Filmfare Awards: Paa wins Best Actor & Best Actress Awards

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The 2009 movie ‘Paa’, directed by R. Balki (R. Balakrishnan) starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan in the lead roles won the two major awards at the Filmfare Awards for Best Actor (Amitabh Bachchan) and Best Actress (Vidya Balan). The film was produced by Amitabh Bachchan Corporation and Sunil Manchanda. Celina Jaitley, who was looking awesome in her Cavalli gown, said, “I’m definitely rooting for Paa.”

And the awards for Paa are:

Best Actor in Leading Role (Male): Amitabh Bachchan (in his absence Vidya Balan received the award). Vishal Bhardwaj who was on stage said, "Diye ko ujaala dikhaane jaisa hai.”

Best Actor in Leading Role (Female): Sri Devi and Boney Kapoor presented the award to the lovely lady Vidya Balan.

Earlier Paa has already received 14 nominations and won 4 awards at the Star Screen Awards, including Best Actor (Male) for Amitabh Bachchan, Best Actor (Female) for Vidya Balan. Also it won 2 Stardust Awards in 2010: Star of the Year Award (Male) for Amitabh Bachchan and Stardust Best Supporting Actor Award for Abhishek Bachchan.

Paa - movie poster

The Hindi movie Paa, produced by AB Corp Ltd (Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd or ABCL), is a new effort by Amitabh Bachchan’s film production and entertainment company to come back into film production in a big way, after the huge failure of Family: Ties of Blood (2006). Paa, scheduled for release on December 4, 2009 is directed by R Balakrishnan with music by veteran composer Ilaiyaraaja, stars Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan.

Paa has an unusual story of father-son relationship, with Abhishek Bachchan playing the role of the father and Amitabh Bachchan as his son. It is the story of a 13 year old boy who suffers from Progeria, a rare genetic disorder in which condition symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested at an early age (Has it to do something related to Benjamin Button? At least in the reverse order, or inspired by Button?) The movie is produced at a moderate budget of Rs 15 crore. Reportedly more films are in the pipeline from Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd.