Big B, international icon; Alia Bhatt, superstar of tomorrow

Dec 15, 2014 NR

At the Sansui COLORS Stardust Awards ceremony in Mumbai, Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with International Icon of the Year award, and Alia Bhatt was awarded the superstar of tomorrow (female category) trophy.

The star-studded award ceremony, held on Sunday, was co-hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar and actor Riteish Deshmukh along with “Cocktail” star Saif Ali Khan.

Veteran actress Asha Parekh walked away with Lifetime Achievement award.

“Queen” and “Highway” dominated the winners’ list of searchlight awards (small budget, big concept). “Queen” received best actress (Kangana Ranaut), best film, and Vikas Bahl shared best director award with Imtiaz Ali, who helmed “Highway”.

Ali’s movie also won the best male actor award for Randeep Hooda, while his co-star Alia Bhatt got the female superstar of tomorrow trophy.

Under the "achievers of the year" (rulers of box office 2014) category, the film of the year went to “Happy New Year”. Its director Farah Khan won the dream director award, while the movie’s star Shah Rukh Khan was honoured with best actor - thriller/action trophy.

SRK also walked home with male star of the year award, while the blockbuster’s lead actress Deepika Padukone won the female star of the year award.