Hrithik, Priyanka win Star Screen Awards
Hrithik Roshan (pictured left at the awards night) and Priyanka Chopra won the 15th Star Screen Awards 2009 for the best male and female actors at a late evening function in Mumbai on January 14, 2009. Hrithik got the honour for his lead role in “Jodhaa Akbar” while Priyanka won it for her role in Madhur Bhandarkar’s “Fashion”. The period movie “Jodhaa Akbar” directed by Ashutosh Gowariker also won the best film award.
The other big winner of the evening was “Rock On”, with Arjun Rampal and Shahana Goswami winning in the Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Male and Female categories. The film also won Farhan Akhtar the Most Promising Newcomer (Male) award and took several awards in the technical categories too.
While Hrithik won the Best Actor award, his father-in-law Sanjay Khan was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award.The show was hosted by brother-sister Sajid and Farah Khan, while Shreyas Talpade teamed up with Sajid for some hilarious stage acts.
The evening saw scintillating performances by actresses who were big in 2008, including Priyanka, Katrina and Deepika as well as acts by Akshay Kumar and Arjun Rampal.
