Apsara Awards 2011

Salman Khan elbowed out Shah Rukh Khan in the Chevrolet Apsara Awards 2011 Film & Television Producers Guild Awards. The award went to the biggest hit of the year 2010 Dabangg. Shah Rukh and Salman were received 13 and 10 nominations respectively. Prakash Jha’s Raajneeti and Ajay Devgn’s Once Upon a Time In Mumbai were also nominated in various categories in Apsara Awards 2011.

Karan Johar received the award for the best director for the movie My Name is Khan. Shah Rukh Khan was the hero of the movie. Vidya Balan received award for her performance in Ishqiya. Ishqiya was nominated for the best film and best actress categories as well as best music category. Anushka Sharma got an award for her performance in Band Baaja Baraat.

The awards were shown on Colors Channel.

The star-studded night at Chevrolet Apsara Awards 2011 powered by Micromax Mobile and telecom partner Aircel, brought the biggest stars of the Indian Entertainment industry under one roof. This eventful night saw the kings and queens of the Indian Film Industry along with Television sirens and charmers walk the red carpet in their most glamorous avatar. Spirits were high as the audience cheered on Priyanka Chopra’s sizzling performance on Bollywood’s hit songs, Govinda’s tribute performance on veteran actor Dharmendra and the King Khan’s grand finale performance. Also seen was Katrina Kaif burning up the dance floor for the first time on ‘Sheila Ki Jawaani’ which also won two awards for Best Choreography (Farah Khan) and Best Female Singer (Sunidhi Chauhan).

Vidya Balan for Ishqiya shared the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role with Anushka Sharma who danced on her chartbuster number ‘Ainvayi Ainvayi’ from the movie Band Bajaa Baraat which also bagged 3 awards for Best Costume Design (Niharika Khan), Best Art Director (T.P.Abid & Sonal Choudhry) and Best Editing (Namrata Rao).

Higest scorer Dabangg which swept seven awards for Best Actor (Salman Khan), Best Film (Arbaaz Khan Productions), Best Music (Sajid Wajid), Best Male Singer (Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for Tere Mast mast do nain), Best Female Singer (Mamta Sharma for Munni Badnaam Hui), Best Performance in Negative Role (Sonu Sood).


Small budget movies like Peepli Live won the award for Best Story (Anusha Rizvi), Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? won the award for Best Performance in a Comic Role (Paresh Rawal) and Love Sex Aur Dhokha won the award for Best Sound Recording (Pritam Das).

Best Non Fiction Series in the television category was won by Entertainment ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega and for Best Drama Series Fiction was won by Mann Ki Awaaz Pratigya. Silver screen favourites Dilip Joshi (Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah won the award for Best Actor in Drama Series) and Ankita Lokhande (Pavitra Rishta) won the award for Best Actress in Drama Series. Balika Vadhu won the award for the Best Writer (Purnendu Shekhar, Gajra Kottary & Rajesh Dubey-Balika Vadhu) and Uttaran won the award for Best Ensemble Cast.


After stealing all the limelight at Big Star Entertainment Awards and Star Screen Awards, Salman Khan’s Dabangg once again swept seven awards for excellence in various categories at the recently held star-studded Apsara Awards 2011. The eventful night brought together the stars of Bollywood in their most Glamorous Avatars.
Bollywood Actors and Actresses made the Awards night unforgettable with their power packed performances, with Priyanka Chopra’s sizzling performance on Bollywood’s hit songs, Govinda’s tribute performance on veteran actor Dharmendra and the King Khan’s grand finale performance.
Sexy Katrina Kaif also sets the stage on fire with performance on her item song ‘Sheila Ki Jawaani’. Bollywood celebrities like Dharmendra, Rani Mukerji, Sunny Deol, Karan Johar, Aishwarya Rai, Katrina Kaif, Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Yash Chopra and many more graced the event with their presence.

Dabangg won Awards for the following categories:
Best Actor: Salman Khan
Best Female Singer: Mamta Sharma for Munni Badnam
Best Performance in Negative Role: Sonu Sood
Best Female Debut: Sonakshi Sinha
Best Music: Sajid-Wajid
Best Dialogues: Abhinav Kashyap
Best Male Singer: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
After Dabangg, it was ‘Band Baaja Baraat’ to bag maximum no. of Awards at the event. The movie won six awards. Yash Chopra and Shahrukh Khan handed over the lifetime achievement award to Dharmendra. The list of other Awards at the event:
Best Actress: Vidya Balan for Ishqiya
Best Choreographer: Farah Khan for Sheila Ki Jawaani
Best Female Singer: Sunidhi Chauhan for Sheila Ki Jawaani
Best Costume Design: Niharika Khan for Band Baaja Baraat
Best Art Director: T.P.Abid & Sonal Choudhry for Band Baaja Baraat
Best Editing: Namrata Rao for Band Baaja Baraat
Best debut director: Maneesh Sharma for Band Baaja Baraat
Best male debut: Ranveer Singh for Band Baaja Baraat
Best Story: Anusha Rizvi for Peepli Live
Best Performance in a Comic Role: Paresh Rawal for Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge
Best Sound Recording: Pritam Das for Love Sex Aur Dhokha
Best Cinematography – Sudeep Chatterji (Guzaarish) and Santosh Sivan & V. Manikandan (Raavan)
Best Special Effects – Prime Focus (Guzaarish)
Best Re-recording – Tapan Nayak (Raavan)
Best Lyrics – Gulzar (Ishqiya)
Best Screenplay – Rajat Arora (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Arjun Rampal (Raajneeti)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Prachi Desai (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai)
Best Director – Karan Johar (My Name Is Khan)
Awards in the Television Category:
Best Non Fiction Series: Entertainment ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega
Best Drama Series Fiction: Mann Ki Awaaz Pratigya
Best Actor in Drama Series: Dilip Joshi for Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
Best Actress in Drama Series: Ankita Lokhande for Pavitra Rishta
Best Writer Award: Purnendu Shekhar, Gajra Kottary & Rajesh Dubey-Balika Vadhu for Balika Vadhu
Best Ensemble Cast: Uttaran