The
awards
season
for
Hindi
films
usually
starts
off
in
the
New
Year.
But
viewers
of
India's
no.1
news
channel
have
had
their
say
at
the
end
of
the
old
year
and
their
voice
is
loud
and
clear:
Rab
Ne
Bana
Di
Jodi
is
the
best
film
of
the
year
2008.
The
year
end
Movie
Masala
awards
which
bases
its
honours
exclusively
on
the
votes
of
the
viewers
of
Aaj
Tak,
India's
no.1
news
channel,
have
also
declared
Anushka
Sharma
as
the
debutante
of
the
year
and
acknowledged
Aditya
Chopra's
return
behind
the
camera
as
the
best
directorial
turn
of
the
year.
Clearly,
the
sensitivity
and
humour
with
which
the
film
depicted
the
initial
moments
in
the
life
of
a
newly
married
couple
has
struck
a
chord
with
Indian
viewers.
Aditya
Chopra's
delicate
direction
has
not
gone
unnoticed
and
Anushka
Sharma's
richly
textured
performance
has
surprised
viewers
with
its
maturity,
especially
as
this
was
her
first
acting
performance
of
any
kind
in
any
medium.
Asked
to
comment
on
her
win
by
Aaj
Tak,
Anushka
was
humility
personified.
"It
is
honour
enough
to
work
with
Aditya
Chopra,
Shahrukh
Khan
and
the
entire
Yash
Raj
Films
team.
To
win
any
kind
of
recognition
on
top
of
that
is
just
icing
on
the
cake.
I
hope
that
my
subsequent
work
will
live
up
to
the
expectations
that
viewers
have
of
me
after
this
kind
of
a
stellar
launch
that
Yash
Raj
Films
has
given
me."
Knowing
how
much
the
story
of
Rab
Ne
Bana
Di
Jodi
has
resonated
with
the
viewers,
it
should
just
be
a
matter
of
time
before
other
awards
start
pouring
in.
2008
ended
with
a
bang
for
Yash
Raj
Films.
Now
it's
the
turn
of
the
batch
of
2009
films
from
YRF,
starting
with
the
unusual
tale
of
"New
York" to
weave
their
magic
with
the
viewers.