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Sunday, Feb 26, 2006

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`Black', `Parineeta' steal the show

A scene from `Black'.

Mumbai: Two of last year's biggest blockbusters `Black' and `Parineeta' stole the show in the technical awards category at the `Filmfare Awards' here on Saturday evening.

`Parineeta' won best art direction for Keshto Mondal, Tanushree Sarkar and Pradip Sarkar, best sound design for Bishwadeep Chatterjee and best choreography for Howard Rosemayer.

`Black' garnered awards in categories of best background music for Monty Sharma, best cinematography for Ravi K Chandran and best editing for Bela Sehgal.

Among the other winners were best action: Allan Amin (Dus), Best screenplay: Nina Arora and Manoj Tyagi (Page 3), Best Story: Sudhir Mishra (Hazaron Khwaeishen Aisi) and best dialogue: Prakash Jha (Apaharan).

The face of the year award which was voted for by viewers went to Vidya Balan and the R.D. Burman award for best new musical talent went to the music director of `Parineeta' Shantanu Moitra.

Vidya Balan also got award in the best debutant category for `Parineeta', while Shiny Ahuja was adjudged best male debutant for his performance in `Hazaron Khwaeishen Aisi'.

Veteran lyricist Gulzar won the award for the song `Kajra Re' from `Bunty aur Babli', while Alisha Chinoy was adjudged best female playback singer for the same number. -- PTI

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