Paa & 3 Idiots glitz at Star Screen Awards

16th Annual Star Screen Awards, sponsored by Nokia was held on January 9th 2010 at the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) grounds on Saturday. The star-studded mega event was a delight to watch for all movie-lovers. All bigwigs of Bollywood were present at the ceremony and it was a hard fight among the movies of 2009, as well as the actors. It was a close fight in various categories, but, Paa starring Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan and 3 Idiots starring Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R Madhavan, Sharman Joshi and Boman Irani -- won maximum awards.

The Bachchan family stole the show with their starry presence of Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya and Jaya Bachchan al present to support their home production. Amitabh Bachchan won the best actor award for PAA. The movie also won 4 other awards under the Best Actress category bagged by Vidya Balan, Best Child Actor for Pratik and Best Supporting Actress for Arundhati Nag (who played Amitabh's grandmother in the film).

3 Idiots, a spectacular film that broke all records at the ticketing window this year, won the best film award. The film was recorded as the big hit of 2009 and won over other contenders like ‘Love Aaj Kal’ and Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Kaminey’.3 idiots bagged several wards under various other categories.

There were some obvious and some not-so obvious winners in the Music segment of the awards. Kavita Seth, the voice behind "Ore manva"from wake up sid won the award for the best female singer. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan trounced the competition in the best male playback category for his track "Aaj Din" from Love Aaj Kal. A.R.Rahman won the best music Director award for his mind blowing music in Delhi 6.

“Dev D’, supposed to be a modern retake on Devdas, won some awards too. The most promising new comer award was bagged by Mahi Gill. Firaaq, a movie directed by ace actress turned director Nandita Das, fetched her most promising debutante director award. However, it was quite obvious to conclude after the ceremony that PAA and 3 idiots stole the show and won big time in 16^th Annual Star Screen awards.