Bollywood fraternity descends in full force for 2019 Power Brands Bollywood Film Journalists' Awards

Manoj Kumar gets Lifetime Achievement, Sanjay Khan awarded for his Biography while Padmavat, BadhaiHo, Andhadhun and Tumbbad take home maximum roaring lions* The glittering 2019 Power Brands-Bollywood Film Journalist's Awards were organised by Planman Motion Pictures yesterday night at the Novotel Mumbai. Padmavat took home 16 roaring lions. BadhaiHo took away 7 roaring lions including the Best Film. Andhadhun and Tummbad won 6 roaring lions each and Sriram Raghavan won the Best Director award for Andhadhun. The glittering event saw two mega book launches!! The big one was the launch of the young 18 year old author Che Kabir Chaudhuri's book DISCOVER THE SUPERHERO IN YOU published by Times Group Books. The book which is about life lessons from superhero films and comics, was launched by Miss universe Sushmita Sen who also got the special Power Brand Superhero Award. Launching the book she was in full praise of the book saying such insight and depth is absolutely amazing!! Che said that he believed that there was a lot to learn in life from comics and Superhero films and he wanted to prove that. The other book that was launched by the Rock Star who has taken YouTube by storm- Guru Randhawa. This coffee table book- Bollywood Power Brands - also published by Times Group Books is authored by Rajita Chaudhuri and Dr. Arindam Chaudhuri and is on the most powerful in Bollywood. They called it their tribute to the movers and shakers of Bollywood. Sanjay Khan was there in full force with his family- Zarine, Suzanne, Farah, Zayed and Simone. So was the lifetime award winner, Manoj Kumar, who spoke with full gusto and said being in a wheel chair he is hardly a power brand anymore. Sanjay Khan emphasized on the need for national integration and communal harmony. Malaika Arora also got the special Power Brand Fashion Icon award. From Neena Gupta, Pankaj Tripathi, Shriram Raghavan, Gajaraj Rao, Ronit Roy to Shefali Shah, Neeraj Kavi, NushratBharucha, Farah Khan, Ali Fazal, Amit Trivedi and Amit Sharma all the winners praised the fairness of the awards and the thanked the journalists who voted for them. Sushmita, Malaika, Nushrat and ManjariFadnis dazzled the red carpet. Power Brands Bollywood Film Journalists Awards are the only awards in the country: >Where more than twenty of the leading film journalists of this country do an open ballot voting for all categories and disclose who they voted for online two weeks before the award ceremony. >Where awards are given irrespective of the winners presence as they are are declared a fortnight in advance at least. >Where the runners up are also awarded with the title of associate winners > There are no nominations and journalists are free to give any one their vote amongst the films released last year. Basically it's the only credible awards in the country and for the same it has garnered huge appreciation, though still only in its 3rd year. The list of key winners this year are: Best Feature Film Winner - BadhaaiHo - Junglee Pictures/ Vineet Jain Associate Winner - Andhadhun - Viacom18 Motion Pictures Best Director Winner - Andhadhun - Sriram Raghavan Associate Winner - Raazi - Meghna Gulzar Best Actor Male Winner - Sanju - Ranbir Kapoor Associate Winner - Padmaavat - Ranveer Singh Best Actor Female Winner - Raazi - Alia Bhatt Associate Winner - Padmaavat - Deepika Padukone Associate Winner - Hichki - Rani Mukerji Best Supporting Actor Male Winner - Sanju - Vicky Kaushal Associate Winner - BadhaaiHo - Gajraj Rao Associate Winner - Stree - Pankaj Tripathi Best Supporting Actor Female Winner - BadhaaiHo - Neena Gupta Associate Winner - BadhaaiHo - Surekha Sikri BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR Winner - Andhadhun - Amit Trivedi Associate Winner - Padmaavat - Sanjay Leela Bhansali Best Background Score Winner - Tumbbad - Ajay-Atul / Jesper Kyd Associate Winner - Padmaavat - Ankit Balhara, SanchitBalhara, Sanjay Leela Bhansali Best Cinematography Winner - Padmaavat - Sudeep Chatterjee Associate Winner - Tumbbad - Pankaj Kumar Best Story Adapted Winner - Raazi - Bhavani Iyer, Meghna Gulzar Associate Winner - Simmba - YunusSajawal, Sajid Samji, Vakkantham Vamsi Associate Winner - Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran - SaiwynQuadras, Sanyuktha Chawla Sheikh, Abhishek Sharma Best Story Original Winner - BadhaaiHo - Shanatanu Srivastava, Akshat Ghildial, Jyoti Kapoor Associate Winner - Andhadhun - Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja LadhaSurti, Yogesh Chandekar, Hemanth Rao