Behind the scenes at Screen Awards

Table Tally

The most unforgettable moments at the function were off-camera.

There were separate tables devoted to the nominated films, like the Black table, which had reason to cheer at the end of the evening, having walked off with a major chunk of the awards including Best Actor and Best Actress. The Parineeta table seemed none too pleased. Director Vinod Chopra walked off right after he realised the Big Four weren't going to his film.

Saif was at the Parineeta table with Rosa and daughter Sara who excused herself from the Parineeta table to go over to the Black table to chat up Black editor Bela Sehgal's two little daughters.

Rani sat between her father and Sanjay Leela Bhansali after her live act.
She did a medley of all her films in 2005. Abhishek collected the trophy on his father's behalf. And also for his own performance in Bunty Aur Babli.

Best Editor award

When compere Sajid Khan announced Akshay Kumar's award for the Best Editor, not many people in the audience appreciated the joke or even caught on. One could see some invitees like Vipul Shah and his wife Shefali Shah trying to look amused.

Some tittered but most of the audience wondered when the actor had turned editor. The joke, of course, was directed at Akshay's male co-stars from Sunil Shetty to John Abraham, whose scenes Akshay allegedly cut.

Pleasant surprise

Amitabh Bachchan, who couldn't be at the function for obvious reasons, got a pleasant surprise when the entire Black team—Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Rani Mukherjee et al — came to his residence at Jalsa to share the triumph. "I must say it was a touching moment, when Sanjay and the Black team came over after the awards," says AB.

Tabu was seen giving soundbytes after the show. The compere asked what she thought of the evening's theme. "What theme?" she wondered. Precisely.

Later, Tabu and a group of friends were seen having dinner at Saffron in JW Marriott.

Airing on Star Plus
Jan 14 - 9 pm - Red Carpet
Jan 15 - 7 pm - Main Event