Oscar Awards 2014: Full list of winners PDF Download

The 86th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the actors, technical achievements, and films of 2013 and took place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The ceremony was scheduled one week later than usual to avoid conflict with the broadcast of the 2014 Winter Olympics. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented awards in 24 categories.

Gravity won seven awards, the most for the ceremony, including Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón. 12 Years a Slave won three awards, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong'o. Dallas Buyers Club also won three awards, becoming the fifth film in history to win both the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto respectively. Other winners included Frozen and The Great Gatsby, with two awards each. Cate Blanchett won the Best Actress award for Blue Jasmine. Other films to win one award were The Great Beauty, Helium, Her, The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, Mr Hublot, and 20 Feet from Stardom. Cuarón and Catherine Martin were the only individuals to win multiple awards, with two trophies each. Here is the complete list of winners:

BEST PICTURE: “12 Years a Slave”

ACTOR: Matthew McConaughey, for “Dallas Buyers Club”

ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, for “Blue Jasmine”

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jared Leto, for “Dallas Buyers Club”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lupita Nyong’o, for “12 Years a Slave”

DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón, for “Gravity”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: John Ridley, for “12 Years a Slave”

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Spike Jonze, for “Her”

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: “20 Feet from Stardom”

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: “The Great Beauty” (Italy)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: “Frozen”

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Emmanuel Lubezki, “Gravity”

COSTUME DESIGN: “The Great Gatsby,” Catherine Martin

FILM EDITING: “Gravity,” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: “Dallas Buyers Club,” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

ORIGINAL SONG: “Let It Go” from “Frozen,” music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

ORIGINAL SCORE: “Gravity,” Steven Price

PRODUCTION DESIGN: “The Great Gatsby,” Catherine Martin (production design) and Beverley Dunn (set decoration)

SOUND EDITING: “Gravity,” Glenn Freemantle

SOUND MIXING: “Gravity,” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro

VISUAL EFFECTS: “Gravity,” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk and Neil Corbould

ANIMATED SHORT FILM: “Mr. Hublot”

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM: “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life”

LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM: “Helium”

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59th Filmfare Awards 2014: Complete List of Winners

 In the 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2014 presented for films from the year 2013, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, the incredibly realistic biopic of sprint champion Milkha Singh, scored three out of the top four awards including best actor, best director and best film. The picture won a total of six prizes. The star-studded awards ceremony was held at YashRaj Studio in Andheri, Mumbai on 24 January 2014 (Friday) evening.

Farhan Akhtar outran other nominees in the race for best actor while Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra gained winning position as best director. Deepika Padukone, who was expected to win best actress given she had two nominations, won for Goliyon Ki Raasleela, Ramleela. Leading the list of nominations were films that pleased the box office in 2013, even if not all of them made it to the Rs 100-crore club. Chennai Express shared space with Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Ramleela and Raanjhanaa. The jury also acknowledged the popularity of Kai Po Che, Aashiqui 2, Lootera, Krrish 3 and the little nugget, The Lunchbox. Here is the complete list of winners!!

Filmfare Awards 2014: List of winners

Best Actor: Farhan Akhtar - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Actress: Deepika Padukone - Goliyon Ki Rasleela RamLeela

Best Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Film: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Debut (Director): Ritesh Batra - The Lunchbox

Best Debut (Male): Dhanush - Raanjhanaa

Best Debut (Female): Vaani Kapoor - Shuddh Desi Romance

Best Film (Critics): Ritesh Batra - The Lunchbox

Best Actor (Critics): Rajkummar Rao - Shahid

Best Actress (Critics): Shilpa Shukla- BA Pass

Sony Trendsetter of the Year Award: Chennai Express

Best Screenplay: Chetan Bhagat, Abhishek Kapoor, Supratik Sen and Pubali Chaudhari (Kai Po Che)

Best Story: Subhash Kapoor - Jolly LLB

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Nawazuddin Siddiqui - The Lunchbox

Best Actress in a Suporting Role: Supriya Pathak - Ram-Leela

Lifetime Achievement Award: Tanuja

Best Music Award: Jeet Ganguly, Mithoon and Ankit Tiwari - Aashiqui

Best Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi - Zinda (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

Best Playback Singer (Male) - Arijit Singh, Tum hi ho (Aashiqui 2)

Best Playback Singer (Female) - Monali Thakur, Sawaar Loon (Lootera)

RD Burman Award: Sidharth Mahadevan

Best Choreogrpahy: Samir and Arsh Tanna - Lahu Muh Lag Gaya (Ram-leela)

Best VFX: Tata Elxis (Dhoom:3)

Best Background Score: Hitesh Sonik - Kai Po Che

Best Action: Thomas Struthers and Guru Bachchan - D Day

Best Cinematography: Kamaljit Negi - Madras Cafe

Best Editing: Aarif Sheikh - D-Day

Best Production Design - Acropolis Design (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

Best Sound Design - Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Nihar Ranjan Samar (Madras Cafe)

Best Costume - Dolly Ahluwalia (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

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Complete list of Golden Globe Awards 2014 Winners: PDF Download

The 71st Golden Globe Awards were announced on Sunday night (January 12th, 2014). 12 Years a Slave, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence and Breaking Bad are among the big winners at the Golden Globes 2014. 12 Years a Slave has won best film (drama) at the Golden Globes, while Cate Blanchett won best actress and Matthew McConaughey won best actor. American Hustle won best film (comedy or musical). Here is the complete list of winners

>> Best motion picture, drama: 12 Years A Slave

>> Best actor in a motion picture, drama: Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club

>> Best actress in a motion picture, drama: Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine

>> Best director for motion picture: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

>> Best motion picture, musical or comedy: American Hustle

>> Best supporting actress in a motion picture: Jennifer Lawrence

>> Best mini-series or TV movie: Behind the Candelabra

>> Best actress in a mini-series or TV movie: Elisabeth Moss

>> Best actor in a TV drama: Bryan Cranston

>> Best TV drama: Breaking Bad

>> Best original score: Alex Ebert, All is Lost

>> Best original song from a motion picture: Ordinary Love, from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

>> Best supporting actor in a TV series, mini-series or TV movie: Jon Voight, Ray Donovan

>> Best supporting actress in a TV series, mini-series or TV movie: Amy Adams, American Hustle

>> Best actress in a TV series, drama: Robin Wright, House of Cards

>> Best supporting actor in a motion picture: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

>> Best screenplay: Spike Jonze, Her

>> Best actor in a TV series, comedy: Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

>> Best foreign language film: The Great Beauty

>> Best actor in a mini-series or TV movie: Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra

>> Best animated feature film: Frozen

>> Best actress in a TV series, Comedy: Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

>> Best TV series, comedy or musical: Brooklyn Nine-Nine

>> Best actor in a motion picture, comedy: Leonardo DiCaprio, Wolf of Wall Street

>> Cecil B DeMille award for outstanding contribution to entertainment: Woody Allen

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‘KBC 7’ to be launched with changes from September 6, 2013

‘KBC 7’ to be launched with changes

There will be four questions in the new feature "Sapta koti sandook" that will let contestants win from Rs1 crore to Rs 3 crore, Rs 5 crore and finally Rs 7 crore.

The 'Fastest finger first' round has been modified. It will now be called 'Best out of three'. And that's not all. Instead of four, there will be five lifelines to help the contestants. The latest addition is "power paplu". It will revive any lifeline which has already been used by the contestant.

Along with modifications in the game, the show's set has also been changed. "It has been shifted from Filmcity in Goregaon to Yash Raj Films studio in Andheri West. The infrastructure is better," Siddhartha Basu, Chairman and Managing Director of Big Synergy Media Ltd., said.

In the sixth season of the show, a jackpot question posed after a participant had won Rs 1 crore, enabled them to win Rs 5 crore. But that is now said to have been raised to Rs 7 crore for the forthcoming edition. As earlier Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan will host of the show. The 70-year-old has so far hosted five seasons of the show, barring the third edition, which saw superstar Shah Rukh Khan in the quizmaster's seat. The show, based on international quiz show "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire", started in 2000.

This year, the show's marketing campaign is centred around the importance of learning. Its tagline reads: "Seekhna bandh toh jeetna bandh (No learning means no winning)".

The show will go on air on Sony Entertainment Television on September 6.

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IIFA Awards 2013: Complete list of winners- Ranbir, Vidya bag best actor awards

IIFA Awards 2013: Complete list of winners- Ranbir, Vidya bag best actor awards  

Vidya Balan took home the Best Actress award at IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) 2013 for her portrayal of a pregnant woman in search of her husband in ‘Kahaani’ while Ranbir Kapoor was named Best Actor for ‘Barfi!’ in Macau on 06 July 2013 (Saturday).

Ranbir, who played a deaf-mute boy in ‘Barfi!’ was not present at the ceremony and the gong was accepted on his behalf by the film’s director Anurag Basu. These trophies are the Ranbir and Vidya’s second best actor awards after they bagged the same honours for ‘Rockstar’ and ‘The Dirty Picture’ respectively.

Basu’s romantic-comedy ‘Barfi!’, which won many awards throughout the year, bagged the best film, director, story and music awards at the 14th edition of the Bollywood extravaganza leaving behind ‘Agneepath’, ‘Vicky Donor’ and ’Gangs of Wasseypur’

Former couple Ranbir and Deepika Padukone won best Jodi award. Deepika, on accepting the award, said, “I love Ranbir and (am) missing him.”

’Vicky Donor’ stars Yami Gautam and Ayushmann Khurrana won the best debut awards in the female and male categories, respectively. “It feels like I am living in a dream. This is going to be my last debut award. In future, if I don’t get any award I will be happy in every situation,” Ayushmann said.

’English Vinglish’ helmer Gauri Shinde bagged the best debut director award.

The glitzy ceremony kicked off with a dance by Bachchan while other celebrities like Sridevi, Prabhudeva, Sushant Singh Rajput, Madhuri Dixit and Deepika Padukone, too, gave scintillating performances.

Here is the complete list of winners:

BEST ACTOR: Ranbir Kapoor for Barfi!

BEST FEMALE ACTOR: Vidya Balan for Kahaani

BEST FILM: Barfi!

BEST DIRECTOR: Anurag Basu (Barfi!)

BEST STORY: Tani and Anurag Basu for Barfi!

BEST SUPPORTING MALE: Anu Kapoor for Vicky Donor

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE - Anushka Sharma for JTHJ

BEST DEBUT FEMALE: Yami Gautam for Vicky Donor

BEST DEBUT MALE: Ayushmaan Khurana

BEST ACTOR IN COMIC ROLE: Abhishek Bachchan for Bol Bachchan

BEST ACTOR IN NEGATIVE ROLE: Rishi Kapoor from Agneepath

STAR JODI OF THE YEAR: Deepika padukone and ranbir kapoor

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR: Gauri Shinde for English Vinglish

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR: Pritam for Barfi!

BEST LYRICS: Amitabh Bhattacharya, mujhme kahin from Agneepath

BEST SINGER MALE: Sonu Nigam for Agneepath

BEST SINGER FEMALE: Shreya Ghoshal for Chikni chameli

SPECIAL AWARDS

IIFA FOREVER: Yash Chopra

INDIAN INTERNATIONAL CINEMA OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT: Anupam Kher

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO INDIAN CINEMA: Javed Akhtar

HUMANITY AWARD: Shabana Azmi

DIGITAL STAR OF THE YEAR: Shah Rukh Khan 

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National Film Awards 2013: Complete List of Winners

National Film Awards 2013: Complete List of Winners

The 60th National Film Awards have been announced for the Feature films and Non feature films categories. Keeping the tradition alive of honouring the deserving talent, the creative ones who enthralled, entertained and made benchmarks in the film making and acting arena in 2012 have been duly rewarded once again.

UTV produced films "Paan Singh Tomar", "Kahani" and "Vicky Donor" bagged the limelight with various awards in the feature film section. A total of 38 films rounded up the Feature film list with films in 14 different languages winning the top slots. Malayalam Film industry has once again emerged as the top gainers from the award. Here is the complete list of winners……

National Film Awards 2013 winners list:

1. Best Feature Film - Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi)

2. Indira Gandhi award for Best Debut Film of a Director - Chittagong (Hindi) and    

   101Chodiyangal (Malayalam)   

3. Best Popular Film - Vicky Donor (Hindi) and Ustaad Hotel (Malayalam)

4. Nargis Dutta Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration – Thanichalla

    Njan (Malayalam)

5. Best Film on Social Issues - Spirit (Malayalam)

6. Best Film on Environment Conservation - Black Forest (Malayalam)

7. Best Children's Film - Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi)

8. Best Animation Film - Delhi Safari (Hindi)

9. Best Direction - Shivaji Lotan Patil (Dhag)

10. Best actor - Irfaan Khan (Paan Singh Tomar) and Vikram Gokhale (Anumati)

11. Best Actress - Usha Jadhav (Dhag)

12. Best Supporting Actor - Annu Kapoor (Vicky Donor)

13. Best Supporting Actress - Dolly Alhuwalia (Vicki Donor) and Kalpana Thanichalla Njan)

14. Best Child Artist - Virendra Pratap (Dekh Indian Circus) and Minon (101 Chodiyangal)

15. Best Male Playback Singer - Shankar Mahadevan (Chittagong)

16. Best Female Playback Singer - AartiAnklekar Tikekar (Samhita)

17. Best Cinematography - Cameraman: SudheerPalsane Laboratory: Prasad Film Laboratory, Chennai (KO:YAD)

18. Best Screenplay- i)  Screenplay Writer (Original) : Sujoy Ghosh (Kahaani)

                       ii)  Screenplay Writer (Adapted) : BhaveshMandalia and UmeshShukla (OMG Oh My God!)

iii)  Dialogues : Anjali Menon (Ustaad Hotel)

19. Best Audiography

i)   Location Sound Recordist - RadhakrishnanS (AnnayumRasoolum)

ii)  Sound Designer - AnirbanSengupta & DipankarChaki (Shabdo)

ii)  Re-recordist of the final mixed track - Alok De, Sinoy Joseph and Shreejesh Nair (Gangs of Wasseypur)

20. Best Editing - Namrata Rao (Kahaani)

21. Best production Design - Boontawee 'Thor' Taweepasas and Lalgudi N. IIlyaraja (Vishwaroopam)

22. Best Costume Designer - Poornima Ramaswamy (Paradesi)

23. Best Make-Up Artist - Raja (Vazakkuenn 18/9)

24. Best Music Direction - Shailender Barve (Songs) and BijiBal (Back ground Score)

25. Best Lyrics - Prasoon Joshi (Chittagong)

26. Special Jury Awards - Rituparno Ghosh (Chitragandha) and Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Kahaani, Gangs of Wasseypur, Dekh Indian Circus, Tallash)

27. Best Special Effects - Mukta VFX 9 (Eega)

28. Best Choreography - Pdt Birju Maharaj (Viswaroopam)

29. Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Specified in Schedule VIII of the Constitution-

Baandhon(Assamese), Shabdo (Bengaki), The Good Road (Gujarati), Filmistan (Hindi), Bharath Stores (Kannada), Celluloid (Malayalam), Leipaklei (Manipuri), Investment (Manipuri), Nabar (Punjabi), Eega (Telegu), Harud (Urdu)

30. Best Feature Film in Language other than specified in VIII Constitution - Lessons in Forgetting (English), Ko:YAD (Mising)

31 Special Mention

a) Ozhimuri(Malayalam) - Lal

b) Bharat Stores (Kannada) - H.G.Dattatreya

c) Baandhon (Assamese) - BishnuKharghoria

d) Ishaqzade (Hindi) - Parineeti Chopra

e) Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi) – TannishthaChatterjee

f) Dhag (Marathi) – HansrajJagtap

g) Ustad Hotel (Malayalam) - Thilakan

Best Writing on Cinema

Best Book on Cinema - Silent Cinema in India - A Pictorial Journey, Publisher-Harper Collins Publishers India, Author- BD Garga

Best Film Critic - P S Radhakrishnan

Special Mention - Piyush Roy (For his in-depth knowledge of cinema and easy, informative style.)

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Oscars 2013: Winners List from the Academy Awards

Oscars 2013: Winners List from the Academy Awards

Who came out on top during Hollywood's biggest night?

The Academy Awards, now officially known as The Oscars, are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The Oscar statuette is officially named the Academy Award of Merit and is one of nine types of Academy Awards. Organized and overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS),  the awards are given each year at a formal ceremony. The AMPAS was originally conceived by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio executive Louis B. Mayer as a professional honorary organization to help improve the film industry’s image and help mediate labor disputes. The awards themselves were later initiated by the Academy as awards "of merit for distinctive achievement" in the industry.

The awards were first given in 1929 at a ceremony created for the awards, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood. Over the years that the award has been given, the categories presented have changed; currently Oscars are given in more than a dozen categories, and include films of various types. As one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world, the Academy Awards ceremony is televised live in more than 100 countries annually. It is also the oldest award ceremony in the media; its equivalents, the Grammy Awards (for music), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater), are modeled after the Academy Awards.

The 85th Academy Awards were held on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Here is the complete winners list for the 2013 Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Argo

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables

Best Directing: Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Best Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, Argo

Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Best Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man

Best Original Song: "Skyfall" from Skyfall, music and lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

Best Original Score: Life of Pi

Best Animated Feature: Brave

Best Cinematography: Life of Pi

Best Costume Design: Anna Karenina

Best Documentary Short Subject: Inocente

Best Film Editing: Argo

Best Foreign Language Film: Amour (Austria)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Les Misérables

Best Production Design: Lincoln

Best Short Film (Animated): Paperman

Best Short Film (Live Action): Curfew

Best Sound Editing: Skyfall (TIE), Zero Dark Thirty (TIE)

Best Sound Mixing: Les Misérables

Best Visual Effects: Life of Pi

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