Bollywood
Superstar
Shahrukh
Khan
was
adjudged
the
best
actor
for
his
role
in
Chak
De!
India
at
the
V
Shantaram
awards
announced
here
today.
Chak
De!
India,
a
film
on
hockey,
was
adjudged
the
best
feature
film.
Mani
Ratnam
walked
away
with
the
Best
Director
award
for
his
Guru,
which
also
won
the
trophies
for
Best
Music
and
Best
Cinematography.
Last
year's
blockbuster
Lage
Raho
Munnabhai
won
three
awards
for
Best
Supporting
Actor,
Best
Story
and
Best
screenplay.
Chak
De
won
the
Gold
for
Best
Film,
its
director
Shimit
Amin
won
silver
for
Best
Director.
The
Awards
instituted
in
1993
by
V
Shantaram
Foundation,
are
deemed
"the
industry's
own,
by
the
film
people
for
the
film
people",
and
are
a
precursor
to
Bollywood
award
season.
Chak
de
also
won
Best
Sound
and
Best
Editing
categories.
The
Yash
Raj
production
is
the
challenging
tale
of
a
coach
and
his
team
of
16
girls.