Filmfare 2005
By Kkomal Seth & Gautam Seth
Bollywood Rocks at Fairone Filmfare Awards-2005.
Fair one Filmfare Awards-2005 witnessed the who's who of Bollywood in full attendance. Javed Jaffari the master of Ceremony appeared as Amitabh Bacchan's "Sarrkar" look with beard and throughout the evening kept appearing in different looks doing different acts including the Salaam Namaste 'Exactly' act. Cyrus Barucha made the audience laugh endlessly every time he appeared on stage as an anchour.
Pooja Batra, Lara Dutta and Tabu also appeared as co-anchours to add spice to the evening. "I must say I am delighted and happy with the overall event and its management. Everything went off perfectly and with whatever feedback we have received so far it appears that the show was a hit", says Anuj Saxena who is the director Marketing, Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd the main sponsor of the Fair One Filmfare awards-2005.
Emran Hashmi began the evening with his popular dance numbers like 'bheegey hote tere' and 'Jhalak Dhikla ja'. Neha Dupia and Udita Goswami matched steps with him. Shamita Shetty paid tribute to Parveen Bobby. Madhuri did the eight-minute act on Devdas's 'Dola re dola' and 'Maar Dala'. Aishwarya Rai rocked on Kajrare.
Abhishek Bacchan danced on 'Right here right now' and 'One Love' followed by Punjabi Bhangra and left audience gasping for more. Amitabh Bacchan's presence at the function added special grace to the evening, as he was looking quite fresh. When Amitabh was declared the winner Abhishek was so excited that he appeared on stage from backstage and hugged his father.
The grand finale had Will Smith shaking a leg with Shaimak Davar and his troop. Will Smith gave the award to Rani Mukherji for best actress.Anuj Saxena Director- Marketing, Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd gave award to Vidya Balan for the Fair one Face of the year and Mr. Jagdish Saxena Managing Director, Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Gave the award to Vidya Balan for the best debut (female).
Anuj Saxena on giving Vidya Balan Fair One face of the year award said, 'Vidya Balan' was more than a deserving candidate for Fair One face of the year and considering that she won by popular votes. It makes the award even more justified. I, personally was honoured to present the prestigious black lady to such a beautiful woman and I am quite sure for the next few years will also showcase such beautiful women for Fair one face of the year.
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