Come
January
and
the
season
of
Award
functions
start
in
Bollywood,
for
acknowledging
all
the
work
done
in
the
calendar
year
gone
by.
However,
there
are
some
award
functions
which
believe
in
being
'the
early
bird".
One
such
award
function
is
the
V
Shantaram
Awards,
which
was
held
over
the
weekend
in
Mumbai.
All
the
films
which
were
released
from
September
2006
to
August
2007
were
entitled
for
the
nominations
and
needless
to
say,
when
it
comes
to
Award
Functions
Shahrukh
Khan
does
hog
the
limelight,
as
was
the
case
here
also.
Shahrukh
bagged
the
award
for
Best
Actor
for
his
powerful
portrayal
of
hockey
coach,
Kabir
Khan,
in
Yash
Raj
Film"s
Chak
De
India.
The
movie
also
bagged
the
awards
for
Best
Film
(Gold)
and
director
Shimit
Amin
bagged
two
awards
for
Best
Director
(Silver)
and
Best
Editing.
Some
other
prominent
winners
included
Guru
which
bagged
awards
for
Best
Music,
Best
Cinematography
and
Best
Director
while
last
year"s
blockbuster
Lage
Raho
Munnabhai
also
fetched
three
awards
for
Best
Supporting
Actor,
Best
Story
and
Best
Screenplay.