3rd Lux Zee Cine Popular Awards
Mumbai,
Pictures submitted by Sana Mirza
The
3rd Lux Zee Cine Popular Awards for Excellence in
Cinema was presented at a glittering ceremony at Andheri
Sports Complex, Mumbai. Winners in 15 categories were announced and presented
with trophies at the sparkling event attended by leading film and television
personalities.
The 3rd Lux Zee Cine Awards was telecast live on Zee
TV and Zee Cinema at 8.30pm and was relayed to over 80 countries in Asia,
Europe, UK, US, Africa and the Caribbean Islands with a global viewership of over 210 million viewers.
This year's Lux Face of the Year Award went to Aishwarya Rai.
The 3rd Lux Zee Cine Award Ceremony reached the
pinnacle of excellence in the annals of any award ceremony as the live
performances took showbiz to its glitziest best. Outstanding performances by
our very own Bollywood stars created an enhanced mesmerising fusion of phenomenal magic and pulsating
live-wire music.
The 3rd Lux Zee Cine Awards ceremony anchored by Miss
World -Yukta Mookhey,
set the ball rolling with a superlative performance by Juhi
Chawla who enthralled the audience with her 'Tandav' dance.
Interspersed with the
trophies being revealed, it was none other than dynamic go-getter Anil Kapoor elevating the evening further. Setting a pulsating
beat was the entertainer No.1, Govinda, performing a
medley of songs from his No.1 series. Soothing and
mellifluous music by Lucky Ali enlivened the night only more as new kid on the
block, Hrithik Roshan romped onstage sporting his new BMW. Then it was the turn
of the 'Physical' Bollywood hunk, Salman
Khan who took the audience to a new high with looker, actress and dancer, Shilpa Shetty in their rendition
of 'Dholi Taarey'.
The nite of the 3rd Lux Zee
Cine Popular Awards promised to be a night of breathtaking performances, and it
was!!!!…..……leaving a lasting impression on the day of the
deliverance of the 3rd Lux Zee Cine Popular Awards.
Today evening, 15 winners, winners in their own right, were momentously honoured, surrounded by the luminaries of Indian cinema,
besides renowned television personalities and the crème-de-la-crème of the
corporate world. The most sought-after coveted awards were announced and
presented with the prestigious trophies on a glittering star-studded night
which was attended by the likes of Rakesh Roshan, Shammi
Kapoor, Sashikala, Ram Laxman, Rati Agnihotri,
Salma Agha, Ismail Durbar, Alka Yagnik, Shakti Samanta, Baba Sehgal, Veeru Devgan, Tahir
Hussain, Renuka Shahane, Kiran Shantaram, Milind Ingle, Poonam Dhillon, Jeetendra, Prabhu
In the end, it was the ones who had stayed on to relish the dazzling display of
fireworks, against the backdrop of the exquisitely designed stage. The ones who
stood there to cherish the moments of joy and happiness converted from sweat,
blood, sheer grit and determination of the ones who made to the top - to the
highest pinnacle of the awards