By Jilawatan

The Max Stardust Award 2009 gave away the top honours to Farhan Akhtar and Asin for their performances in Rock On and Ghajini respectively.

The duo, who made their Bollywood debut in respective films, were given the ‘Superstar of Tomorrow’ (Male and Female) awards at the gala event on Sunday evening. ‘Rock On’ director Abhishek Kapoor bagged the editor’s choice award for most promising director.

‘A Wednesday’, a film about a common man’s war against terrorism, won the Best Film award. Its director Neeraj Pandey was given the Best Director award.

Aamir Khan starrer ‘Ghajini’, which has become a monster hit, won the Hottest Film award. Its director A R Murugadoss won the Hottest New Filmmaker trophy.

Amitabh Bachchan bagged Searchlight Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of an ageing Shakespearean actor in Rituparno Ghosh’s film ‘The Last Lear’.

Receiving the award on Feb 15 was a nostalgic experience for the superstar, because 40 years ago he had signed his first film ‘Saat Hindustani’ on the same date, the superstar reveals on his blog.

Awards for the Best Breakthrough Performance (Male and Female) went to Prateik Babbar and Manjari Phadnis for ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’.

Here’s the complete list of the winners of Stardust Awards 2009:

Superstar of Tomorrow (Male): Farhan Akhtar (Rock On)

Superstar of Tomorrow (Female): Asin (Ghajini)

Hottest New Filmmaker: A.R. Murugadoss (Ghajini)

Hottest New Film: Ghajini

Standout Performance by a music director: Dhruv Ghanekar ( Drona )

Standout Performance by a Lyricist: Kausar Munir (“Falak tak chal” Tashan )

New Musical Sensation (Male): Benny Dayal (“Pappu can’t dance saala”)

New Musical Sensation (Female): Anmol Malik (“Talli”)

Breakthrough Performance (Male): Prateik Babbar ( Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na )

Breakthrough Performance (Female): Manjari Phadnis (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na)

Exciting New Face: Shriya Saran ( Mission Istanbul )

The New Menace: Nikitin Dheer (Jodhaa Akbar)

Editor’s choice award for most promising director: Abhishek Kapoor (Rock On)

Outstanding contribution to Indian cinema: Dev Anand .

Pride of the industry: Feroz Khan

Special award to Anil Kapoor for being the first mainstream Indian actor to take India to Hollywood and winning global recognition

Stardust Searchlight award winners:

Best Actor: Amitabh Bachchan ( The Last Lear )

Best Actress: Amrita Rao ( Welcome To Sajjanpur )

Best Film: ‘A Wednesday’

Best Director: Neeraj Pandey (A Wednesday)

Reader’s Choice Awards

Star of the year (Male): Hrithik Roshan ( Jodhaa Akbar )

Star of the year (Female): Priyanka Chopra ( Fashion )

Dream Director: Ashutosh Gowarikar (Jodhaa Akbar)

Best Film: Singh Is Kinng

Best actor in a supporting role: Tusshar Kapoor ( Golmaal Returns )

Best Actress in a supporting role: Kangana Ranaut (Fashion)