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Shah Rukh receives Global Entertainment award

By IANS,

Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was presented the Global Entertainment and Media Personality award at the FICCI Frames 2010 Excellence Awards here Thursday.

“Thank you so much to FICCI for bestowing this award on me, and the job that you guys are doing is absolutely outstanding,” said Shah Rukh after receiving the award.

The Global Icon of the Year award was presented to Oscar winning music director A.R. Rehman.

“Thank you FICCI for this honour,” the director said.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and actress Vidya Balan bagged the best actor award for their outstanding performance in R.Balki’s film “Paa”.

Director Raju Hirani garnered two awards – best film and best director – for his film “3 Idiots”.

Vidhu Vinod Chopra, producer of “3 Idiots” said in a pre-recorded video: “Thank you so much, FICCI. Thank you so much to all the members who voted for ‘3 Idiots’. I am really honoured and deeply appreciate your gesture.”

Pritam Chakraborty was presented the best music director award for Imtiyaz Ali’s “Love Aaj Kal”

“I am extremely thankful to FICCI for giving me this award and to Imtiyaz for giving me the opportunity to be part of ‘Love Aaj Kal’,” Pritam said.

Ranbir Kapoor won the best entertainment award.