The Screen Awards is an annual awards ceremony held in

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honouring professional excellence in

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. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professionals from the industry. The awards were introduced by the

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film magazine of The Indian Express Group in 1995. The magazine was acquired by Star India in 2015 and subsequently closed down. Though Star India continues to sponsor the awards under the Star Screen Awards title. The name of the annual ceremonies are prefixed by the presenting network; the first "Star Screen Awards" were telecasted on Star Plus from 2000 till 2011, after which the "Colors Screen Awards" were previewed on

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and the "Life OK Screen Awards" on Life OK, each for a period of two years. As of 2019, Star continues to hold the television distribution rights.

History

The Screen Awards, initiated by the chairman of

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in 1994, is focused on excellence in films in India. The awards attempt to position themselves as India's first awards that are given by the film fraternity to the film fraternity by way of a jury, as opposed to the other "popular" awards. The awards are also the first to be conducted every year. The Awards for

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films, TV and non-film music are presented annually in January each year. Several editions of the awards such as the "Screen Weekly Awards", "Screen Videocon Awards", "Star Screen Awards", "Colors Screen Awards" and "Life OK Screen Awards" have thus far been presented. Until 2001, the awards were sponsored by Videocon International and hence known as the Screen Videocon Awards. For the regional cinema of South India, Screen has held three editions of the "Screen Awards for excellence in South Indian Cinema". The awards were presented for

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and

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cinema. The ceremony has involved the executive director and the Governor of the

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. The 23rd Star Screen Awards was held on 4 December 2016 and broadcast on Star Plus on 31 December 2016. The event was created and designed by Anil Jha and produced and executed by Mohomed Morani and

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Group of Companies.

Awards

Jury Awards

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* Best Actor *

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* Best Supporting Actor * Best Supporting Actress *

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* Best Comedian * Best Music Director * Best Lyricist * Best Male Playback * Best Female Playback * Most Promising Newcomer - Male * Most Promising Newcomer – Female

Critics' Awards

* Best Actor (Critics) * Best Actress (Critics)

Technical Awards

* Best Story * Best Screenplay * Best Dialogue * Best Background Music * Best Editing *

Special Effects Special effects (often abbreviated as SFX, F/X or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the theatre, film, television, video game, amusement park and simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual wo ...

* Best Art Direction * Best Action * Best Cinematography * Best Choreography * Best Sound Design

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Lifetime achievement awards are awarded by various organizations, to recognize contributions over the whole of a career, rather than or in addition to single contributions. Such awards, and organizations presenting them, include: A * A.C. ...

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* Best Child Artist * Special Jury Award * Best Fresh Talent * Screen Award Best Jodi of Decade * Screen Award for Showman of the Millennium -

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(2002) * Screen Award for Best Performer of The Year - Ekta Kapoor (2012) * Screen Legend of Indian Cinema Award - Amitabh Bachchan (2013)

Retired Awards

* Best Actor (Popular Choice) * Best Actress (Popular Choice) * Entertainer of the Year (2010–12,13,19) * Best Animation Film (2009) * Best Film in English (2009)

Records and facts

''Most awards to a single film'' * '' Dangal'' - 12 * ''Gully Boy'' - 12 *''

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'' - 11 ''Most directing awards'' *

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- 3 *

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- 2 *

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- 2 ''Most acting awards - male ( Best Actor + Best Supporting Actor)'' in chronological order. * Amitabh Bachchan (4+0) = 4 *

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(4+0) = 4 *

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(4+0) = 4 *

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(1+2) =3 *

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(0+3) =3 ''Most acting awards - female (

+ Best Supporting Actress)'' in chronological order. *

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(5+0) = 5 *

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(3+1) = 4 ''Most awards for music direction'' * A.R. Rahman = 5 *

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= 4 * Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy = 3 ''Most Lyricist Awards'' * Javed Akhtar = 5 *

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= 4 * Anand Bakshi = 3 *

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= 3 ''Most playback singer awards - male'' * Arijit Singh = 4 *

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= 3 * Sukhwinder Singh = 2 *

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= 2 ''Most playback singer awards - female'' *

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= 7 *

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(includes for South Indian languages) = 3 * Kavita Krishnamurthy = 2 * Alka Yagnik = 2 * Sunidhi Chauhan = 2 ''Youngest Best Actress Winner'' *

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for ''Udta Punjab'' aged 23 ''Youngest Best Actor Winner'' * Hritik Roshan for ''Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'' aged 27

References

External links

Screen India website

Star Screen Awards
Streaming on

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