Aamir Khan Missed But His Film '3 Idiots' Clinched Six Honors

As the grand day’s veil dropped, everybody’s eyes were ticking on the 55th Filmfare Awards as to who all will emerge as the winner of the prestigious award. Stream of dazzling performances from various participants including the film personalities kept engaging the audience at the Yash Raj Studios on Feb 27.

Some years back, noted Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan took the centre stage as the host of the event to woo the crowds.

This year again the successful duo returned with rather a powerful comical impact that left the audience gripped in laughter and joy.

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But the event was marred by Big B’s absence who voluntarily choose to miss the occassion as a sign of protest against the false news about his dearest daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai’s pregnancy.

In this year’s filmfare event though the Best Actor went for the veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan but most of the crowd’s hearts vied for Aamir Khan who did an outstanding work in ‘3 Idiots’ for which he had received international recognition.

But the best news is that though Aamir could not bag the best actor award but his film ‘3 Idiots’ had the highest trophies in its stride which went in for various categories like Best Film, Rajkumar Hirani as the Best Director, Abhijat Joshi for the Best Story, Boman Irani as the Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay Award and Best Dialogue for Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra.

May be better luck next time for Aamir as he has good many chances to outshine from his competitors.

MNIK is Shah Rukh's top seller in US with record haul

My Name Is Khan has set a new all-time career record for Shah Rukh Khan by becoming the Bollywood star's top-grossing film in North America with total sales of $3,635,000 after 17 days of release.

My Name is Khan grosses record $18 mn worldwide.

The film on Sunday surpassed Khan's old record of $3,597,372 for 2007's Om Shanti Om and continues to play in 119 theaters across the US and Canada in its third week of play.

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On February 22, after only 11 days of release, My Name Is Khan also became the highest-grossing film ever for director Karan Johar beating the $3,275,444 of 2006's Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna which starred Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta and Abhishek Bachchan.

A week earlier, with a Sunday sale of $761,000, My Name Is Khan recorded the highest one-day gross ever for any Hindi-language film in North America.

The film's Feb 12-14 opening weekend sales of $1,939,000 was again a new record for a Hindi film beating the $1,764,131 of 2007's Om Shanti Om.

With an estimated four-day opening weekend figure of $2,275,000, it was the fastest Hindi film ever to break the $2,000,000 mark. It beat the previous record of 5 days set in December by 3 Idiots which grossed $2,149,227 in its five-day opening over the Christmas holiday weekend.

My Name Is Khan failing to draw moviegoers as numbers drop

In North America, My Name Is Khan was distributed by Fox Searchlight and marketed by Box Office Guru.

Furious Bachchans give Filmfare awards the skip

The Bachchans are still furious at the tabloid story surrounding Aishwarya Rai's pregnancy.

Bollywood's first family kept away from the 55th Filmfare Awards on Saturday evening, sticking to their threat of boycott. Aishwarya Rai, who was supposed to perform at the event, also decided to pull out.

Stay off Aishwarya Rai, say angry Bachchans

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The family is angry that the Mumbai Mirror, which published the article, still hasn't formally apologised for the story, which claimed Aishwarya was suffering from stomach tuberculosis, leading to an inability to conceive - a news branded as “completely false” by father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan.

The Mumbai Mirror and Filmfare both belong to the Times Group.

Big B demands apology for 'violation of journalistic norms'

Meanwhile, actress Vidya Balan collected the Big B’s Filmfare award on his behalf on Saturday evening. The actress shared top acting honours with Bachchan, following the duo's performance in Balki's Paa. Vidya won Best Actor in a Leading Role (female) and Amitabh Bachchan roped in Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male).

Images: Stars who rocked and shocked at the Filmfares