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MUMBAI:
Star Gold has announced the second season of Vodafone Comedy
Honors 2008, an initiative to honour the stars and films that
have made laughter a part of life.
With
comedy movies, anecdotes and comic scenes, the second season
of Vodafone Comedy Honors will kick off with a special curtain
raiser hosted by Swapnil Joshi on 27 April at 1 pm on Star
Gold.
To
promote its event, Star Gold has weaved a special programming
for the entire month.
Starting
5 May, the channel will air comedy movies daily at 8:30 pm.
The festival, called Comedy Honors Movie Mela, includes films
like Chup Chup Ke, Bhaagam Bhag, Dulhe Raja,
Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya, Bheja Fry, Malaamal Weekly, No Entry,
Deewana Mastana, Biwi No 1, Aankhiyon Se Goli Maare and
Hulchul.
Additionally,
there will be caricatures of comic characters popping on the
screen in between and giving one liners and jokes or enacting
funny lines from the movies.
From
3 May, every Saturday and Sunday viewers will also get to
enjoy a one hour special of 101 comedy scenes from the everlasting
comedy movies.
Prior to the finale of Vodafone Comedy Honors 2008, Star Gold
will be airing Hasi Ka Haftaa, a series of blockbuster
movies throughout the day from 26–30 May.
The
entire event will culminate with the award ceremony, Vodafone
Comedy Honors 2008.
The
awards will be hosted by Javed Jaffery. Comedy Honors will
also include a special advisory panel comprising of filmmakers
like Satish Kaushik, Nagesh Kukunoor and Vashu Bhagnani along
with Star Gold who will hand pick the honorees in each category.
Awards
will be given away in the following categories:
- Honor
for lifetime achievement award
- Performer
with all round comic excellence
- Actor
with comic excellence
- Actress
with comic excellence
- Director
with comic excellence
- Rising
actor with comic excellence
- Hrishikesh
Mukherjee socially relevant comedy film
Star
India VP marketing and communications Prem kamath said, "Creating
an exciting line up of programming consistently, Star Gold
has pioneered a number of innovative properties for its loyal
viewers. One such big initiative for us was the launch of
Comedy Honors last year and with the overwhelming response
from our audiences we are launching thesecond season of the
same property."
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