The Nokia 14th star Screen Awards were announced at a sparkling ceremony on Thursday at Mumbai. The inspiring Chak De India was declared the best film of the year while Kareena Kapoor won the Best Actress Award for the film “Jab We Met”. AR Rahman won the Best Music Director Award for Mani Ratnam's Guru.

Taare Zameen Par proved to be a dream debut for Aamir Khan as the film bagged six main awards including the Best Director (Aamir Khan) ,Best Child Actor (Darsheel), Best Story (Amol Gupte), Best Lyricist (Prasoon Joshi), Best Supporting Actor (Aamir Khan) and Best Dialogue.

However, Chak De India too hogged the limelight by winning 3 awards- the Best Film Award, the Best Actor Award (Shah Rukh Khan) and the Best Director's Award (Shimit Amin). The Best Director Award was shared between Shimit Amin and Aamir Khan. Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone won the honor of Best Pair while Deepika was also adjudged the Best Newcomer (Female). Ranbir Kapoor won the Best Newcomer (Male) Award. Life in a Metro begged two awards- the Best Comedian Award (Irfan Khan) and the Best Screenplay Award (Anurag Basu).
 
For his great contribution to the Hindi cinema Manoj Kumar was honored with the Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award. The Award for Best Negative Role went to Pankaj Kapoor while Chak De girls shared the laurel for Best Supporting Role (female).

The best female playback singer award went to Shreya Ghosal for “Guru” while Soham won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for the film Life in a Metro.