The Karbonn Mobile 17th Star Screen Awards organized at MMRDA Ground in Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex on January 6, 2011 has made one thing clear that only those films deserve an award that serves a meaningful cinema to the audience rather than big budget and big canvas.

If it wasn’t the case, Udaan couldn’t get the Best Film Award of the year and Vidya Balan begged Best Actress Award for her sensuous role in Ishqiya and Katrina Kaif went away with the Best actress popular choice Award for Rajneeti and Tees Maar Khan.

However, the most interesting award of the evening was the ‘Best Actor Award’ where the two Khan’s had a face-off but Shah Rukh Khan won the Screen Award for Best Actor Popular Choice for My Name Is Khan and Salman Khan too had his share with Screen Award for Best Actor Male for Jury choice for his Robin Hood character in Dabangg.

The most dominating film in the Karbonn Mobile 17th Star Screen Awards was Abhinav Khashyap’s ‘Dabangg’ with 7 Awards, including Screen Awards for Most Promising Newcomer Female Sonakshi Sinha. Dabangg was closely followed by two low budget films Udaan and Ishqiya with 4 awards each.

The List of The awards is given below:

• Screen Award for Best Film: Udaan
• Screen Award for Best Director: Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan)
• Screen Award for Best Actor Popular Choice: Shahrukh Khan (My Name Is Khan)
• Screen Award for Best Actor Male for Jury choice: Salman Khan (Dabangg)
• Screen Award for Best Actor (Female): Vidya Balan (Ishqiya)
• Screen Award for Best Actor Female for popular choice: Katrina Kaif (Rajneeti, Tees Maar Khan)
• Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer Male: Ranveer Singh (Band Baaja Baraat)
• Screen Awards Most Promising Newcomer Female: Sonakshi Sinha (Dabangg)
• Screen Most Promising Director: Maneesh Sharma (Band Baaja Baraat)
• Ramnath Goenka Memorial Award: My Name Is Khan
• Screen Award for Negative Role (Male/Female): Ronit Roy (Udaan)
• Screen Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male/Female): Sanjay Mishra (Phas Gaye Re Obama)
• Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor Male: Arshad Warsi (Ishqiya)
• Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor Female: Shernaz Patel (Guzaarish)
• Screen Award for Best Child Artiste: Ayaan Barodia (Udaan)
• Screen Award for Best Dialogue: Habib Faisal (Band Baaja Baraat)
• Screen Award for Best Screenplay: Anjum Rajabali and Prakash Jha (Rajneeti)
• Screen Award for Best Story: Amit Rai (Road to Sangam)
• Screen Award for Best Performer: Ajay Devgn (Golmaal 3)
• Best Popular Music: Pritam (Once Upon a Time in Mumbai)
• Screen Award for Most Popular Music: Pritam (Once Upon a Time in Mumbai)
• Screen Award for Best New Talent in Music: Mamta Sharma for Munni Badnaam (Dabangg)
• Screen Award for Best Music: Sajid Wajid (Dabangg), Shankar Ehsan Loy (My Name Is Khan)
• Screen Award for Best Lyrics: Gulzar for Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji (Ishqiya)
• Screen Award for Best Playback Singer Male: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji (Ishqiya)
• Screen Award for Best playback singer female: Mamta Sharma for Munni Badnaam (Dabangg)
• Screen Award for Best Choreography: Farah Khan for Munni Badnaam (Dabangg)
• Screen Award for Best Cinematography: Sudeep Chatterji (Guzaarish)
• Screen Awards for Best Action: Master Vijayan (Dabangg)
• Star Screen Special Jury Award for spectacular cutting of age technology: Robot

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