APSARA AWARDS 2006 - NOMINEES

Films (Popular) Nominees

Best Screenplay

Name

Film

Vidhu Vinod Chopra & Pradeep Sarkar

Parineeta

Prakash Kapadia, Bhavani Iyer, Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Black

Nagesh Kukunoor

Iqbal

Kunal Kohli & Siddharth Raj Anand

Hum Tum

Sudhir Mishra

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

Best Lyrics

Lyricist

Song

Film

Swanand Kirkire

Bawara Man

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

Swanand Kirkire

Piyu Bole

Parineeta

Javed Akhtar

Do Pal

Veer Zaara

Sayeed Qadri

Bheege Hoth

Murder

Gulzar

Kajra Re

Bunty aur Babli

Best Music

Name

Film

Shankar, Ehsaan ,Loy

Bunty aur Babli

Shantanu Moitra

Parineeta

Anu Malik

Murder

Late Madan Mohan

Veer Zaara

Himesh Reshammiya

Aashiq Banaya Apne

Best Female Singer

Name

Song

Film

Alisha Chinai

Kajra Re

Bunty aur Babli

Shreya Ghosal

Piyu Bole

Parineeta

Sunidhi Chauhan

Dhoom Machale

Dhoom

Alka Yagnik

Hum Tum

Hum Tum

Shubha Mudgal

Bawara Mann

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

Best Male Singer

Name

Song

Film

Kunal Ganjawala

Bheege Hont Tere

Murder

Udit Narayan

Main Yahan Hoon

Veer Zaara

Atif Aslam

Woh Lamhe  

Zeher

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

Jiya Dhadhak

Kalyug

Shaan

Main Aisa Kyon Hoon

Lakshya

Best Director

Name

Film

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Black

Nagesh Kukunoor

Iqbal

Pradeep Sarkar

Parineeta

Kunal Kohli

Hum Tum

Madhur Bhandarkar

Page 3

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Name

Film

Naseeruddin Shah

Iqbal

Nana Patekar

Apaharan

Abhishek Bachchan

Yuva

Kay Kay Menon

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

Akshay Kumar

Mujhse Shaadi Karogi

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Name

Film

Ayesha Kapoor

Black

Rani Mukherjee

Veer Zaara

Konkona Sen Sharma

Page 3

Kiron Kher

Hum Tum

Priyanka Chopra

Aitraaz

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Name

Film

Shah Rukh Khan

Swades

Amitabh Bachchan

Black

Saif Ali Khan

Parineeta

Akshay Kumar

Waqt- The Race Against Time

Anil Kapoor

No Entry

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Name

Film

Rani Mukherjee

Black

Rani Mukherjee

Hum Tum

Vidya Balan

Parineeta

Chitrangda Singh

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

Urmila Matondkar

Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara

Best Choreography

Name

Song

Film

Vaibhavi Merchant

Kajra Re

Bunty aur Babli

Ashley Lobo

Dhoom Machale

Dhoom

Prabhu Deva

Main Aisa Kyon Hoon

Lakshya

Farah Khan

Tum Se Milke

Main Hoon Naa

Farah Khan

Kangana Re

Paheli

Best Story

Name

Film

Nagesh Kukunoor

Iqbal

Vijaydan Detha, Amol Palekar 

Paheli

M G Sathya, Ashutosh Gowariker

Swades

Sudhir Mishra

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

Madhur Bhandarkar

Page 3

Best Dialogue

Name

Film

Rekha Nigam, Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Parineeta

K P Saxena

Swades

Aditya Chopra

Veer Zaara

Prakash Jha

Apaharan

Anees Bazmee

No Entry

 
Best Film

Name

Producer

Black

Applause and Bhansali Films Pvt Ltd

Iqbal

Mukta Searchlight Films

Parineeta

Vinod Chopra Productions

Page 3

Sahara One Motion Pictures

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd


Films (Technical) Nominees

Best Editing

Name

Film

Bela Segal

Black

Nipun Gupta

Sarkar

Sanjiv Datta

Iqbal

Santosh Mandal

Apaharan

Hemanti Sarkar and Nitish Sharma

Parineeta

Best Special Effects

Name

Film

Eagle Video/Vishal Punjabi

Paheli

Prime Focus

Wah Life Ho To Aisi

Huzefa Lokhandwala

Gayab

V G Samant

Hanuman

Best Sound Recording

Name

Film

Resul Pookutty

Black

Bishwadeep Chatterjee

Parineeta

Robert Taylor

Mangal Pandey- The Rising

Anuj Mathur

Veer Zaara

Nakul Kamte

Lakshya

Best Re-recording

Name

Film

Anup Dev

Black

Leslie Fernandes

Parineeta

Alok De

Apaharan

Anup Dev

Veer Zaara

Leslie Fernandes

Dhoom

Best Cinematography

Name

Film

Ravi K. Chandran

Black

N Nataraja Subramanian

Parineeta

Ravi K. Chandran

Paheli

Himman Dhamija

Mangal Pandey- The Rising

Anil Mehta

Veer Zaara


Best Art Design                       

Name

Film

Omung Kumar

Black

Keshto Mondol, Eldridge Rodrigues, Tanushree Sarkar, Pradeep Sarkar

Parineeta

Sharmishta Roy

Veer Zaara

Nitin Desai

Mangal Pandey- The Rising

Muneesh Sappal

Paheli

Best Costume Design

Name

Film

Shalini Sarna

Paheli

Subarna Ray Chaudhuri

Parineeta

Lovleen Bains

Mangal Pandey- The Rising

Manish Malhotra

Veer Zaara

Sabyasachi Mukherjee

Black

TELEVISION NOMINEES

NOMINATIONS FOR BEST ACTOR

 

Sr.No.

PRODUCTION HOUSE

Actor

SERIAL

CHANNEL

1

Ananda Films & Telecomm. Pvt. Ltd.

Varun Badola

Astitva … Ek Prem Kahani

Zee TV

2

B.A.G. Films Ltd.

Pawanshankar Pandey

Siddhanth

Star One

3

DJ's Creative Unit

Apoorva Agnihotri

Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin

Sony TV

4

Balaji Telefilms

Ronit Bose Roy

Kyonki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi

Star Plus

5

Nirvana Television Ltd.

Sudhir Pandey

Kareena Kareena

Zee TV


NOMINATIONS FOR BEST ACTRESS

 

Sr.No.

PRODUCTION HOUSE

Actor

SERIAL

CHANNEL

1

Ananda Films & Telecomm. Pvt. Ltd.

Niki Aneja Walia

Astitva … Ek Prem Kahani

Zee TV

2

DJ's Creative Unit

Mona Singh

Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin

Sony TV

3

Hats Off Productions Pvt. Ltd.

Ratna Pathak Shah

Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

Star One

4

UTV Software Communications Ltd.

Divya Dutta

Shanno Ki Shaadi

Star Plus

5

Hats Off Productions Pvt. Ltd.

Supriya Pathak

Instant Khichdi

Star One



NOMINATIONS FOR BEST ENSEMBLE

 

Sr.No.

PRODUCTION HOUSE

SERIAL

CHANNEL

 

 

 

 

1

DJ's Creative Unit

Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin

Sony TV

2

Hats Off Productions Pvt. Ltd.

Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

Star One

3

Siddhant Cinevision Ltd.

Sarrkkar Rishton Ki Ankahi Kahani

Zee TV

4

Creative Eye Ltd. & TQM Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

Millee

Star Plus

5

Hats Off Productions Pvt. Ltd.

Baa Bahoo Aur Baby

Star Plus



NOMINATIONS FOR BEST DRAMA SERIES

Sr.No.

PRODUCTION HOUSE

SERIAL

CHANNEL

 

1

Siddhant Cinevision Ltd.

Sarrkkar Rishton Ki Ankahi Kahani

Zee TV

2

B.A.G. Films Ltd.

Siddhanth

Star One

3

Rajshri Productions (P) Ltd.

Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki

Sahara One

4

Ananda Films & Telecomm. Pvt. Ltd.

Astitva … Ek Prem Kahani

Zee TV

5

DJ's Creative Unit

Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin

Sony TV



NOMINATIONS FOR BEST COMEDY SERIES

Sr.No.

PRODUCTION HOUSE

SERIAL

CHANNEL

 

1

Hats Off Productions Pvt. Ltd.

Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

Star One

2

Star One

The Great Indian Laughter Challenge

Star One

3

Contiloe Films Pvt. Ltd.

The Great Indian Comedy Show

Star One

4

Nirvana Television Ltd.

Kareena Kareena

Zee TV

5

Hats Off Productions Pvt. Ltd.

Instant Khichdi

Star One



NOMINATIONS FOR BEST ANIMATED SERIES

Sr.No.

PRODUCTION HOUSE

SERIAL

CHANNEL

 

1

Crest Animation Studios Ltd.

Pet Alien

 

2

Crest Animation Studios Ltd.

Bratz

 

3

Crest Animation Studios Ltd.

Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks

 

4

Moving Picture Co. (I) Ltd.

Jungle Tales

 

5

Graphiti Multimedia Pvt. Ltd.

J Bole Toh Jadoo

Nickleodon



NOMINATIONS FOR BEST MUSICAL SHOW

Sr.No.

PRODUCTION HOUSE

SERIAL

CHANNEL

 

1

Miditech Pvt. Ltd.

Fame Gurukul

Sony TV

2

Miditech Pvt. Ltd. & Optimystix Entertainment (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Indian Idol

Sony TV

3

Sol

Nach Baliye

Star One

4

Zee Telefilms Ltd.

Hero Honda Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005

Zee TV

5

Zee Telefilms Ltd.

Sansui Antakshari

Zee TV



NOMINATIONS FOR BEST SPORTS SHOW

Sr.No.

PRODUCTION HOUSE

SERIAL

CHANNEL

 

1

ESPN Software India Pvt. Ltd.

Dream Job - Harsha Ki Khoj

ESPN

2

New Delhi Television Ltd.

Cricket Controversies

NDTV 24x7

3

ESPN Software India Pvt. Ltd.

ESPN School Quiz

ESPN

4

Star News

Match Ke Mujrim

Star News

5

Nimbus Sports

Challenger Trophy 2005, Mohali

DD Sports


 

NOMINATIONS FOR BEST FACTUAL/NON- FICTION

Sr.No.

PRODUCTION HOUSE

SERIAL

CHANNEL

 

1

Sol

Koffee With Karan

Star One

2

Synergy Communications

Kaun Banega Crorepati - 2

Star Plus

3

New Delhi Television Ltd.

We The People

NDTV 24x7

4

New Delhi Television Ltd.

The Big Fight

NDTV 24x7

5

New Delhi Television Ltd.

Great Battles - 1962

NDTV 24x7


NOMINATIONS FOR BEST TITLE SONG

 

Sr.No.

PRODUCTION HOUSE

SERIAL

CHANNEL

 

 

 

 

1

Hats Off Productions Pvt. Ltd.

Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

Star One

2

Sol

Nach Baliye

Star One

3

Balaji Telefilms

Kaisa Yeh Pyaar Hai

Sony TV

4

Nirvana Television Ltd.

Kareena Kareena

Zee TV

5

Siddhant Cinevision Ltd.

Sarrkkar Rishton Ki Ankahi Kahani

Zee TV



NOMINATIONS FOR BEST NEWS ANCHOR

 

Sr.No.

PRODUCTION HOUSE

ANCHOR

SERIAL

CHANNEL

 

 

 

 

 

1

B.A.G. Films Ltd.

Shekhar Suman

Poll Khol

Star News

2

New Delhi Television Ltd.

Barkha Dutt

We The People

NDTV 24x7

3

New Delhi Television Ltd.

Vikram Chandra

The Big Fight

NDTV 24x7

4

IBN

Rajdeep Sardesai

Lalu's Darbar

CNN IBN

5

New Delhi Television Ltd.

Sonali Chander

Cricket Controversies

NDTV 24x7


NOMINATIONS FOR BEST DIRECTOR

 

Sr.No.

PRODUCTION HOUSE

DIRECTOR

SERIAL

CHANNEL

 

 

 

 

 

1

Rose Audio Visuals Pvt. Ltd.

Thamra Nedungadi, Bhooshan Patel

Remix

Star One

2

Hats Off Productions Pvt. Ltd.

Deven Bhojani

Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

Star One

3

Rajshri Productions (P) Ltd.

Kaushik Ghatak, Sujeet Singh

Woh Rehne Wali Mehlon Ki

Sahara One

4

Fireworks Productions

B.P. Singh

C.I.D Special Bureau

Sony TV

5

Creative Eye Ltd. & TQM Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

Raman Kumar

Millee

Star Plus

 

NOMINATIONS FOR BEST CHILDREN'S PROGRAMME

  

Sr.No.

PRODUCTION HOUSE

SERIAL

CHANNEL

 

 

 

 

1

Rose Audio Visuals Pvt. Ltd.

Remix

Star One

2

Creative Eye

Kya Mujhse Dosti Karoge

Hungama TV

3

Optimystix Entertainment (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Bam Bam Bam - Gir Pade Hum

Pogo

4

Taurus Video Services Pvt. Ltd.

Son Pari

Star Plus

5

UTV Software Communications Ltd.

Shararat - Thoda Jaadu Thodi Nazaakat

Star Plus

 

NOMINATIONS FOR BEST BUSINESS PROGRAMME

 

 

 

 

Sr.No.

PRODUCTION HOUSE

SERIAL

CHANNEL

 

 

 

 

1

TV Eighteen India Ltd.

India Business Hour

CNBC

2

New Delhi Television Ltd.

Boss's Day Out

NDTV Profit

3

TV Eighteen India Ltd.

Bazaar

CNBC

4

UTV Software Communications Ltd.

Business Bytes

BBC

5

New Delhi Television Ltd.

Beyond Business

NDTV Profit