A Glittering Ceremony For “Power Brands Bollywood Film Journalists’ Awards 2019!” Held
The 2019 Power Brands-Bollywood Film Journalist’s Awards was organized recently by Planman Motion Pictures at Hotel Novotel Mumbai. Padmavat took home 16 roaring lions. Badhai Ho took away 7 roaring lions including “Best Film”. Andhadhun & Tummbad bagged 6 roaring lions each & Sriram Raghavan bagged “Best Director” award for Andhadhun.
The glittering event also saw 2 mega book launches!! The big one was the launch of a young 18 year old author Che Kabir Chaudhuri’s book “Discover The Superhero In You” published by Times Group Books. The book which is about life’s lessons from superhero films & comics, was launched by Miss universe Sushmita Sen who also got the special Power Brand Superhero Award. Launching the book Ms. Sen was in full praise of the book saying such insight & depth is absolutely amazing!! Mr . Chaudhry said that he believed that there was a lot to learn in life from comics & Superhero films & he wanted to prove that.
The other book was launched by Rock Star who has taken YouTube by storm namely Guru Randhawa. This coffee table book, “Bollywood Power Brands” also published by Times Group Books is authored by Rajita Chaudhuri & Dr. Arindam Chaudhuri & is on the most powerful people in Bollywood. They called it their tribute to the movers & shakers of Bollywood.
Sanjay Khan was also there in full force with his family namely Zarine, Suzanne, Farah, Zayed & Simone. So was the lifetime award winner, Manoj Kumar, who spoke with full gusto & said that being in a wheel chair he is hardly a power brand anymore.
Sanjay Khan emphasized on the need for national integration & Malaika Arora also got a special Power Brand Fashion Icon award. From Neena Gupta, Pankaj Tripathi, Shriram Raghavan, Gajaraj Rao, Ronit Roy to Shefali Shah, Neeraj Kavi, Nushrat Bharucha, Farah Khan, Ali Fazal, Amit Trivedi & Amit Sharma all the winners praised the fairness of the awards & thanked the journalists who voted for them. Sushmita Sen, Malaika Arora, Nushrat Bharucha & Manjari Fadnis dazzled the red carpet.
The Power Brands Bollywood Film Journalists Awards are the only awards in the country where more than 20 of the leading film journalists of this country do an open ballot voting for all categories & disclose who they voted for online 2 weeks before the award ceremony.
Where awards are given irrespective of the winners presence as they are declared a fortnight in advance at least. Where the runners up are also awarded with the title of associate winners. There are no nominations & journalists are free to give anyone their vote amongst the films released last year.
Basically it’s the only credible awards in the country and for the same it has garnered huge appreciation, though still only in its 3rd year.
The list of key winners this year are:
Best Feature Film Winner – Badhaai Ho – Junglee Pictures/ Vineet JainAssociate Winner – Andhadhun – Viacom18 Motion Pictures.
Best Director Winner – Andhadhun – Sriram Raghavan Associate Winner – Raazi – Meghna Gulzar
Best Actor Male Winner – Sanju – Ranbir Kapoor Associate Winner – Padmaavat – Ranveer Singh
Best Actor Female Winner – Raazi – Alia Bhatt Associate Winner – Padmaavat – Deepika Padukone Associate Winner – Hichki – Rani Mukerji
Best Supporting Actor Male Winner – Sanju – Vicky Kaushal Associate Winner – Badhaai Ho – Gajraj Rao Associate Winner – Stree – Pankaj Tripathi
Best Supporting Actor Female Winner – Badhaai Ho – Neena Gupta Associate Winner – Badhaai Ho – Surekha Sikri
Best Music Director Winner – Andhadhun – Amit Trivedi Associate Winner – Padmaavat – Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Best Background Score Winner – Tumbbad – Ajay-Atul / Jesper Kyd Associate Winner – Padmaavat – Ankit Balhara – Sanchit Balhara & Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Best Cinematography Winner – Padmaavat – Sudeep Chatterjee Associate Winner – Tumbbad – Pankaj Kumar
Best Story Adapted Winner – Raazi – Bhavani Iyer & Meghna Gulzar Associate Winner – Simmba – Yunus Sajawal, Sajid Samji & Vakkantham Vamsi
Associate Winner – Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran – Saiwyn Quadras, Sanyuktha Chawla Sheikh & Abhishek Sharma
Best Story Original Winner – Badhaai Ho – Shanatanu Srivastava, Akshat Ghildial & Jyoti Kapoor
Associate Winner – Andhadhun – Sriram Raghavan, ArijitBiswas, Pooja LadhaSurti, Yogesh Chandekar & Hemanth Rao
