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It's award time for Sahara One
By Nitin N. Sethi, Indo-Asian News Service

Mumbai, Jan 7 (IANS) Sahara One Motion Pictures' three critically acclaimed films "Page 3", "Yahaan" and "Bose - The Forgotten Hero" are nominated for two of the most prestigious awards this year.   

  

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Hero Honda Screen Awards 2005 and 2nd Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards have nominated these films in several categories, reports Bollywood Trade.

Sandeep Bhargava, Chief Operating Officer, Sahara One Motion pictures said: "It is a matter of pride that three of our films 'Page 3', 'Yahaan' & 'Bose' have been nominated for two prestigious films award. I am confident that all our movies will be received very well at the Awards." 

"Yahaan" staring Jimmy Shergill and Minissha Lamba has been nominated for 11 categories in Hero Honda Screen Awards 2005 including the Best Debut Director - Shoojit Sircar, Best Film - "Yahaan", Best Promising Newcomer Female - Minissha Lamba and Best Lyrics - Gulzar for "Naam aada likhna". 

Samir Chanda and A.R. Rahman have been nominated for Best Art Director and Best Background Score respectively for "Bose - The Forgotten Hero". 

Konkana Sen Sharma has been nominated for the Best Actor Female category for "Page 3". 

In 2nd Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards "Page 3" is nominated for four categories which includes Madhur Bhandarkar - Best Director, Manoj Tyagi - Best Story, Konkana Sensharma - Best Supporting Actress and Best Film - "Page 3". 

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'Rang De Basanti' to be premiered in Britain first

Eagerly awaited Aamir Khan starrer "Rang De Basanti" will open a day earlier in Britain than the worldwide release date, which is Jan 20. 

UTV's International Distribution Division has decided to open with select exclusive previews across Cine World, Vue and Odeon-UCI cinemas on Jan 19, reports Bollywood Trade. 

The publicity and word-of-mouth in Britain is pretty robust with the Daler Mehndi rendered 'Rang de basanti' track emerging on the popularity charts.

The film is about awakening and standing up for ones beliefs where the spirit of rebellion transcends time and age. 

The script revolves around a young idealistic English filmmaker who comes to India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. 

Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-drama.