Bollywood Movie Awards
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The Bollywood Movie Awards, are a part of the annual Bollywood Awards held in the U.S. to honour the best talents in the Indian Motion Picture Industry (Hindi/Urdu) also popularly known as Bollywood.
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[edit] History
The Bollywood Awards is the largest South Asian event management company outside of South Asia. The company holds three marquee events: the Bollywood Movie, Music and Fashion Awards. The three Award ceremonies can be likened respectively to the People's Choice Awards, Grammy Awards and the VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards.
The distinguished Bollywood Group of Companies has played host to hundreds of members of the Indian film industry, business tycoons,socialites, as well as mainstream American personalities such as Michael Jackson, Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Michael Bolton, Tyra Banks, Harvey Weinstein, Diane Von Furstenberg, Nikki HIlton � to name a diverse few.
Over the years, the Awards ceremonies have often enjoyed a vast viewing television audience of over 250 million in South Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America, South Africa, Russia as well as the former Soviet Republics.
[edit] Awards
Since the Bollywood Group wants the voices of all NRIs to be heard, as the Bollywood Awards prides itself on being "the people's choice," the fans of Bollywood can now nominate their favorite stars for each respective award category on the Bollywood Group's official web site, www.bollywoodawards.com. Additional ballots and information regarding the Awards will also be available in leading stores and web sites.
[edit] Press Coverage
The Bollywood Awards have been covered by CNN, Reuters, Associated Press, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, FoxNews, ABC, CBS, Bloomberg, Daily News, to name a few, as well as South Asian channels and publications around the world. Every South Asian media organization (print/television/internet) extensively covers and features the events internationally.
[edit] Awards
- Best Film
- Best Director
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Actor in a Villain's Role
- Best Actor in a Comic Role
- Best Debut Actor Male
- Best Debut Actor Female
- Critics Award Male
- Critics Award Female
- Best Lyrics
- Best Music-Director
- Best Singer Male
- Best Singer Female
- Best Costume Designer
- Best Choreographer
- Best Screenplay
- Best Story
- Best Art Direction
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
[edit] Special Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award.
[edit] References
www.bollywoodawards.com
