Like every year, this year too, the
MAX Stardust Awards 2009 was a dazzling, star-shimmering event held on Sunday, February 15, 2009 in
Mumbai. Eminent and glorious from the Hindi film industry came out in their gorgeous best to grace the event and acknowledge the super talented, new league of actors emerging in
Bollywood.
The award ceremony was spectacular and it reflected in the smiles on the beautiful faces out there.
MAX Stardust Awards have always rewarded in areas that have been either ignored or not brought up for consideration, and that is what is different about them in comparison with some of the other ceremonies.They are second in league after Star Screen Awards that happened in January,
HostsThe hosts of the glittering evening were the lovely
Minnisha Lamba and the humorous
Tusshar Kapoor. Fresh from the success of ‘
Golmaal Returns’,
Tusshar kept the audience enthralled with his inimitable Golmaal style and made audiences to laugh hard.
PerformancesAnil Kapoor’s performanced on stage for the first time in seven years where he danced to the tracks of some of his most popular numbers from ‘
Woh Saat Din’ to ‘
Ram Lakhan’ and many more. He ended the medley with an exhilarating performance on the signature song ‘
Jai Ho’ from the acclaimed ‘
Slumdog Millionaire’ saluting the spirit and success of Bollywood. In fact, in his acceptance speech for a special award bestowed upon him for taking Indian cinema global and completing 30 years in Hindi cinema, he remarked, “This is my Oscar!”
The award ceremony had a medley of extravagant entertainment, which included electrifying, foot-tapping performances from
Minissha Lamba and
Neetu Chandra.
Amisha Patel floored the audience with her ‘
Lazy Lamhe’ act. The ravishing
Priyanka Chopra set the stage on fire with her electrifying dance on a medley of her famous tracks while
Salman Khan brought the grand event to its close with a rocking performance.
Lifetime Achievement AwardsDev Anand and
Feroz Khan were honoured with Lifetime Achievement Awards, and
Devsaab looking a sprightly 86, spoke about how he was still going strong and looking forward to his new movie releasing later this year!
Fardeen Khan accepted the award on his father’s behalf as the ailing senior Khan could not be present.
Celebrity GuestsMAX Stardust Awards is really where the film community comes together to recognize their own without any controversy or ugliness. The who’s who of the industry was present at these awards.
Amitabh and
Jaya Bachchan with
Amar Singh,
Anil Kapoor,
Akshay Kumar and
Twinkle Khanna,
Rekha,
Saif Ali Khan and
Kareena Kapoor,
Ashutosh and
Sunita Gowariker,
Farhan Akhtar,
Boney and
Sridevi Kapoor,
Kangana Ranaut and
Adhyayan Suman, Amrita Rao, Asin, Neha Dhupia, Koena Mitra, Abbas-Mustan, Anu Malik, Genelia D’Souza and many more graced the red carpet.
SetsThe event had extravagant sets coupled with lasers, special effects, lighting and acoustics to create a magnificent audio and visual impact. The sets replicated the ocean and the event truly took the audience on a joy-ride they would enjoy.
TelecastThe
spectacular MAX Stardust Awards will be telecast on MAX on 28 February 2009 at 8 pm.Do not miss the fun.
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