It was a night to forget differences and bond together to celebrate and reward a year of hard work as the who’s who of the film industry – including
Shahrukh Khan , who still has his arm in a sling – gathered together at
Mumbai’s Yashraj Studios. Interestingly,
SRK and
Gauri Khan took seat next to the
Bachchans .
Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor sat with
Rekha .
THE HOSTS:
Hosts
Ranbir Kapoor and
Imran Khan rocked the night with their wit, humour and chutzpah.
Imran mimicked mamu
Aamir Khan by going bare-chest in the
Ghajini style and writing the awards on his chest.
Ranbir spoofed
SRK’s act from
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.
The two young hosts also argued about who among them would be the next superstar.
Ranbir told
Imran: “Bura mat manna, lekin log tera naam sun kar
Aamir Khan ke baare mein sochte hain”. To which
Imran replied: “aur tera naam soch kar
Sonam Kapoor ke baare mein sochte hain”. Even as the two stars argued,
Darsheel Safary (
Taare Zameen Par ) emerged on stage and proclaimed himself as the next superstar.
Segments of the show were also hosted by
Karan Johar ,
Konkona Sen Sharma and
Deepika Padukone .
PERFORMANCES:
The most sterling performance of the evening came from
Farhan Akhtar , who sang rock numbers from his film
Rock On .
Katrina Kaif performed to a medley of her songs while
Neil Nitin Mukesh took the stage with
Bipasha Basu.
Shahid Kapur impressed with his energetic dance performance;
Abhishek Bachchan was cool-as-a-cucumber as he got jiggy with a bunch of babes on the tunes of “
Maa Da Ladla”.
EMOTIONAL MOMENTS:The most emotional moment of the night was when
Arjun Rampal accepted the award for the
Best Supporting actor for his performance in ‘
Rock On’. Overwhelmed by emotion, the actor choked on his words and broke down.
Another charged up moment was when
Shahrukh Khan took the stage and raved about the success of
Slumdog Millionaire and particularly of
A R Rahman and
Resul Pookutty at the
Oscars.
Rahman was present at the function with a few kid stars of ‘
Slumdog’.
The evening itself began on a patriotic note with the playing of the
National Anthem.
