'Chak De India' sweeps the board at Producers Guild Awards 31st Mar 2008
17.05 IST
By Agencies
They are described as awards ‘by the industry, for the industry’. And Shimit Amin’s film Chak De India was a clear winner at the Producers Guild Awards.
As Aamir Khan’s highly acclaimed film Taare Zameen Par was not nominated (because it released after November, 2007, which was the deadline for nominations), it was Yashraj Films ‘Chak De India’ that ended up bagging five honours, including those for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Film at the Producers Guild Awards held in Mumbai on Sunday.
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan , who played the hockey coach Kabir Khan in the film, walked away with the Best Actor award while Shimit Amin was adjudged the Best Director.
Writer of ‘Chak De India’ Jaideep Sahni received the Best Screenplay and Best Story awards at the award function.
Young filmmaker Imtiaz Ali's romantic comedy Jab We Met received three awards, including one for Kareena Kapoor in the Best Actor (Female) category and music composer Pritam . Imtiaz Ali won the Best Dialogue award.
Singers Shreya Ghosal and Shaan won awards for their song in Guru and Saawariya respectively. Veteran Lyricist Gulzar won the Best Lyrics award for ‘Guru’.
Veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra was felicitated for his contribution to Indian cinema.
'Chak De India' sweeps the board at Producers Guild Awards
