Vidya Balan and Ranbir Kapoor have once again picked the best actor trophies at the annual Filmfare awards ceremony, for ‘The Dirty Picture’ and ‘Roscstar’, respectively. “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara” bagged the best film honor.

The Awards function was held on January 29th and was hosted by Shahrukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor.

It was definitely a night to remember for Ranbir, as the actor walked away with two awards. Zoya Akhtar also grabbed two awards for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.

Priyanka Chopra won the best actress (critics’ choice) for “7 Khoon Maaf”.

The evening was studded with scintillating performances from Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Ritesh Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza.

Below is the list of the winners of 57th Idea Filmfare Awards:
Best Film
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Director
Zoya Akhtar for ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’

Best Actor (Male)
Ranbir Kapoor for ‘Rockstar’

Best Actor (Female)
Vidya Balan for ‘The Dirty Picture’

Best Dialogue
Farhan Akthar for ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’

Best Screenplay
Akshat Verrma for ‘Delhi Belly’

Best Story
Sanjay Chauhan for ‘I Am Kalam’

Best Actor (Critics)
Ranbir Kapoor for ‘Rockstar’

Best Film (Critics)
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Actor Female (Critics)
Priyanka Chopra for ‘7 Khoon Maaf’

Best Supporting Actor (Female)
Rani Mukerji for ‘No One Killed Jessica’

Best Supporting Actor (Male)
Farhan Akthar for ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’

Scene of the Year Award
The Dirty Picture

Best Debut (Female)
Parineeti Chopra for ‘Ladies vs Ricky Bahl’

Best Debut (Male)
Vidyut Jamwal for ‘Force’

Best Debut Director
Abhinay Deo for ‘Delhi Belly’

RD Burman Award for upcoming talent in field of music
Krsna for ‘Tanu Weds Manu’

Best playback singer (Female)
Usha Uthap and Rekha Bhardwaj for Darling (7 Khoon Maaf)

Best playback singer (Male)
Mohit Chauhan for “Jo bhi mein” (Rockstar)

Best Lyrics
Irshad Kamil for “Nadaan Parindey” (Rockstar)

Best Music Director
A R Rahman for ‘Rockstar’

Best Background Score
Ranjit Barot for ‘Shaitan’

Lifetime Achievement Award
Aruna Irani

Best Production Design
Shashank Tere for ‘Delhi Belly’

Best Editing
Huzefa Lokhandwala for ‘Delhi Belly’

Best Cinematography
Carlos Catalan for ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’

Best Action
Matthhias Barsch-Action Concepts for ‘Don 2’

Best Background Score
Ranjit Barot for ‘Shaitan’

Best Choreography
Bosco-Caesar for Senorita for ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’

Best Costume
Niharika Khan for ‘The Dirty Picture’

Best Sound Design
Nakul Kamte (Don 2)

Best VFX
Red Chillies VFX (Ra.One)

Special Jury Certificate mention
Partho Gupte for ‘Stanley Ka Dabba’

Looks like 2011 belonged to Vidya Balan and Ranbir Kapoor. After winning the best actor (Male & Female) award at the 18th Colors Screen Awards, both, Vidya and Ranbir went on to grab the Best Actor tittle, once again at the Apsara Awards, on Wednesday night.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara fetched Zoya Akhtar the Best Director trophy as well as the Best Film trophy.

The evening was a grand show, having Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Amisha Patel, Ritesh Deshmukh and Genelia, groove to some of the popular hits.

The award function was hosted by Farah Khan and Karan Johar.

Below is the list of winners of Apsara Awards:

Best Film
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Actor (Male)
Ranbir Kapoor for ‘Rockstar’

Best Actor (Female)
Vidya Balan for ‘The Dirty Picture’

Best Director
Zoya Akhtar for ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’

Best Supporting Actor
Farhan Akhtar for ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’

Best Supporting Actress
Parineeti Chopra for ‘Ladies V/s Ricky Bahl’

Best Debutant (Female)
Parineeti Chopra

Best Debutant (Male)
Rana Daggubati for ‘Dum Maaro Dum’

Best Performance in a comic role
Deepak Dobriyal (Tanu Weds Manu)

Best performance in a negative role
Prakash Raj (Singham)

Hindustan Times Readers Choice Award for best entertainer male
Shahrukh Khan

Hindustan Times Readers Choice Award for best entertainer female
Priyanka Chopra

Best Music
A R Rahman for Rockstar

Best Lyrics
Irshad Kamil for ‘Nadaan Parinday’ in ‘Rockstar’

Best Choreography
Bosco-Caesar for ‘Desi Boyz’

Best Singer Male
Mohit Chauhan for ‘Saada Haq’

Best Singer Female
Shreya Ghosal for ‘Teri Meri’ in ‘Bodyguard’

Best Sound Design and Sound Mixing
Ra. One

Best Editing
No One Killed Jessica

Best Cinematographer
Chirantan Das (Tanu Weds Manu)

Most Promising Director
Abhinay Deo (Delhi Belly)

Best Sreenplay
Reema Katgi and Zoya Akhtar (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)

Best Story
Reema Katgi and Zoya Akhtar (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)

Guild honour for excellence On TV
Amitabh Bachchan (Kaun Banega Crorepati)

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Vidya & Ranbir won the Best actor awards at Colors Screen Awards 2012. Do you think they deserve it? If not? who deserves the same?

After showing her sexy side in ‘The Dirty Picture’, Vidya Balan is now all set to set the screen on fire with her item number.

Now, all the Shielas and the Munnis, the Chamelis and Jalebi Bais are in for a tough for competition as Vidya Balan, is all set to groove to an item song in producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s production ‘Ferrari Ki Sawaari.’

It is heard that the item song will break all records of boldness. The song is still in progress and will be finalized in the next few weeks.

When approached by Chopra for the song, the actress immediately agreed to it.

Vidya Balan on the cover of Hi! Blitz..

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Reports have it that megastar Rajnikanth is keen to work with Bollywood actress Vidya balan, in his next movie. What’s interesting is that, previously too, Vidya was approached by the superstar, but the actress turned down his offer.

Well, the actress was Rajni’s first choice for Rana. Turning down the superstar’s offer came as a shock to many in the industry, though Vidya had her reasons for declining the offer.

As a source is quoted as saying, “Vidya is the flavour of the season. She has proven herself time and again and Soundarya Rajinikanth (the producer) is looking for someone who can do complete justice to the part…”

It is heard that the superstar is a big admirer of Vidya Balan and believes that she has a great potential.

Phew! I literally had goosebumps watching the first tralier of Vidya Balan’s upcoming thriller Kahaani.

Looks like Vidya is all set to bowl us over again with Kahaani. What an amazing actor she is.

Kahaani is an upcoming thriller film directed and co-produced by Sujoy Ghosh. The flick has Parambrata Chatterjee opposite Vidya Balan. Vidya balan plays a helpless pregnant woman in search of her husband and the father of the child which takes her all the way to Kolkata from London.

This will be Vidya’s fourth female-centric film. The best part of the trailer is its ending…

The film is schedualed to hit theaters on March 9.

Vidya Balan paired a faux-wrap tunic with black tights at a recent event.

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Ever since The Dirty Picture happened, Vidya Balan is in great demand. The latest buzz has it that the organizers of an event are ready to shell out Rs 50 to 75 lakh on Vidya, for her one performance.

Now that the season of award functions has begun, Vidya Balan’ name is in almost all the lists of most wanted actresses to perform at these events.

In 2011, Vidya was nowhere in the lists of any events. According to a source, “While Vidya is a very good actress, she was far from being the glamour girl.

She was not perceived as ‘oomphy’ as Kareena, Katrina, Deepika, Priyanka or even Anushka when it comes to performing on stage.”

Adds the source, “Apart from being approached to perform on the ‘Ooh la la’ and ‘Naaka mukka’ tracks, she’s also being offered a handsome fee, averaging to about Rs 50 lakh per event.”

Confirming the news, Mohammed Morani, one of the top event organisers says “A chartbusting song and a super hit film is what is required of a star for the award functions.”

Vidya Balan’s new year started on a very good note. The actress is completely flattered by all the compliments she has received for her film ‘The Dirty Picture’. She was the happiest person when she got a thumbs up from her parents for her awesome performance.

“I am ecstatic with all the compliments that have come my way even though the film’s release was a month ago. What touched my heart most was the acknowledgment coming from my parents,” said Vidya.

“They (parents) said to me that within five minutes of The Dirty Picture, they forgot that the girl on screen was their daughter and instead took home Silk. It was a big relief when my parents said that since right through the film’s making, I was wary of their reactions,” Vidya Balan added.

Though the movie released a month ago, the actress still continues to receive congratulatory messages.