'12th Annual Hero Honda STAR Screen Awards' - the event saw dazzling performances by Akshay Kumar, Rani Mukerji, Bipasha Basu, Shilpa Shetty and Zayed Khan with the leading women from Indian TV. Five laughter champions from the STAR One's comedy show 'The Great Indian Laughter Challenge' hosted the awards ceremony.
Abhishek Bachchan has walked away with the best actor in a comic role for 'Bunty Aur Babli' and Nana Patekar the best actor in a negative role for 'Apaharan' at the. Newcomer Vidya Balan won with the most promising newcomer female award for her role in 'Parineeta' and Shiney Ahuja was adjudged the best promising newcomer male for his role in 'Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'. Veteran action director Veeru Devgan got the unsung hero award. Rani-Abhishek won the Best Jodi No 1.
And ad filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar (51-year-old), who forayed into filmmaking with 'Parineeta', won the best debut director award. Nagesh Kukunoor's 'Iqbal' and Sudhir Mishra's 'Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi' received the first Ramnath Goenka Memorial Award. Shweta Prasad and Naseeruddin Shah took home the Golden Lady for best supporting roles in 'Iqbal'. Shankar Ehsan Loy won best music director for 'Bunty Aur Babli'. Gulzar won the best lyricist award for 'Naam ada' from the 'Yahan'. Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal received the best male and female vocalist for 'Dheere jalna' from 'Paheli' and 'Piya bole' from 'Parineeta' respectively.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Black' swept the maximum number of awards, including for screenplay, cinematography, sound and background score. Rani won Best actress and Amitabh Bachchan won Best Actor for their roles in 'Black'. Child artiste Ayesha Kapoor won for 'Black', 'Shreyas Talpade' for portraying a disabled cricketer in 'Iqbal', actor Sachin Khedekar got the special jury award for 'Bose - The Forgotten Hero' and the film 'Hanuman' won for pioneering work in animation.