Star Screen Awards
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The Star Screen Awards is an annual awards ceremony in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 honoring professional excellence in film. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professional from the industry itself.

History

The Screen Awards, initiated by the chairman of The Express Group, Mr. Viveck Goenka in 1994, is focused on films in India. The awards attempts to position themselves as India's first awards that are given by the film fraternity to the film fraternity by way of a jury, as opposed to the other "popular" awards. Also the first to be conducted in the year.

The Awards for Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

/Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 films and TV and non-film Music are presented annually at a glittering function in January each year. Seven editions of the awards as the Star Screen Awards have thus far been presented. Until 2001, the awards were sponsored by Videocon International. The Awards were known as the Screen-Videocon Awards until 2000. For the regional cinema of South India, Screen has held three editions of the "Screen Awards for excellence in South Indian Cinema". The awards were presented for Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

/ Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

/ Malayalam/ Kannada Cinema.

The ceremony has involved the Executive Director and the Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures...

.

Merit Awards

  • Best Film
  • Best Director
  • Best Actor 
  • Best Actress
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best Villain 
  • Best Comedian 
  • Best Music Director
  • Best Lyricist
    Star Screen Award for Best Lyricist
    The Star Screen Award for Best Lyricist is a Star Screen Award given annually in January by a panel of distinguished judges.-Winner:...

     
  • Best Male Playback 
  • Best Female Playback
  • Most Promising Newcomer - Male
  • Most Promising Newcomer - Female

Technical Awards

  • Best Art Direction
  • Best Action
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Editing
    Star Screen Award for Best Editing
    -1990s:*1994 Hum Aapke Hain Kaun - Mukhtar Ahmed*1995 Haqeeqat - Kuldeep Mohan*1996 Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin - Renu Saluja*1997 Virasat - N. Gopalakrishnan*1998 Soldier - Hussain A. Burmawala...

  • Best Choreography
  • Best Background Music
  • Best Story
    Star Screen Award for Best Story
    The winners of the Star Screen Awards for Best Story are listed below:-1990s:*1994 Krantiveer - K.K. Singh*1995 Param Vir Chakra - Ashok Kaul*1996 Maachis - Gulzar*1997 Virasat - Kamal Haasan*1998 Zakhm - Mahesh Bhatt...

     
  • Best Screenplay
    Star Screen Award for Best Screenplay
    The winners of the Star Screen Awards for Best Screenplay are listed below:...

  • Best Dialogue
    Star Screen Award for Best Dialogue
    The winners of the Star Screen Awards for Best Dialogue are listed below:-See also:* Star Screen Awards* Bollywood* Cinema of India...

     
  • Best Sound Recording

Special Awards

  • Lifetime Achievement
    Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award
    The Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award is an Indian cinema prize. Each year the recipient is chosen by a panel of judges, and the winner is announced in January.-Winners:...

  • Jodi No. 1
    Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1
    The Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 was first introduced in 2001. The award goes to a pair that have stood out and been appreciated by the Indian audience. Unlike the other awards this one is chosen by the viewers. The winner is announced in January.-Winners:...

     (2002-)
  • Best Actress (Popular Choice)
    Star Screen Award for Best Actress (Popular Choice)
    The Star Screen Award for Best Actress - Popular Choice has been introduced in 2009 during the Star Screen Awards. Unlike the Star Screen Award for Best Actress which is chosen by the jury, this trophy is given by the viewers to the actress whose performance is judged the most popular. Aishwarya...

     (2009-)
  • Best Actor (Popular Choice)
    Star Screen Award for Best Actor (Popular Choice)
    The Star Screen Award for Best Actor - Popular Choice has been introduced in 2009 during the Star Screen Awards. Unlike the Star Screen Award for Best Actor which is chosen by the jury, this trophy is given by the viewers to the actor whose performance is judged the most popular...

      (2009-)
  • Best Actor (Critics)
    Star Screen Award for Best Actor (Critics)
    The Star Screen Award for Best Actor is an Indian cinema award.-Winners:-See also:* Star Screen Awards* Bollywood* Cinema of India...

     (2007-08)
  • Best Actress (Critics)
    Star Screen Award for Best Actress (Critics)
    - Winners:...

     (2007-08)
  • Best Child Artist
    Star Screen Award for Best Child Artist
    The ' is a new award conducted by the Star Screen Awards to recognise a great performance by a child actor in the previous year.-Winners:...

     (2006, 2008-)
  • Special Jury Award
    Star Screen Award Special Jury Award
    The ' is a special award conducted by the Star Screen Awards to recognise a great performance by an actor in the previous year. The winners are listed below:-...

     (2008)
  • Entertainer of the Year (2010-)
  • Best Animation Film (2009)
  • Best Film in English (2009)
  • Star Screen Award Best Jodi of Decade
  • Showman of the Millennium - Raj Kapoor
    Raj Kapoor
    Known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor Rāj Kapūr, 14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988), also known as The Show-Man, was an Indian film actor, producer and director of Hindi cinema. He was the winner of nine Filmfare Awards, while his films Awaara and Boot Polish were nominated for the Palme d'Or at the...

    (2002)

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