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Please find below entire list of Nominations of Apsara Movie Awards 2009

I Best Editing

1.Meghna Manchanda Sen (Kaminey)
2.Anthony (Ghajini)
3.Dilip Deo (Wanted)
4.Aarti Bajaj (Dev.D)

II Best Sound Recording

1.Resul Pookutty (Blue)
2.Nakul Kamte (Delhi-6)
3.Pradeep Suri (Wanted)
4.Nakul Kamte (Kurbaan)
5.Ali Merchant, Debashish Mishra (New York)

III Best Re-Recording

1.Ajay Kumar (Kurbaan)
2.Anup Deo (Wanted)
3.Hitendra Ghosh (London Dreams)
4.Anuj Mathur (New York)
5.Raja Krishnan (Billu)

IV Best Special Effects

1.Charles Darby (Eyeqube Studios) (Aladin)
2.Prime Focus Ltd., Mervin Tavaria, Rupal Rawal (Blue)
3.Merzin Tavaria (Prime Focus Ltd.) (Ghajini)
4.Prime Focus Ltd. (Tum Mile)
5.Satyam PPO/Prime Focus Ltd. (Wanted)

V Best Cinematography

1.Rajeev Ravi (Dev.D)
2.Hemant Chaturvedi (Kurbaan)
3.Tassaduq Hussain (Kaminey)
4.Sejal Shah (London Dreams)
5.Vikas Sivaraman (Kambakkht Ishq)

VI Best Art Director

1.Muneesh Sappel (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
2.Sabu Cyril (Aladin)
3.Nitish Roy (Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani)
4.Teddy Maurya (Love Aaj Kal)
5.Amrita Mahal Nakai (Wake Up Sid)

VI Best Costume Design

1.Aki Narula (Kurbaan)
2.Arjun Bhasin, Annamika Khanna (Delhi-6)
3.Dolly Ahluwalia Tiwari (Love Aaj Kal)
4.Manish Malhotra (Wake Up Sid)
5.Aki Narula (Kambakkht Ishq)

VII Best Choreography

1.Shiamak Davar (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
2.Rajiv Surti (Wanted)
3.Ahmed Khan (Kaminey)
4.Bosco Caesar (Love Aaj Kal)
5.Vaibhavi Merchant (Luck by Chance)

VIII Best Lyrics

1.Jaideep Sahni –Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
2.Javed Akhtar –Sapnon Se Bhare Naina (Luck By Chance)
3.Irshad Kamil –Twist (Love Aaj Kal)
4.Amitabh Bhattacharya and Shellee –Emotional Atyachar (Dev.D)
5.Gulzar -Dhan Te Nan (Kaminey)

IX Best Music

1.Pritam (Love Aaj Kal)
2.Salim-Sulaiman (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
3.A.R. Rahman (Ghajini)
4.Pritam (Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani)
5.A.R. Rahman (Delhi-6)

X Best Female Singer

1.Shreya Ghoshal – Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
2.Sunidhi Chauhan – Chor Bazari (Love Aaj Kal)
3.Suzanne – Aye Bachoo (Ghajini)
4.Alisha Chinoy – Tera Hone Laga Hoon (Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani)
5.Shreya Ghoshal – Aaj Dil Gustak Hai (Blue)

XI Best Male Singer

1.Javed Ali, Sonu Nigam – Guzarish (Ghajini)
2.Roopkumar Rathod – Tujh Men Rab Dikhta Hai (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
3.Mohit Chauhan – Ye Dooriyan (Love Aaj Kal)
4.Sukhwinder Singh, Vishal Dadlani – Dhan Te Nan (Kaminey)
5.Shankar Mahadevan – Wake Up Sid (Wake Up Sid)

XII Best Screenplay

1.A.R. Murugadoss (Ghajini)
2.Imtiaz Ali (Love Aaj Kal)
3.Sandeep Shrivastava (New York)
4.Supratik Sen, Abhishek Chaubey, Sabrina Dhawan, Vishal Bhardwaj (Kaminey)
5.Zoya Akhtar (Luck By Chance)

XIII Best Dialogue

1.Anurag Kashyap (Dev.D)
2.Imtiaz Ali (Love Aaj Kal)
3.Javed Akhtar (Luck By Chance)
4.Divyanidhi Sharma (Aloo Chaat)
5.Rajkumar Santoshi and R.D. Tailang (Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani)

XIV Best Story

1.Imtiaz Ali (Love Aaj Kal)
2.Zoya Akhtar (Luck By Chance)
3.Ayan Mukerji (Wake Up Sid)
4.P. Shrinivasan (Billu)
5.Divyanidhi Sharma (Aloo Chaat)

XV Best Performance in a Comic Role

1.Ajay Devgn (All The Best)
2.Sanjay Mishra (Aloo Chaat)
3.Vinay Pathak (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
4.Darshan Jariwala (Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani)
5.Ritesh Deshmukh (Do Knot Disturb)

XVI Best Performance in a Negative Role

1.Ajay Devgn (London Dreams)
2.Prakash Raj (Wanted)
3.Mahesh Manjrekar (Wanted)
4.Amole Gupte (Kaminey)
5.Deepak Dobriyal (Gulaal)

XVII Best Actress in a Supporting Role

1.Kirron Kher (Kurbaan)
2.Dimple Kapadia (Luck By Chance)
3.Supriya Pathak (Wake Up Sid)
4.Kalki Koechlin (Dev.D)
5.Smita Jaykar (Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani)

XVIII Best Actor in a Supporting Role

1.Anupam Kher (Wake Up Sid)
2.Rishi Kapoor (Luck By Chance)
3.Irrfan (New York)
4.Vivek Oberoi (Kurbaan)
5.Rishi Kapoor (Love Aaj Kal)

XIX Best Actress in a Leading Role

1.Priyanka Chopra (Kaminey)
2.Deepika Padukone (Love Aaj Kal)
3.Asin Thottumkal (Ghajini)
4.Kareena Kapoor (Kurbaan)
5.Konkona Sen Sharma (Wake Up Sid)

XX Best Actor in a Leading Role

1.Aamir Khan (Ghajini)
2.Ranbir Kapoor (Wake Up Sid)
3.Shahid Kapur (Kaminey)
4.Shah Rukh Khan (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
5.Saif Ali Khan (Love Aaj Kal)

XXI Best Director

1.Vishal Bhardwaj (Kaminey)
2.Anurag Kashyap (Dev.D)
3.Imtiaz Ali (Love Aaj Kal)
4.A.R. Murugadoss (Ghajini)
5.Ayan Mukerji (Wake Up Sid)

XXII Best Film

1.Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd.)
2.Ghajini (Geetha Arts)
3.Kaminey (UTV Motion Pictures)
4.Love Aaj Kal (Illuminati Films and Eros International)
5.Luck By Chance (Excel Entertainment)

Delhi Metro chief Sreedharan withdraws resignation

New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): A day after he put his papers owning moral responsibility for an accident at a construction site that killed six people, Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan has withdrew his resignation.

“E Sreedharan has decided to withdraw his resignation in view of the letter he received from Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit (asking him to continue as the DMRC Managing Director),” Metro Rail spokesperson Anuj Dayal told reporters at New Delhi on Monday.

Dayal said the Metro chief also took into consideration the persuasion of Delhi Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna and Union Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy who asked him to withdraw his resignation letter and continue in the post.

The 77-year-old renowned technocrat quit his post within hours of the accident at the Metro construction site in south Delhi’s Jamrudpur area on Sunday where an under construction bridge collapsed killing six people and injuring 15 others.

On Sunday night, Dikshit had rejected his resignation saying that the Delhi Metro and the country needed his services.

“We respect his sentiments. But we also know that the Delhi Metro and the country need him. Not only he do good work for Delhi but also for the country,” she had said.

Highly placed sources said the government rejected Sreedharan’s resignation as it viewed that his continuation was necessary for successful completion of Metro projects ahead of the Commonwealth Games next year. (ANI)

DMRC chief Sreedharan quits over metro bridge mishap

New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): Taking full responsibility for Sunday’s Metro bridge collapse in Lajpat Nagar in South Delhi, in which 6 people were killed and 13 injured, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s (DMRC) 77-year-old Managing Director, E Sreedharan announced that he was resigning with immediate effect.

“Technically, someone else should take the responsibility but I have decided to quit,” said Sreedharan.arlier, Sreedharan had said that he would take stock of the situation arising out of this morning’s DMRC bridge collapse, and then decide what action was to be taken against the project contractor, Gammon India.

Sreedharan’s comments came soon after he received a report that at least five people had been killed and 20 injured when an under-construction bridge of the Delhi Metro collapsed in Lajpat Nagar in South Delhi.

When reports last came in, at least one person was still trapped under the debris. The incident was reported from near Lady Shri Ram College in Dhamrutpur near Lajpat Nagar. The injured are being treated at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

Delhi police has been recording the statements of the people who were trapped and the witnesses at the site of the mishap, and police sources said that if there is evidence to indicate that despite the fault in existing construction, it was carried forward, then a case of culpable homicide will be registered.

Delhi Metro spokesperson Anuj Dayal said, “it was a structural collapse and we are investigating the matter.”

The under-construction bridge fell on a water pipeline which led to some flooding in the area. An eyewitness said 20-25 labourers were working on the site.

After retiring from the Indian Railways as Member Engineering in 1990, Sreedharan acquired worldwide recognition after supervising the building of the next to impossible Konkan Railway along India’s western coast in a record time of seven years.

Starting out 1990, the project was unique in many respects. It was the first major project in India to be undertaken on a BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) basis; the organisation structure was different from that of a typical Indian Railway set-up; the project had 93 tunnels along a length of 82 km and involved tunneling through soft soil. The total project covered 760 km and had over 150 bridges. That a public sector project could be completed without significant cost and time overruns was considered an achievement by many.

He was made the managing director of Delhi Metro and by mid-2005, all the scheduled sections were completed by their target date or before and within their respective budgets.

Sreedharan was given the sobriquet of Metro Man by the media. In 2005, he was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by the French government.

He had announced that he would retire by the end of 2005, but his tenure was extended by another three years to oversee the completion of the second phase of Delhi Metro.

Recently he was invited by Pakistan to assess development of the Lahore Metro plan.

He was also called by the UAE govt in 2005 to Head the Dubai Metro Project, he however rejected their offer, because of his preoccupation with DMRC. (ANI)

DMRC chief says action will be taken against Gammon India

New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): The Managing Director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), E Sreedharan, on Sunday said he would take stock of the situation arising out of this morning’s DMRC bridge collapse, and then decide what action was to be taken against the project contractor, Gammon India.

Sreedharan’s comments came soon after he received a report that at least five people had been killed and 20 injured when an under-construction bridge of the Delhi Metro collapsed in Lajpat Nagar in South Delhi.

When reports last came in, at least one person was still trapped under the debris. The incident was reported from near Lady Shri Ram College in Dhamrutpur near Lajpat Nagar. The injured are being treated at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

Delhi police has been recording the statements of the people who were trapped and the witnesses at the site of the mishap, and police sources said that if there is evidence to indicate that despite the fault in existing construction, it was carried forward, then a case of culpable homicide will be registered.

Delhi Metro spokesperson Anuj Dayal said, “it was a structural collapse and we are investigating the matter.”

The under-construction bridge fell on a water pipeline which led to some flooding in the area. An eyewitness said 20-25 labourers were working on the site. (ANI)

Elder Health Care, Combe Inc ink strategic alliance

Elder Health Care, Combe Inc ink strategic allianceMUMBAI: Elder Health Care, a part of the Rs 500-crore Elder group of companies, on Wednesday announced a strategic alliance with USA-based Combe Incorporated with the launch of men’s hair-colour brand, ‘Just For Men’. The company also announced that supe rmodel-cum-actor, Milind Soman, would be the brand ambassador for the brand in India.

The men’s hair-colour brand will be available in two functional categories – head hair-colours and moustache beard and side-burn colour gels – across the country. Both the ranges will be available in light brown, dark brown and natural black variants an d its price is Rs 400.

The company initially launched the product in Bangalore and Kolkata. “Hair colour is one of the biggest personal grooming category but most of the products are women-centric. With the launch of ‘Just for Men’ with its “colour in five minutes” and “cover s only grey” technology, it will create a revolution in the male grooming category,” said Mr Anuj Sexena, Managing Director, Elder Health Care. On the alliance with Elder Health Care, Mr Trevor Bell, Managing Director, Combe Asia Pacific, said “we are pl eased to have found a distribution partner like Elder Health Care who are one the leading players in this industry and we believe that with our joint efforts `Just for Men’ has a great future in India

Property rates going south, slowly

REAL ESTATE prices are set to fall the same way they went up over the past few years. Residential property prices have already corrected by over 25 per cent in the last eight months but have failed to enthuse buyers.

This will pull prices down further. Property prices in key Indian cities will decline by another 35 per cent in the next three years, a report by brokerage firm Edelweiss Capital noted.

“Property prices increased sharply over the past six to seven years, rising 3.4 times in normal term (quoted price) and 2.5 times in real term (transaction price) over 2001 prices. We expect a price correction of 48 per cent in normal term and 58 per cent in real term,” the report said.

“Prices have fallen 25-30 per cent and have bottomed out in most places,” said Anuj Puri, chairman, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj. “Over the next 12 months, expect another 10-15 per cent drop.

Munnabhai ‘Dutt’ gets stones during poll campaigning

Lucknow, Mar 29 (ANI): Bollywood actor-cum-Samajwadi Party candidate, Sanjay Dutt on Sunday faced students’ ire after he failed to meet them as videly expected at the college campus here. He is Samajwadi Party’s candidate from Lucknow constituency.

Dutt’s convoy was pelted stones allegedly by university students for not meeting them.

Dutt had come to meet the college staff and students to seek their support for the upcoming general elections.

“When such a huge celebrity comes then obviously a chaos takes place. If a star doesn’t land in such controversy then he is not a star,” said Anuj, a student.

The actor is best known for his lead role in “Lage Raho Munnabhai,” a comedy film about a gangster espousing Gandhian values that was adjudged the best popular film at the National Film Awards for 2006.

Political parties have often fielded Bollywood actors in elections, hoping to cash in on their popular appeal.

The general elections are scheduled to be held between April 16 and May 13, in which 714 million people will cast their votes. (ANI)

Uttar Pradesh: Notification for first phase of five LS election to be issued tomorrow

Lucknow, Mar 22 (ANI): The notification for the first phase of five phase Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh will be issued on Monday.

A total of sixteen parliamentary segments will go for poll in this phase.

The chief Electoral officer of the state Anuj Kumar Bishnoi has reviewed the poll arrangements of several districts in video conferencing.

He has directed strict implementations of model code of conduct and fool-proof security arrangements during the electioneering and on the day of polling.

Candidates may file their nomination papers till March 30.

Constituencies which will go for poll in first phase are Bansgaon, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Deoria, Salempur, Ballia, Ghosi, Azamgarh, Lalganj, Machhlishahr, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Roberstganj and Mirzapur spread in thirteen districts of four divisions of Azamgarh, Vindhyachal, Gorakhpur and Varanasi. (ANI)

Music album of ‘Aloo Chat’ released in Mumbai

Mumbai, Feb 21 (ANI): Mumbai plays host to an event that saw the music launch of forthcoming Bollywood film Aloo-Chat.

The film stars Aftab Shivdasani and debutant actress Aamna Shariff. The music given by different music directors like Rdb (Rhythm Dhol and Bass), Xulfi, Vipin Mishra, Mehfuz Maruf.

“We produced the main title track ‘Aloo Chat’ featuring the video with Nindy Kaur and RDB. We also produced and sang another song which my wife is singing called ‘Boliyan’ which is a wedding oriented song in the film,” said Manj, RDB band member

Mirchi Movies Limited, a subsidiary of Times Infotainment Media Limited (A Times Group Company) and actor Anuj Saxena’s production house Maverick Productions Private Ltd in association with Berlian films are co-producing the film.

Talking about the music of the film Aftab Shivdasani says that the film has five different genres of songs, which was actually required for this movie.

“I think the requirement of the film was assortment of songs. This film has just exactly that. It has a ‘gidda’ number, it has a hip-hop Punjabi number, it has a romantic track, it has a very commercial masala track. So I think it has an assortment of tracks,” Shivdasani added.

Aloo Chat is set to release on March 13. (ANI)

Eighteen U.S. NRIs honored in New Delhi

New Delhi, Jan 28 (ANI/Business Wire India): Dr. Shan Nair, Co-founder of Nair and Co., a leading global integrated solution provider helping companies expand internationally, has won the 2008 ‘Hind Rattan’ also known as the ‘Jewel of India’ award, which is presented by the Non Resident Indian (NRI) Welfare Society of India, a prestigious global non-profit organization.

The award recognizes the economic and philanthropic achievements of the Indian Diaspora. In its 28th year now, the “Hind Rattan” is presented each year to leading expatriates. The five-day awards program began in the Indian capital New Delhi on January 24 with a dinner reception and cultural extravaganza.

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Labor Minister Oscar Fernandes, and Sports And Youth Affairs Minister M.S. Gill joined other government dignitaries, diplomats and industrialists at the award gala on January 25 at New Delhi’s Lalit Intercontinental Hotel.

“We are proud of NRIs like Dr. Shan Nair for making substantial contributions in strengthening India’s economy,” said Deepak Singh, convener of the NRI Welfare Society of India.

The ‘Hind Rattan’ award adds to a growing list of accolades for Dr. Nair who received the ‘Bharat Samman’ award in early January, and the ‘Gullands Excellence Award’ for contribution in science and business, and ‘Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business’ award in 2008.

“It is a great honor to be part of this prestigious group. I congratulate my peers who are all helping bring wealth and prosperity to India,” Dr. Shan Nair said.

With the ‘Hind Rattan’ award, Dr. Nair joins an illustrious list of past awardees that include Hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal (U.S.), former diplomat and UNESCO’s goodwill ambassador Madanjeet Singh (U.S.), Hotelier Nawab Gaur (U.K.), Justice Mota Singh (U.K.), and British Member Of Parliament P.S. Khabra (U.K.).

This year’s “Hind Rattan” awardees from the United States are: Dr. Ahmed D. Faheem, Dr. Anil K. Mandal, Dr. Anup Hazra, Dr. Anuj Bhargava, Dr. Ashok Kumar Sahai, Acharya Sri Khadi Madama, Ajay Khetani, Hasu Patel, Dr. Masood A. Rizvi, Malathi Iyengar, Dr. Madhavi Kasam, Dr. Madhu Singh, Oliver M. Das, Dr. Prasad Srinivasan, Dr. Ramamohan Rao V. Ballem, Satish Maripuri, Dr. Shelia Bhattacharya and Dr. Shan Nair.(ANI)