Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai all the way, bags 8 trophies
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Mumbai, Jan 21: Once again, producer-director Rakesh Roshan’s Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai proved it was not only a box-office blockbuster, but also a cinematic genius, having bagged eight trophies at the 7th Annual Screen-Videocon Awards at the Andheri Sports Complex on Saturday, January 20, 2001.

These included awards in such coveted categories as Best Film, Best Director (Rakesh Roshan), Best Actor (Hrithik Roshan), Best Music (Rajesh Roshan), Best Male Playback Singer (Lucky Ali), Best Editing (Sanjay Verma), Best Choreography (Farah Khan) and Most Promising Male Newcomer (Hrithik Roshan).

The darling of Indian parallel cinema, Tabu took home the Best Actress award for her powerful-yet-underplayed performance in Astitva, while Sanjay Dutt was declared the Best Supporting Actor for his turn in Mission Kashmir. Co-host of the evening Sonali Bendre was pleasantly surprised to discover that she’d snagged the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai.

In the Marathi films category, Mrugjal was declared Best Film while Mahesh Kothare was announced the Best Director for Khatarnaak. Amitabh Bachchan was announced the receipient of the Best Television Anchor award for his enigmatic presence on Star Plus’ Kaun Banega Crorepati.

And the winners are...

The following is the list of winners of the 7th Annual Screen Videocon Awards for Excellence in Cinema, Television and Music, held at the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai on Saturday, January 20, 2001...

HINDI FILM AWARDS
Best Film: Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
Best Director: Rakesh Roshan (Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai)
Best Actor: Hrithik Roshan (Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai)
Best Actress: Tabu (Astitva)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Sanjay Dutt (Mission Kashmir)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Sonali Bendre (Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai)
Best Performance in a Comic Role: Paresh Rawal (Hera Pheri)
Best Performance in a Negative Role: Rajpal Yadav (Jungle)
Best Music Director: Rajesh Roshan (Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai)
Best Background Music: Illayaraja (Hey Ram)
Best Male Playback Singer: Lucky Ali (Ek pal ka jeena: Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai)
Best Female Playback Singer: Alka Yagnik (Panchi nadiya: Refugee)
Best Lyrics: Anand Bakshi (Humko hamise churalo: Mohabbatein)
Best Story: Mahesh Manjrekar (Astitva)
Best Screenplay: Neeraj Vora (Hera Pheri)
Best Dialogue: Neeraj Vora (Hera Pheri)
Best Editing: Sanjay Verma (Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai)
Best Sound Recording: Mike Dawson, Jitendra Chaudhary, Shantanu Hudlikar and Manoj Sikka (Mission Kashmir)
Best Cinematography: Binod Pradhan (Mission Kashmir)
Best Art Direction: Nitin Desai (Josh)
Best Choreography: Farah Khan (Ek pal ka jeena: Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai)
Best Action Director: Allan Amin (Mission Kashmir)
Most Promising Male Newcomer: Hrithik Roshan (Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai)
Most Promising Female Newcomer: Shilpa Navalkar (Kairee)
Special Jury Award: Mahesh Manjrekar (Astitva and Nidaan)
Best Publicity Design: Rahul and Himanshu Nanda
Lifetime Achievement Award: Pran
Noorjehan Award for Music: Lata Mangeshkar
Screen Award for Landmark Year, 2000: The Roshan family
Award for 50 Years of contribution to Hindi Cinema: B R Chopra
Award for 50 Years of contribution to Hindi Cinema: Dev Anand

MARATHI FILM AWARDS:
Best Film: Mrugjal
Best Director: Mahesh Kothare (Khatarnaak)
Best Actor: Tushar Dalvi (Mrugjal)
Best Actress: Mrinal Kulkarni (Jodidaar)

TELEVISION AWARDS:
Best Drama Series: Kadam (Breast Cancer)
Best Comedy Series: Office Office
Best Thriller Series: Govind Ganesh
Best General Entertainment TV Show: Kaun Banega Crorepati
Best Male Peformance on Television: Pankaj Kapur (Office Office)
Best Female Performance on Television: Reena Wadhwa (Aatish)
Best Anchor on Television: Amitabh Bachchan (Kaun Banega Crorepati)
NON-FILM MUSIC AWARDS:
Best Non-Film Music Album: Kaash (Magnasound)
Best Pop Album: Tanha Dil (Virgin Records)
Best Male Pop Artiste: Hariharan (Kaash)
Best Female Pop Artiste: Alka Yagnik (Dil Tha Ajnabi)
Nest Music Video: Mann Ke Manjire

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