Dada Saheb Phalke Awards declared

Manoj Kumar was today felicitated with the ‘Phalke Ratna award’ for his contribution to the Bollywood.

Filmmaker Randhir Kapoor received the ‘Phalke Kalptaru award’ on behalf of his grandfather and legendary actor Prithviraj Kapoor.

Another Kapoor to be awarded on the occasion was noted actor Shammi Kapoor. He was honoured with the 'Phalke legendary actor award'.

Ashutosh Gowariker got the award for 'memorable commercial film' - 'Jodhaa Akbar'.

Another personality to be awarded was Shamshad Begum who is one of the first playback singers in Bollywood, and who has given us memorable hits like `Kajra Mohabtawala...' and `Leke Pehla Pehla Pyar...'. Shamshad Begum was honoured with the `Phalke Golden Era singer award`.

Vipin Reshammiya was honoured for his contribution as musician and film producer. Also, for the first time L V Prasad Group of companies conferred 'Shri L K Prasad Phalke award' on Surinder Kapoor for his contribution as a film producer to the industry.

Similarly, Manju Sharma was awarded for her contribution as a hair dresser, Anand Jagdane for his work as a make-up artist, Purshottam Bangera for his work as a dummy effect artist, Ajay Chadda for his work as a voice artist.

Shahrukh and Farah Khan has a Narrow Escape

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan and the legendary Manoj Kumar has reached a truce over the controversial 'Om Shanti Om' . The two stars met at Kumar’s residence to discuss withdrawal of the court cases. Manoj Kumar has finally agreed for out of court settlement on the King Khan seeking for forgivness for the mistake committed.

Manoj Kumar had filed cases against OSO in connection with the spoof of his image but has finally agreesd to withdraw the case. This move surely comes as a breather to SRK, who had been dragged to court for not honouring the promise of deleting the sequence in the film.

The offending sequence shows security guards of the movie theatre beating Manoj Kumar’s duplicate after he displays a driving license showing his photo in his trade mark style of covering the face with his palm.

Mr. Kumar had asked Shah Rukh to remove the scene to which director Farah Khan and SRK had agreed. But the scene continued to be a part of the film which prompted Manoj Kumar to file a case against Shah Rukh.