Udaan won top honors at Bollywood’s 17th Annual Star Screen Awards wining both best film, and its director Vikramaditya Motwane wining best director at the ceremony held last week in Mumbai.
In the film, Rohan, after being abandoned for eight straight years in boarding school, returns to the small industrial town of Jamshedpur and finds himself closeted with an authoritarian father and a younger half brother who he didn’t even know existed. Forced to work in his father’s steel factory and study engineering against his wishes, he tries to forge his own life out of his given circumstances and pursue his dream of being a writer.
The complete list of winners
Best Actor (Male)
Salman Khan – Dabangg
Best Actor (Female)
Vidya Balan – Ishqiya
Best Film
Udaan
Best Director
Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan
Best Actor Popular Choice (Male)
Shahrukh Khan – My Name Is Khan
Best Actor Popular Choice (Female)
Katrina Kaif – (Raajneeti – Tees Maar Khan)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Arshad Warsi – Ishqiya
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Shernaz Patel – Guzaarish
Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male/Female)
Sanjay Mishra – Phas Gaye Re Obama
Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male/Female)
Ronit Roy – Udaan
Best Performer
Ajay Devgn – Golmaal 3
Best Music
Sajid Wajid – Dabangg
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – My Name Is Khan
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji – Ishqiya
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghoshal – Bahara – I Hate Luv Storys
Best New Talent In Music
Mamta Sharma – Munni Badnaam – Dabangg
Best Lyrics
Gulzar – Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji – Ishqiya
Most Promising Newcomer (Male)
Ranveer Singh – Band Baaja Baaraat
Most Promising Newcomer (Female)
Sonakshi Sinha – Dabangg
Most Promising Debut Director
Maneesh Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat
Best Story
Amit Rai – Road To Sangam
Best Choreography
Farah Khan – Munni Badnaam – Dabangg
Most Popular Music
Pritam – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Best Ensemble Cast
Peepli [Live]
Best Art Direction
Mukund Gupta – Do Dooni Chaar
Best Action
Master Vijayan – Dabangg
Best Dialogue
Habib Faisal – Band Baaja Baraat
Best Screenplay
Anjum Rajabali, Prakash Jha – Raajneeti
Best Child Artiste
Ayaan Barodia – Udaan
Best Editing
Namrata Rao – Band Baaja Baraat
Best Background Score
Wayne Sharp – Raajneeti
Best Special Effects
Srinivas Mohan – Robot
Best Sound
Vikram Joglekar – Road Movie
Best Cinematography
Sudeep Chatterji – Guzaarish
Ramnath Goenka Memorial Awards
My Name Is Khan
Special Jury Awards For Spectacular Cutting Of Age Technology
Robot