Big B honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Bollywood Shanshaah Amitabh Bachchan is having is gala time, he has received Filmfare best Actor Award for his performance in Paa and he honored with the Lifetime Achievement at the sixth edition of Muscat International Film Festival.

Big names from around the world like Mohanlal, Resul Pookutty, Antonino Sucameli, Franko Nero and Masdah Azahbah will be attending the festival. Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi will be the president of the jury of the international section of films in competition.

Total 72 films from 20 countries will be screened at the film festival organized by the Ministry of heritage and Culture in the corporation with the Oman Film Society (OFS) and International Film fraternity of Oman (IFFO).

Priyanka and Katrina fight for Youth Icon Award

The bollywood leading and hot actresses Priyanka Choupra and Katrina Kaif are set to fight for the Youth Icon Award. Both Priyanka and Katrina have been nominated for the Videocon Youth Icon Award in the entertainment division. The actor-director Farhan Akhtar and oustanding actor Hrithik Roshan have also been nominated for the same.




Rahul bose, the founder of the NGO ( The organization which takes care of the affairs related to education and child abuse), has been nominated for his contribution to the social welfare. The awards will be bestowed to people for their exceptional contribution to the society and for various categories like sports, technology, media, politics, arts, private entreprenureship, entertainment and social welfare.

The nominations have been decided on the basis of various experts' judgements. The experts list include journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, filmmaker Shyam Benegal, tennis ace Leander Paes, renowned cardiologist Naresh Trehan, actor and social activist Shabana Azmi, singer Usha Uthup and Venugopal Dhoot, chairman of Videocon Industries Limited. Award winners will be chosen through online voting and awards will be distributed on 25th september.

Filmfare Awards (Best Actress Category) - Rare Facts

Actress with Most Awards Nutan, with five wins, has more Best Actress wins than any other actress.Nutan is also the oldest winner of the Filmfare Award.She won it for films like Seema, Sujata, Bandini,Milan and Mein Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki.



However, the oldest nominee is Sharmila Tagore. The youngest nominee and winner of the award is Dimple Kapadia who was nominated when she was as young as 16 years.



Actress with Most Nominations Madhuri Dixit has 13 nominations to her credit.She has won the award four times alongwith Meena Kumari and Kajol.

Actress with Most Nominations without ever winning Tabu, Manisha Koirala with some 5 nominations.

Actress with Most Nominations in the same year Shabana Azmi has 4 to her credit.

Seven actresses have won the award twice; in chronological order, they are Waheeda Rehman, Dimple Kapadia, Rekha, Sridevi, Karisma Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, and Rani Mukerji.

Four actresses have won the award in consecutive years; in chronological order, they are Meena Kumari (1954-55), Jaya Bhaduri (1974-75), Shabana Azmi (1984-85), Rani Mukerji (2005-06).

There has been only one tie in the history of this category. This occurred in 1974 when Jaya Bhaduri and Dimple Kapadia were both given the award.



Only once have siblings been nominated for the Best Actress Award during the same year: Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in 2002.

In 1962, Meena Kumari was the only nominee, nominated three times, for Aarti, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, and Main Chup Rahungi.