Aamir Khan developed good relations with director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra during the shooting of ‘Rang De Basanti’. Aamir is known to be quite a considerate friend and indeed he showed his generous side recently.

It so happened that the First AD (Assistant Director) of Mehra’s forthcoming film ‘Dilli 6’ starring Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor failed to fly to the U.S. during the shooting stint currently underway in Jaipur. Mehra was in a fix without his first AD and sought close friend Aamir’s help.

Aamir was keen to fly down to Jaipur to assist Mehra, he could not take any time out as he got caught up in the shooting of Ghajini , and his absence would upset the entire schedule of the film. So he did what could be called the second best option- he sent his wife Kiran Rao (who had previously worked as an assistant to Ashutosh Gowariker) to Mehra’s help.

Confirming this, Mehra says, “Aamir wanted to help himself, but then suggested that his wife Kiran Rao would come.”

Talking about Kiran as the AD, Mehra says, “She was a great help on the sets. She is a thorough professional and very sincere at work.”

(Sawf News) - The MAX Stardust Awards 2008 were presented at the Bandra Kurla Sports Complex in Mumbai Saturday, January 26. The event was hosted by Kunal Kohli and Neha Dhupia

The awards, instituted by Stardust magazine in 2003, recognize the emerging talent in India’s film industry - Bollywood.

Amongst the stars that attended were former lovers Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. They were reportedly seated in close proximity to each other and were often seen exchanging glances.

Later, on their way out the two met and had a short but warm conversation which was testimony to Kareena’s recent assertion that they continue to be good friends.

The following Bollywood stars were felicitated at the event.

• Akshay Kumar — Star Of The Year Male (Namastey London/Heyy Babyy)
• Kareena Kapoor — Star Of The Year Female (Jab We Met)
• Farah Khan — Dream Director (Om Shanti Om)
• Jab We Met — Best Film
• Irrfan Khan — Best Actor In A Supporting Role (The Namesake)
• Tisca Chopra — Best Actress In A Supporting Role (Taare Zameen Par)
• Arjun Rampal — Best Actor In A Negative Role (Om Shanti Om)
• Ranbir Kapoor — Superstar Of Tomorrow Male (Saawariya)
• Sonam Kapoor — Superstar Of Tomorrow Female (Saawariya)
• Anil Kapoor — Hottest New Film (Gandhi My Father)
• Vivek Oberoi — Standout Performance (Shootout At Lokhandwala)

Amongst those that performed were Kareena Kapoor, Govinda, Lara Dutta and Neha Dhupia.

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The Nokia 14th star Screen Awards were announced on Thursday at Mumbai amidst much glamour and glittering. ‘Chak De India’ was awarded the best film. SRK won the best actor award for ‘Chak De’ and Kareena Kapoor bagged the best actress award for ‘Jab We Met’. Her award though was collected by sis Karisma as she could not attend the function. AR Rahman won the Best Music Director Award for Mani Ratnam’s Guru.

‘Taare Zameen Par’ proved to be a dream debut for Aamir Khan as the film bagged six main awards including the Best Director (Aamir Khan) which he shared with Shimit Amin for ‘Chak De’ ,Best Child Actor (Darsheel), Best Story (Amol Gupte), Best Lyricist (Prasoon Joshi), Best Supporting Actor (Aamir Khan) and Best Dialogue.

The best female playback singer award went to Shreya Ghosal for “Guru” while Soham won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for the film Life in a Metro.

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