Director R. Balki, whose film Paa fetched Amitabh Bachchan the best actor award at the 57th National Film Awards on Wednesday, said the megastar deserved 25 such awards. "This should have been Amit-ji's 25th National Award. Truly proud of Amit-ji and Arundhati (Naag)," Balki, who is presently in London, said in a statement. Paa bagged four awards - best actor for Bachchan; best Hindi language feature film; best make-up artist award for Hollywood's Christien Tinsley and Dominie Till; and best supporting actress for Arundhati Naag, who played the Big B's grandmother in the movie. In the film, Bachchan essayed the ...
- 9/16/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Director R. Balki, whose film 'Paa' fetched Amitabh Bachchan the best actor award at the 57th National Film Awards Wednesday, said the megastar deserved 25 such awards.'This should have been Amit-ji's 25th National Award. Truly proud of Amit-ji and Arundhati (Naag),' Balki, who is presently in London, said in a statement.'Paa' bagged four awards - best actor for Bachchan; best Hindi language feature film; best make-up artist award for Hollywood's Christien Tinsley and Dominie Till; and best supporting actress for Arundhati Naag, who played the Big B's grandmother in the movie.In the film, Bachchan essayed the role of a boy suffering from progeria, a rare condition that causes premature ageing among children. While Abhishek Bachchan played his dad, Vidya Balan was seen as his on-screen mother.Balki had a word of praise for Abhishek and Vidya too.'I think Vidya and Abhishek were equally good.
- 9/15/2010
- Filmicafe
Mumbai, Sep 15 – Director R. Balki, whose film ‘Paa’ fetched Amitabh Bachchan the best actor award at the 57th National Film Awards Wednesday, said the megastar deserved 25 such awards.
‘This should have been Amit-ji’s 25th National Award. Truly proud of Amit-ji and Arundhati (Naag),’ Balki, who is presently in London, said in a statement.
‘Paa’ bagged four awards – best actor for Bachchan; best Hindi language feature film; best make-up artist award for Hollywood’s Christien Tinsley and Dominie Till; and best supporting actress for Arundhati Naag, who played the Big B’s grandmother in the.
‘This should have been Amit-ji’s 25th National Award. Truly proud of Amit-ji and Arundhati (Naag),’ Balki, who is presently in London, said in a statement.
‘Paa’ bagged four awards – best actor for Bachchan; best Hindi language feature film; best make-up artist award for Hollywood’s Christien Tinsley and Dominie Till; and best supporting actress for Arundhati Naag, who played the Big B’s grandmother in the.
- 9/15/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
New Delhi, Sep 15 – Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who was Wednesday declared the Best Actor at the 57th National Film Awards for his performance in ‘Paa’, says the honour is very important for his production house Ab Corp Ltd.
‘I thank the government of India and the National Awards committee for this great honour. ‘Paa’ has bagged four National Awards, including best Hindi film, best supporting actress by Arundhati Naag and best make-up by Mr. Chrisiten Tinsley and Ms. Dominie Till and I congratulate all of them for winning this prestigious award,’ said Amitabh, 67, in a press statement.
Amitabh played.
‘I thank the government of India and the National Awards committee for this great honour. ‘Paa’ has bagged four National Awards, including best Hindi film, best supporting actress by Arundhati Naag and best make-up by Mr. Chrisiten Tinsley and Ms. Dominie Till and I congratulate all of them for winning this prestigious award,’ said Amitabh, 67, in a press statement.
Amitabh played.
- 9/15/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, R. Madhavan, 3 Idiots (top); Amitabh Bachchan, Paa (bottom) Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots, an "inspirational" friendship comedy-drama starring Aamir Khan and one of India’s biggest blockbusters, won 16 Indian Film Academy Awards, including best film, best director, and best screenplay. The 2010 Iifa ceremony was held Saturday in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Veteran Amitabh Bachchan was voted best actor for his performance as a 12-year-old suffering from progeria, a disease that accelerates the aging process, in Paa. For their "aging makeup" job, Christien Tinsley and Dominie Till received the Best [...]...
- 6/6/2010
- by Irene Young
- Alt Film Guide
Aamir Khan''s blockbuster ''3 Idiots'' has swept the technical awards at the 11th Iifa awards, bagging eight trophies. Sujoy Ghosh''s ''Aladin'' starring Amitabh Bachchan, and Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone''s ''Love Aaj Kal'' won 2 awards each.''3 Idiots'' upheld its position above all other films by bagging awards for Best Screenplay, Cinematography, Dialogue, Background Score, Editing, Best Sound Recording, Best Song Recording, Sound Re-recording. The dance moves in Imtiaz Ali''s ''Love Aaj Kal'' won Bosco Caesar the Best Choreography Award, while the Best Costume Designing went to Anahita Shroff and Dolly Ahluwalia for the same movie.Sabu Cyril got the Best Art Direction and Charles Darby (Eyecube Labs) won Best Special Effects (Visual) for ''Aladin''. Sham Kaushal was favoured with the Best Action Award for Vishal Bhardwaj''s ''Kaminey'' and the Best Makeup Award went...
- 6/5/2010
- Filmicafe
The International Indian Film Academy (Iifa) declared today the winners of the technical award categories for Iifa Awards 2010. It was indeed 'Aal izz Well' for 3 Idiots who emerged front runners for the honours, winning 8 of the categories of the technical awards. Sujoy Ghosh's, Aladin and the Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer, Love Aaj Kal also garnered 2 awards each. The awards will be presented to the winners at the 11th Iifa Awards that will be held on 5th June 2010 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 3 Idiots clearly managed to uphold its position with Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani & Vidhu Vinod Chopra taking the award for the Best Screenplay, C.K. Muraleedharan Isc for Best Cinematography, followed by Rajukumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi for Best Dialogue, Sanjay Wandrekar, Atul Raninga & Shantanu Moitra for Best Background Score and Rajkumar Hirani for Best Editing. To add to the feathers in its cap, the...
- 5/10/2010
- Filmicafe
It is learnt that it used to take three to four hours daily for Amitabh Bachchan’s makeup to be done for his film Paa. The prosthetic makeup as we know has been done by Hollywood’s Christien Tinsley (The Passion Of The Christ, Catwoman and other films) and Dominie Till (The Lord Of The Rings trilogy).
Our sources reveal, “On one occasion, when the film was being shot in Delhi, Bachchan had to report for his makeup at 2 o’clock in the morning for a 6 o’clock shift. What’s worth noting is that the superstar landed in Delhi the previous evening and had to attend a dinner party at.
Our sources reveal, “On one occasion, when the film was being shot in Delhi, Bachchan had to report for his makeup at 2 o’clock in the morning for a 6 o’clock shift. What’s worth noting is that the superstar landed in Delhi the previous evening and had to attend a dinner party at.
- 11/12/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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