`Jodhaa Akbar` bags top honours at Screen Awards

Ashutosh Gowariker`s `Jodhaa Akbar` has walked away with the top honours at the Screen Award.

Lavishly mounted historical “Jodhaa Akbar” was adjudged the best film and bagged three more awards - while Gowariker bagged best director trophy, film`s lead actor Hrithik Roshan won the best actor award.

Close on the heels of winning the Golden Globe Award for his musical score in Danny Boyle`s “Slumdog Millionaire”, AR Rahman bagged the best music director award for “Jodhaa Akbar” at the Nokia Star Screen Award held here Wednesday evening.

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Hrithik-Barbara-Kangana back in action

Recently Hrithik Roshan’s Kites was in the news as the shooting for the film had come to an abrupt halt recently when it was discovered that a lot of the dancers did not have the appropriate work permits. Now our unit sources have confirmed that the shoot as restarted as they have brought in local dancers.

Sources further add, “In fact a few scenes have even been shot between Hrithik and Kangana Ranaut.

Basically the problem was with a song for which foreign dancers had been imported. Their work permit was there but due to some misunderstandings the shoot had to be stopped. It was in fact Hrithik who came forward and resolved the issue.”

Kites had begun shoot in Mumbai from the second week of December and is expected to take place in various locations in Mumbai till Hollywood starlet, Barbara Mori joins them in mid of January 2009.

She was supposed to come earlier but due to the Mumbai terror attacks she had postponed her visit for the shoot.