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BOLLYWOOD MOVIE AWARDS 2007

Rang De Basanti, Omkara, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Dhoom 2 and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehnaa led the nominations for the Bollywood Movie Awards in New York on April 28. The nominees will vie for the main awards on Saturday, May 26 at the Nassau Coliseum, New York. Bollywood Movie Awards were instituted with a vision that the people of Indian origin, living outside South Asia retain a warm and vibrant link with their motherland through the medium of movies.

Kamal Dandona, Chairman of the Bollywood Group of Companies, through this event, envisages building a further bridge for cultural exchange to eliminate geographical barriers and boundaries via media, events and entertainment.

Apart from stars like Bipasha Basu, Arjun Rampal, Vivek Oberoi, Urmilla Matondkar, Soha Ali Khan, Neha Dhupia, Kangana Ranaut, other stars confirmed to attend are Danny Glover, Mira Nair and Phylicia Rashad of The Cosby Show.

NOMINEES

Best Film
Dhoom 2 (Aditya Chopra); Lage Raho Munnabhai (Vidhu Vinod Chopra); Omkara (Kumar Mangat); Rang De Basanti (Ronnie Screwvala, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra); Kabhi Alvida Na Kehnaa (Karan Johar)

Best Director
Rakesh Roshan (Krrish); Karan Johar (Kabhi Alvida Na Kehnaa); Rajkumar Hirani (Lage Raho Munnabhai); Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Rang De Basanti); Vishal Bharadwaj (Omkara)

Best Actor
Aamir Khan (Rang De Basanti); Ajay Devgan (Omkara); Hrithik Roshan (Dhoom 2); Sanjay Dutt (Lage Raho Munnabhai); Shah Rukh Khan (Kabhi Alvida Na Kehnaa)

Best Actress
Aishwarya Rai (Dhoom 2); Bipasha Basu (Corporate); Kajol (Fanaa); Kareena Kapoor (Omkara); Rani Mukerjee (Kabhi Alvida Na Kehnaa)

Best Actor in A Supporting Role (Male)
Abhishek Bachchan (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna); Arshad Warsi (Lage Raho Munnabhai); Kunal Kapoor (Rang De Basanti); John Abraham (Baabul); Vivek Oberoi (Omkara)

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)
Kirron Kher (Rang De Basanti); Konkona Sen Sharma (Omkara); Preity Zinta (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna); Soha Ali Khan (Rang De Basanti); Ameesha Patel (Ankahee)

Best Actor In A Negative Role (Male/Female)
Aamir Khan (Fanaa); Esha Deol (Ankahee); Saif Ali Khan (Omkara); Shah Rukh Khan (Don); Shiney Ahuja (Gangster)

Best Actor In A Comic Role Male/Female)
Chunky Panday (Apna Sapna Money Money); Anupam Kher (Khosla Ka Ghosla); Arshad Warsi (Lage Raho Munnabhai); Tushaar Kapoor (Golmaal); Uday Chopra (Dhoom2)

Best Music Director
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy); Rang De Basanti (AR Rahman); Omkara (Vishal Bharadwaj); Dhoom 2 (Pritam); Pyar Ke Side Effects (Pritam)

Best Playback Singer (Male)
KK (Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai - Gangster); Shaan (Chand Sifarish - Fanaa); Sonu Nigam (Kabhi Alvida Na Kehnaa - Kabhi Alvida Na Kehnaa); Sukhwinder Singh (Omkara - Omkara); Himesh Reshimiya (Jhalak Dikhalaja - Aksar)

Best Playback Singer (Female)
Alka Yagnik (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna); Rekha Bharadwaj (Namak Ishq - Omkara); Madhushree (Tu Bin Bataye - Rang De Basanti);
Sunidhi Chauhan (Beedi Jalai Le - Omkara); Shreya Ghosal(Pal Pal - Lage Raho Munnabhai);

Best Lyrics
Gulzar (Beedi Jalayale - Omkara); Javed Akhtar (Mitwa - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna); Prasoon Joshi (Subhanallah - Fanaa); Swanand Kirkire (Bande Mein Tha Dum - Lage Raho Munnabhai); Prasoon Joshi (Rubaroo - Rang De Basanti)

Best Story
Dhoom 2 (Vijay Krishna Acharya); Lage Raho Munnabhai (Rajkumar Hirani / Abhijit Joshi); Rang De Basanti (Kamlesh Pandey); Fanaah (Shibani Bathija); Karan Johar (Kabhi Alvida Na Kehnaa)

Best Screenplay
Lage Raho Munnabhai (Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijit Joshi); Pyaar Ke Side/Effects (Saket Choudhary); Rang De Basanti (Rensil D'Silva, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra); Robin Bhatt & Honey Irani (Krrish); Karan Johar (Kabhi Alvida Na Kehnaa)

Best Dialogue
Fanaa (Kunal Kohli); Lage Raho Munnabhai (Rajkumar Hirani); Omkara (Vishal Bharadwaj); Rang De Basanti (Prasoon Joshi, Rensil D'Silva); Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (Niranjan Iyengar)

Best Editing
Lage Raho Munnabhai (Rajkumar Hirani); Rang De Basanti (PS Bharathi); Amitabh Shukla (Krrish); V. N. Mayekar (Vivah); Rameshwar S. Bhagat (Dhoom 2)

Best Sound
Don (Andrew Belletty); Krrish (Jitendra Choudhary); Omkara (K J Singh); Rang De Basanti (Nakul Kamte); Dhoom 2 (Dwarak Warrier)

Best Cinematography
K. U. Mohanan (aka Mohanan) (Don); Binod Pradhan (Rang De Basanti); Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (Anil Mehta); Omkara (Tassaduq Hussain); Dhoom (Vikas Sivaraman & Nirav Shah )

Best Art Direction
Don (Aradhana Sheth); Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (Sharmistha Roy); Omkara (Samir Chanda); Rang De Basanti (Samir Chanda); Omung Bhandula (Corporate)

Best Choreography
Shiamak Davar (Dhoom - Dhoom 2); Farah Khan (Where's The Party Tonight - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna); Ganesh Acharya (Beedi Jalayale - Omkara); Ganesha Acharya (Masti Ki Pathshala - Rang De Basanti); Ahmed Khan (Aashiqui Mein Teri - 36 China Town);

Best Debut- Male
Siddharth (Rang De Basanti); Upen Patel (36 China Town); Vinod Sherawat (Gafla); Rehaan Khan (Jaana -Let's fall in love); Amarjit (Iqraar - By Chance)

Best Debut - Female
Kangana Ranaut (Gangster); Onjolie Nair (Holiday); Alice Patten (Rang De Basanti); Bhumicka Singh (Aap Ki Khatir); Vipasha Agarwal (I See You)

Best Costume Designer
Manish Malhotra (Kabhi Alvida Na Kehnaa); Lovleen Bains & Arjun Bhasin (Rang De Basanti); Aki Narula (Don); Sabyaschi (Baabul); Anna Singh and Abu Sandeep (Umrao Jaan)

May 2007