By Jilawatan

MUMBAI: The Stardust Awards 2009 was held on Sunday, 15 February, 2009 in Mumbai. The who’s who of the industry was present at these awards. Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan with Amar Singh, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna, Rekha, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, Ashutosh and Sunita Gowariker, Farhan Akhtar, Boney and Sridevi Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut and Adhyayan Suman, Amrita Rao, Asin, Neha Dhupia, Koena Mitra, Abbas-Mustan, Anu Malik, Genelia D’Souza and many more graced the red carpet.

The award ceremony was like none other in recent times. In fact Amitabh Bachchan has echoed this in his blog where he says that MAX Stardust Awards have always rewarded areas that have been either ignored or not brought up for consideration, and that is what is different about them in comparison with some of the other ceremonies.

The hosts of the evening were Minnisha Lamba and Tusshar Kapoor. Fresh from the success of ‘Golmaal Returns’, Tusshar kept the audience enthralled .

The highlight of the evening was Anil Kapoor’s performance on stage.For the first time in seven years he danced to the tracks of some of his most popular numbers from Woh Saat Din to Ram Lakhan and many more. He ended the medley with a performance on the signature song ‘Jai Ho’ from the acclaimed ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ saluting the spirit and success of Bollywood.

While accepting the special award bestowed upon him for taking Indian cinema global and completing 30 years in Hindi cinema, Anil Kapoor remarked, “This is my Oscar!”