'Black' bags ten Apsara awards

'Black' bags ten Apsara awards
Sunday, January 22, 2006

Mumbai, Jan 22: It was a 'Black' night at the second Apsara Film and Television Awards held here last night, with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's tale of relationship between a teacher and deaf-blind student running away with all the honours, bagging ten awards in all, including best film.

Rani Mukherjee bagged the best actress trophy for her portrayal of a deaf-blind girl in `Black', Amitabh Bachchan won the best actor for his role as Debraj Sahai in the same movie, and Sanjay Leela Bhansali won best director. Black also won four awards in the technical category including Best Cinematographer for Ravi Chandran.

Among the award winners were Abhishek Bachchan who won Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Mani Rathnam's `Yuva' and child actor Ayesha Kapoor who bagged the Best Supporting Actress trophy for her portrayal as the young Rani Mukherjee in `Black.'

The Awards, organized by the Film and Television Producer Guild of India took into consideration films released in 2005 and 2004 and also honoured veterans of the film industry for their contribution over the years.

In the music category, Shaad Ali's `Bunty Aur Babli' was the clear winner, winning as many as four awards including Best Music Director for Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Best Lyricist for Gulzar (Kajra Re), Best Choreography Vaibhavi Merchant (Kajra Re) and Best Singer (Alish Chinai for Kajra Re).

Newcomer Vidya Balan and director Pradeep Sarkar won best debut for `Parineeta'.

Both actor Dev Anand and producer-director B R Chopra were honoured with lifetime achievement awards while media tycoons Pranoy Roy of NDTV and Aroon Poorie of the Today group were also given lifetime awards for outstanding contribution to television. (Agencies)

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