Apsara AwardsThe Film & Television Producers Guild of India recently announced the 6th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards to be held in the first week of January 2011.

Film Nomination
Nominations for Apsara Awards 2011(Film) are as follows:

Best Actress

  • Anushka Sharma(BBB)
  • Kajol (MNIK)
  • Kareena Kapoor(G3)
  • Vidya Balan(Ishqiya)
  • Aishwarya (Guzaarish)
  • Best Actor

  • Ajay Devgn (OUATIM)
  • SRK (MNIK)
  • Hrithik Roshan (Guzaarish)
  • Ranbir Kapoor(Rajneeti)
  • Salman (Dabangg)
  • Best Director

  • Prakash Jha(Rajneeti)
  • Milan Luthria(OUATIM)
  • KJO(MNIK)
  • Dibakar (LSD)
  • Sanjay Bhansali (Guzaarish)
  • Best Film

  • Prakash Jha Raajneeti
  • Balaji Motion Pictures Once Upon atIme In Mumbai
  • Yash Raj Films Band Baaja Baraat
  • Arbaaz Khan Productions Dabangg
  • Raman Maroo & Vishal Bharadwaj Ishqiya
  • Dharma Productions My Name is Khan
  • Best Screenplay

  • Rajat Aroraa Once Upon a Time In Mumbai
  • Anjum Rajabali & Prakash Jha Raajneeti
  • Habib Faisal Band Baaja Baraat
  • Vishal Bharadwaj, Abhishek Chaubey & Sabrina Dhawan Ishqiya
  • Abhishek Sharma Tere Bin Laden
  • Kanu Behl & Dibakar Banerjee Love Sex Aur Dhokha
  • Best Story

  • Prakash Jha Raajneeti
  • Shibani Bathija My Name Is Khan
  • Anusha Rizvi Peepli Live
  • Abhishek Chaubey Ishqiya
  • Abhishek Sharma Tere Bin Laden
  • Best Dialogue

  • Rajat Aroraa Once Upon A Time in Mumbai
  • Abhinav Singh Kashyap & Dilip Shukla Dabangg
  • Prakash Jha Raajneeti
  • Habib Faisal Band Baaja Baraat
  • Bhavani Iyer & Vibhu Puri Guzaarish
  • Best Choreography

  • Farah Khan for Munni Badnam Dabangg
  • Farah Khan for Sheila Ki Jawani Tees Maar Khan
  • Viabhavi Merchant for Ainvayi Ainvayi Band Baaja Baraat
  • Raju Khan for Parda Parda Once Upon A Time In Mumbai
  • Ahmed Khan for Anjaana Anjaani Anjaana Anjaani
  • Best Lyrics

  • Faaiz Anwaar for Tere Mast Mast Di Nain Dabangg
  • Irshad Kamil for Pee Loon Once Upon a Time In Mumbai
  • Gulzaar for Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji Ishqiya
  • Niranjan Iyengar for Tere Naina My Name is Khan
  • Sameer for Mora Piya Raajneeti
  • Best Music

  • Vishal Shekhar I hate Luv Stories
  • Sajid Wajid Dabangg
  • Pritam Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
  • Pritam Crook
  • Vishal Bharadwaj Ishqiya
  • Shankar Ehsaan Loy My Name is Khan
  • Best Male Singer

  • Mohit Chauhan for Pee Loon Once Uopn A time in Mumbai
  • Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for Dil to Bachcha Hai Ji Ishqiya
  • Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for Tere Mast mast do nain Dabangg
  • KK for Sajde Kiye Khatta Meetha
  • Aadesh Shrivastava for Mora Piya Raajneeti
  • Shafqat Amaanat Ali Khan for Tere Naina My Name Is Khan
  • Best Female Singer

  • Sunidhi Chauhan for Ainvayi Ainvayi Band Baaja Baraat
  • Sunidhi Chauhan for Sheila Ki Jawani Tees Maar Khan
  • Mamta Sharma for Munni Badnaam Hui Dabangg
  • Richa Sharma for Sajda My Name is Khan
  • Tulsi Kumar for Tum Jo Aaye Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
  • Sona Mohapatra & Shreya Ghoshal for Bahaara I have Luv Stories
  • Best Performance in a Comic Role

  • Paresh Rawal Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
  • Ritesh Deshmukh Housefull
  • Sanjay Mishra Phas Gaye Re Obama
  • Jamnadas Majethia JD Khichdi-The Film
  • Best Performance in Negative Role

  • Emraan Hashmi Once Upon a Time In Mumbai
  • Sonu Sood Dabangg
  • Manoj Bajpayee Raajneeti
  • Ronit Roy Udaan
  • Arjan Bajwa Crook
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role-Male

  • Ajay Devgn Raajneeti
  • Arjun Rampal Raajneeti
  • Emraan Hashmi Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
  • Farouque Shaikh Lahore
  • Raghubir Yadav Peepli Live
  • Naseeruddin Shah Ishqiya
  • Best Performance in a supporting Role-Female

  • Shernaaz Patel Guzaarish
  • Ratna Pathak Golmaal 3
  • Prachi Desai Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
  • Farukh Jaffer Peepli Live
  • Priya Mani Raavan
  • TV Nomination

    Nominations for Apsara Awards 2011 (Television) are as follows:

    Best Non-Fiction Series

  • Bigg Boss (Colors Tv)
  • Dance India Dance Season 2( Zee Tv)
  • Koffee With Karan- season 3( Star plus)
  • Zara Nach Ke Dikha-Season 2 Star plus)
  • Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega(Sony Tv)
  • Best Drama Series – Fiction

  • Pavita Rishta
  • Mann Ki Awaaz Pratigya
  • Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
  • Baat Hamari Pakki Hai( Sony)
  • Dill Mill Gayye(Star One)
  • Uttaran
  • Best Actress in a Drama Series

  • Ankita Lokhande
  • Pooja Gor
  • Disha Vakhani
  • Rashmi Desai
  • Reena Kapoor
  • Best Actor in a Drama Series

  • Sushant Singh Rajput
  • Dilip Joshi
  • Ronit Roy
  • Barun Sobti
  • Kanwaljeet Singh
  • Winners List

    Checkout the winners list below:

    Best Actor in a Leading Role
    Salman Khan – Dabangg

    Best Actress in a Leading Role
    Vidya Balan – Ishqiya
    Anushka Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat

    Best Film
    Arbaaz Khan Productions - Dabangg

    Best Director
    Karan Johar - My Name Is Khan

    Best Debut Male
    Ranveer Singh – Band Baaja Baaraat

    Best Debut Female
    Sonakshi Sinha - Dabangg

    Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male)
    Paresh Rawal – Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?

    Best Actor in Negative Role
    Sonu Sood - Dabangg

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
    Arjun Rampal – Raajneeti

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Female)
    Prachi Desai – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai

    Best Story
    Anusha Rizvi – Peepli [LIVE]

    Best Debutante Director
    Manish Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat

    Best Male Singer
    Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Tere Mast Mast Do Nain (Dabangg)

    Best Female Singer
    Sunidhi Chauhan – Sheila Ki Jawani (Tees Maar Khan)
    Mamta Sharma – Munni Badnaam Hui (Dabangg)

    Best Music
    Sajid Wajid – Dabangg

    Best Lyrics
    Gulzaar - Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji (Ishqiya)

    Best Dialogue
    Abhinav Singh Kashyap & Dilip Shukla – Dabangg

    Best Screenplay
    Rajat Aroraa – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai

    Best Choreography
    Farah Khan – Sheila Ki Jawani – Tees Maar Khan

    Best Editing
    Namrata Rao – Band Baaja Baaraat

    Best Cinematography
    Sudeep Chatterji – Guzaarish
    Santosh Sivan & V.Manikandan – Raavan

    Best Art Director
    T.P.Abid & Sonal Choudhry - Band Baaja Baaraat

    Best Sound Recording
    Pritam Das – Love Sex Aur Dhokha

    Best Costume Design
    Niharika Khan – Band Baaja Baaraat

    Best Special Effects
    Prime Focus - Guzaarish

    Best Re-Recording
    Tapan Nayak – Raavan

    Lifetime Achievement Award
    Dharmendra

    Hindustan Times Reader’s Choice Entertainer Of The Year Award (Male)
    Shahrukh Khan

    Hindustan Times Reader’s Choice Entertainer Of The Year Award (Female)
    Katrina Kaif

    Cinematic Exellence (Director)
    Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Guzaarish

    Cinematic Exellence (Male)
    Hrithik Roshan - Guzaarish

    Cinematic Exellence (Female)
    Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Guzaarish

    Special Honour For Films of 2009 – Best Actor
    Amitabh Bachchan – Paa

    Special Honour For Films of 2009 – Best Actress
    Vidya Balan – Paa

    Special Honour For Films of 2009 – Best Film
    Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 3 Idiots

    Special Honour For Films of 2009 – Best Director
    Raju Hirani – 3 Idiots

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    In conjunction with Viacom18′s Hindi General Entertainment Channel COLORS and Wizcraft International, the producers and conceptualizers of the Awards, Apsara will bring together the top talent from the world of films and television onto a single platform recognising their combined effort and significant impact on the entertainment industry for the year 2010.

    The exclusive awards function will host many of the crème de la crème from the Television and Film Industry, who will come to celebrate, support and pay tribute to the accomplishments of their peers.

    “The goal of Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards is to celebrate the success of the Indian entertainment Industry and to felicitate those who have made a significant contribution in its stupendous growth. By honouring this incredible group who have taken charge in reforming our entertainment landscape, we hope to inspire and empower everyone to continue with the work that has left the whole world mesmerized,” says Mr. Ramesh Sippy, President of the Guild.

    Gaurav Gandhi, Chief Commercial Officer & Head Intl Business Viacom18 Group from COLORS said, “COLORS is delighted to be the Global Broadcast Partner for the Apsara Awards that brings together the entire Indian entertainment fraternity on the same platform. Given COLORS’ strong and deep-rooted association with Indian Television and Bollywood, we are honoured to felicitate excellence in the work being done by the industry stalwarts.”

    Sabbas Joseph, Director, Wizcraft International Entertainment Ltd said, “The Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards will showcase a spectacle that comprises of stunning performances by the biggest stars from Indian cinema. It is a matter of a great pride for us to partner with the Guild in bringing together these coveted awards function. This is the 6th Apsara Awards and we are truly honoured to bring forward the legacy of such an esteemed industry yet again.”

    Established by the Film and Television Producers Guild of India, the awards were initiated to honour exceptional talent and breed new potential within the film and television fraternity. Having garnered great popularity and success since the first awards in 2004, the Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards have acknowledged talent, perseverance, innovation and pure artistry. In the last five years, they have gained enormous momentum, receiving a large response from the Film & Television circles, reflected in the growing volume of entries received, year after year.

    Apsara Awards will be telecast on 23rd January 2011 on COLORS with stellar performances by top actors and actresses from the industry.

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