Stardust Awards Explained

Stardust Awards
Awarded For:	Best in film
Presenter:	Stardust
Country:	India
Year:	2004
Year2:	2017

The Stardust Awards was an award ceremony for Hindi movies, which was sponsored by Stardust magazine.^{[1] [2]} Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.^{[3] [4] [5]} The first ceremony was held in 2004 for films released in 2003.^{[6] [2]} The last awards ceremony happened in 2016, with several Discontinued, Intermittent and Special Awards.^[7]

Awards

Editor's Choice

• Film of the Year
• Filmmaker of the Year
• Performer of the Year - Male
• Performer of the Year - Female

Main Awards

• Best Film of the Year - Since 2003
• Best Supporting Actor - Since 2003
• Best Supporting Actress - Since 2003
• Best Director - Since 2009
• Best Actor - Since 2009
• Best Actress - Since 2009
• Best Playback – Male- Since 2014
• Best Playback – Female- Since 2014

Discontinued, Intermittent and Special Awards

Film

• • Best Film Best Film – Comedy or Romance
• Best Film – Drama
• Best Film – Thriller or Action
• Hottest Film of The Year

Direction

• Best Director – Comedy or Romance
• Best Director – Thriller or Action
• Best Director – Drama
• Hottest New Director

Acting

• Best Actor in a Comedy or Romance
• Best Actress in a Comedy or Romance
• Best Actor in a Drama
• Best Actress in a Drama
• Best Actor in a Thriller or Action
• Best Actress in a Thriller or Action
• Superstar of Tomorrow – Male
• Superstar of Tomorrow – Female
  • Best Breakthrough Performance – Male Best Breakthrough Performance – Female

Music

• Standout Performance by a Music Director
• Standout Performance by a Lyricist
• New Musical Sensation – Male
• New Musical Sensation – Female

Special awards

• Best Director of the Millennium – Raj Kapoor (posthumously)^[8]
• Best Artists of the Millennium – Amitabh Bachchan and Nargis (posthumously)^[8]
• Pride of Film Industry Award – Rajesh Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Feroz Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Vyjayanthimala^{[9] [10] [11]}
• Best Singer of the Millennium - Mohammed Rafi (posthumously)
• Voice of the Millennium - Lata Mangeshkar
• Exciting New Face –Isha Koppikar(2003), Sameera Reddy(2004), Ayesha Kapur(2006), Shriya Saran (2009), Jacqueline Fernandez (2010)
• Style Icon of The Year - Deepika Padukone (2012), Bipasha Basu (2013), Jacqueline Fernandez (2014), Parineeti Chopra (2015), Shraddha Kapoor (2018)
• Star of the Century - Amitabh Bachchan (2013)

See also

• Bollywood
• Cinema of India

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stardust Awards (2008).
2. Web site: 10 years of Max Stardust Awards.
3. Web site: Stardust Awards 2013: list of winners - NDTV Movies. 27 January 2013.
4. Web site: Stardust Awards 2016: Complete List of Winners - NDTV Movies. 22 December 2015.
5. Web site: Stardust Awards 2017: Complete List of Winners - NDTV Movies. 9 January 2017.
6. Web site: Stardust Awards (2008).
7. Web site: Stardust awards 2014 winners list: Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone walk away with the trophies. Pooja. Nayak. 15 December 2014.
8. https://www.webcitation.org/5knB0CiNY?url=http://www.geocities.com/anisharaja/honda-stardust.html
9. Web site: Vidya Balan, Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra emerge big winners at Stardust . . 2013-01-27 . 2013-01-27.
10. Web site: Lata Mangeshkar slams Filmfare - Rediff.com Movies . Rediff.com . 2011-02-07 . 2011-08-04.
11. Web site: The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation . Tribuneindia.com . 2013-02-23.