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IIFA announces winners for Technical Awards
MUMBAI: The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) has announced the winners of the Idea IIFA Awards 2008 for the technical category.
While Chak De India has swept off 5 awards, Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om has bagged 4 out of the 14 awards that were announced.
Chak De India has bagged the awards for technical excellence in best cinematography for Sudeep Chatterjee, best editing for Amitabh Shukla, best sound recording for Manas Choudhary and Ali Merchant, best sound re-recording for Anuj Mathur and best screenplay for Jaideep Sahni, who jointly shared the honours with Anurag Basu for Life in a Metro.
Close behind is Farah Khan’s Shah Rukh starrer Om Shanti Om winning 4 Awards for best art direction for Sabu Cyril, best VFX for Red Chillies Entertainment, best costume designing for Manish Malhotra, Karan Johar and Sanjiv Mulchandani and best makeup for Bharat-Dorris, Ravi Indulkar and Namrata Soni.
Furthermore, the choreography award has gone to Vaibhavi Merchant for the song Aaja Nachle from the film Aaja Nachle, while Javed Sheikh and Ejaz Sheikh has won the best action award for the movie Shootout at Lokhandwala.
The Award for best sound recording has been bagged by H Sridhar for Guru for the song Barso Re. Also, A R Rehman has won the Idea IIFA Award for best background score for the same.
Imtiaz Ali‘s Jab We Met has fetched the director the IIFA award for best dialogue.
The IIFA award winners will be presented their trophies at the IIFA Weekend that will be held from 6-8 June in Bangkok.
The technical category announcement was made following an industry voting audited by PriceWatehouse Coopers, the auditing firm for the IIFAs and the Oscars.
The results were arrived at on the basis of a compilation of nominations that was received category wise for the movies released during ‘07.
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Zee5 and Applause Entertainment team up for whodunnit ‘Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa’
Rajat Kapoor directs star-studded murder mystery streaming from 10 April.
MUMBAI: Zee5 is serving up another killer collaboration and this time, the murder mystery comes with a generous side of dark humour and family dysfunction. The streaming platform has partnered with Applause Entertainment and Mithya Talkies to bring Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa, a fresh, twisted whodunnit written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker and actor Rajat Kapoor. The film will stream exclusively on Hindi Zee5 from 10 April.
The movie reimagines the classic murder mystery genre with a contemporary, darkly comic edge. It revolves around a group of friends and family who smile, drink, and celebrate together until the silence snaps and long-buried secrets spill out. The stellar ensemble cast includes Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Waluscha De Sousa, Saurabh Shukla, Chandrachoor Rai, Neil Bhoopalam, Koel Purie, Palomi Ghosh, and Rajat Kapoor himself.
This latest offering continues the successful partnership between Zee5 and Applause Entertainment, which has previously delivered diverse hits such as Mithya, Bloody Brothers, and Jab Khuli Kitaab.
&TV Business Head of hindi Zee5 and chief channel officer Kaveri Das said, “Our collaboration with Applause Entertainment has consistently delivered distinct, high-impact storytelling. Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa is a natural progression, reinforcing our focus on genre-led content with a compelling whodunnit premise and a strong ensemble cast.”
Applause Entertainment business head for movies Sunil Chainani added, “This film adds yet another compelling layer to our slate with Rajat Kapoor’s unmistakable voice.”
Rajat Kapoor shared, “What interested me was not just the mechanics of a whodunnit, but the emotional violence that precedes physical violence. These are people who smile at each other, but there’s so much that is not said.”
The film promises razor-sharp writing, layered performances, and simmering tension, inviting viewers not just to solve the crime but to unravel the complex relationships at its heart.
If you love a good murder mystery served with wit and emotional depth, Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa looks set to be your next addictive watch. Mark your calendars, the whodunnit drops on Hindi Zee5 from 10 April.
