The 56th Filmfare Awards are happening slightly earlier this year compared to the usual February date. But there is no doubt that the big films of 2010 will be hoping to bag the ‘black lady’ for their hard work with a competition between the Khans being very evident.

Shahrukh Khan bagged the best actor award at 56th Idea Filmfare Awards for his spellbinding performance in My Name is Khan. Critically acclaimed Udaan movie clean swept this year’s filmfare awards. It bagged seven awards in total.

Salman Khan Dabangg too is not too far away from Udaan in 56th Idea Filmfare awards. My name Is Khan bagged the most prestigious awards though. Kajol bagged best actor (female) award and Karan Johar got best director award.

Lifetime achievement award for this year was bestowed upon Prabodh Chandra Dey better known as Manna Dey in the Hindi Film Industry.

56th Idea Filmfare awards 2011 winners list:

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)
Shah Rukh Khan – My Name Is Khan

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)
Kajol – My Name Is Khan

Best Film
Dabangg

Best Director
Karan Johar – My Name Is Khan

Best Film (Critics)
Udaan

Best Actor Male (Critics)
Rishi Kapoor – Do Dooni Chaar

Best Actor Female (Critics)
Vidya Balan (Ishqiya)

Best Actor In Supporting Role (Male)
Ronit Roy – Udaan

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)
Kareena Kapoor – We Are Family

Best Sensational Debut (Male)
Ranveer Singh – Band Bajaa Baaraat

Best Sensational Debut (Female)
Sonakshi Sinha – Dabangg

Best Debut Director
Maneesh Sharma (Band Baaja Baraat)

Best Playback Singer (Male)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (Ishqiya)

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

Best Story
Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan

Best Music
Sajid – Wajid & Lalit Pandit (Dabangg)

Best Lyrics
Gulzar – Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (Ishqiya)

Best Dialogue
Habib Faisal – Band Baaja Baaraat

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

Best Action
Vijayan Master – Dabangg

Best Screenplay
Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap – Udaan

Best Background Score
Amit Trivedi – Udaan

Best Costumes
Varsha Shilpa – Do Dooni Chaar

Best Editing
Namrata Rao – Love Sex Aur Dhokha

Best Cinematography
Mahendra Shetty – Udaan

Best Sound Design
Pritam Das – Love Sex Aur Dhokha
Kunal Sharma – Udaan

Best Production Design
Mukund Gupta – Do Dooni Chaar

R. D. Burman Music Award
Sneha Khanwalkar – Love Sex Aur Dhokha

Sony Best Scene Of The Year
Golmaal 3

Lifetime Achievement Award
Manna Dey

40 Years Of Greatness Award
Amitabh Bachchan

Gautham Menon’s thriller Nadunisi Naigal (Midnight Dogs) is almost ready. The film has new boy Veera, Gautham’s long-time assistant, and Sameera Reddy in the lead.
The film is said to be a 100-minute psychological thriller, made like a Hollywood whodunit. For the first time, Gautham will not have any songs in his film! The buzz is that he may not even have the mandatory background music in Nadunisi Naigal.

Nadunisi Naigal is reportedly about obsessive love and the violence associated with it. Gautham is planning to have only a limited release of the film, which is said to be a ‘new age film for multiplex audiences’. Nadunisi Naigal will release soon.

Gautham Menon, known for his pure, innovative Tamil titles like Khakka Khakka Pachakili Muthucharam, Vaaranam Aayiram, Vinnayithandi Varuvaaya, chose the title Nadunisi Naigal because, according to the story, the name should also sound different and evoke curiosity among his fans.

One of the highlights of Nadunisi Naigal will be Manoj Paramahama’s cinematography.

Red Alert - The War Within

Red Alert - The War Within

Red Alert - The War Within

RED ALERT – THE WAR WITHIN tells the story of Narsimha [Suniel Shetty], a farm labourer, who desperately needs money to fund the education of his children. He suddenly finds himself in the midst of Naxalites, when he goes to deliver the food in the jungles. From being a mere cook to actually training in weapons to being involved in shootouts and kidnapping, Narsimha finds himself in the thick of life he had never bargained for. A confrontation with the group leaders turns his life upside down; he is now on the run from both law and the militants.

Red alert, the war within

Red Alert – The War Within 2010 photos, Sunil Shetty and Sameera Reddy in Red Alert

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