aamir Khan has won the prestigious 11th Gollapudi Srinivas Memorial award for his directorial debut Taare Zameen Par. Legendary actor Kamal Hassan announced this in a press conference held here on Sunday. The Chennai based Gollapudi Srinivas Memorial award has become one of the most coveted awards in the film industry over the years.

Aamir for his work in Taare Zameen Par was the unanimous choice from 19 nominations by a panel of judges- noted director Singeetham Sreenavasa Rao, former director of Federation of Film Society Kalyanaraman and Gollapudi Maruthi Rao.

Announcing the award winner, Kamal Haasan said, "Aamir is the unanimous choice for this award. As a popular star, why a star, a Superstar in Bollywood, he could have chosen any theme that could have been boosting to his image. But he underplayed himself and proved his passion towards the industry. For your information Aamir worked four years as assistant director before making his own film."

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A new attitude change is being seen in Aamir Khan with his birthday. The great actor is known to shun the media normally. A group of media personnel and fans had gathered at his residence to wish him on his 43 rd birthday on 14 March 2008. Instead of doing the traditional vanishing act Aamir Khan joined the media. He cut a cake with 43 candles.

Most leading TV Channels aired the story. One of them ran an interesting anecdote. At the beginning of his career Aamir Khan used to go around Mumbai sticking posters of his movies. Now every second Bollywood fan has his poster in his bedroom.

2008 is going to see the shadow boxing between the two great Khans, Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan come out in the open. It will be a good contest to watch in the year. Did Aamir Khan give any such clue to the Media on his 43 rd Birthday?

Wednesday announced the appointment of Bollywood star Aamir Khan as the brand ambassador for its new range of mobile phones.

The announcement was made at the launch of Samsung's five new sleek and stylish phones that exemplify cutting-edge technology and design innovation in Mumbai. The actor, lauded by all and sundry for making 'Taare Zameen Par', was present at the function here.

'With Aamir Khan as our brand ambassador, our strong, differentiated product line-up and our enhanced distribution reach, I am confident that we should be in a position to double our market share in India this year,' said H.B. Lee, president and chief executive officer, Samsung's South West Asian headquarters.

So when Aamir was approached by the mobile company, Samsung, to promote their brand, it seemed to be a direct challenge to SRK, who endorses Nokia.

Samsung is aiming to double its market share in India and they have now Aamir endorsing their products.

At the press meet, when a journalist asked Aamir how he perceives competition from SRK, Aamir grinned, "As always, Shah Rukh Khan prefers being number two."

The Taare Zameen Par actor-director denied that he was joining Indian Cricket League or will own any cricket team in the future like SRK, who owns the Kolkata team for Indian Premier League.

"I am not purchasing any team but as a fan, I love to watch cricket," Aamir said.

Kolkata, the city of lakes, saw it's first ever IPL team being officially launched by none other than Bollywood Badshah - Shah Rukh Khan. Coach and captain of Kolkata team, John Buchanan and Sourav Ganguly were also present at this glamorous launch. Juhi Chawla, a very dear friend of SRK and partner in his company, Dreamz Unlimited, also graced the occasion. SRK's Red Chillies Entertainment members and staff managed to be a part of this grand event in spite of Indian Premier League's second auction in Mumbai on the same day.

'Knight Riders', is the exclusive name given to the Kolkata Team which depicts the strength of the warriors (cricketers) all geared up to battle it out on the pitch. Black and gold is used for the entire conceptual design of the team, wherein Black stands for 'Maa Kaali' (Goddess Durga) and gold portrays 'win'. The cricket kit is designed by sports gear giant Reebok. The formal clothing for the players would be carved by a designer who has dressed up all the top Bollywood heroines from Kareena Kapoor to Rani Mukherjee and is responsible behind their sensuous looks on-screen, Manish Malhotra. With such lavish expenditure on the official launch and designer clothes for the team, it screams aloud a Bollywood star cricket team's arrival.

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