The live and exclusive coverage of the winner announcements of 53rd Fair One Filmfare Awards that we brought to you straight from the venue...

To present the Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) award, the diva of Bollywood, Rekha arrives on the stage. And SRK has won the award for the 9th time for his role in Chak De India.

And finally it's the moment to announce the winner in the Best Leading Actor (Female) category. The Chhote Nawab, Saif Ali Khan arrives on the stage to announce the winner. And Kareena Kapoor receives the award from her beau for her performance in Jab We Met.

Kareena thanks Imitiaz Ali, co-star Shahid and Ashtavinayak. Bebo also acknowledges Saif for presenting her the award that has made her night special.

Before announcing the two most awaited awards of the year, Karan Johar comes back to acknowledge the sponsors.

The bubbly Preity Zinta is up on stage to present the Best Director Award. Preity says that it's a very emotional moment for her as she has worked before with the man who has won the award. It goes to Aamir Khan. Prasoon Joshi comes to receive the award on behalf of Aamir Khan, the director of Taare Zameen Par.

Bipasha Basu and John Abraham come on stage to announce the Critics' Award for Best Film. The award has been bagged by Shimit Amin for Chak De India. Kunal Kapoor presents the Critics' Award for Best Actress to Tabu for her unconventional role in Cheeni Kum. Nirupama Rao and Shaimak Davar arrive on the stage to announce the Critics Award for the Best Actor. It goes to Darsheel Safari for Taare Zammen Par. A delighted Darsheel says that he is thankful to the people who liked his work and have voted for him.

The Lifetime Achievement Award has been has been presented to Rishi Kapoor. The gorgeous Dimple Kapadia awarded the trophy to Rishi Kapoor. Rishi Kapoor gets a standing ovation as he receives the award.

The sultry siren Priyanka Chopra comes solo to announce the award for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) category. The award has been bagged by Irrfan Khan for playing Monty's character in Life In A Metro. Irrfan is not present for the moment and his award is collected by a close friend.

Neil Nitin Mukesh and Twinkle Khanna come to do the honours for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) category. It goes to Konkana Sen Sharma for her performance in Life in a Metro.

Bappi Lahiri and the ever-green Poonam Dhillon arrive to present the award for Best Music. It goes to A. R. Rehman. The musician bagged the award for his music in Guru. This is the singer's second award for the evening.

Smita Thackeray who is accompanied by David Dhawan, announces the next award for Best Male Singer. The award has been bagged by Shaan for the superhit track 'Jabse Tere Naina' from Saawariya. However, the singer is not present and his award has been collected by Monty Sharma.

The Best Lyrics Award is being read out by Minissha Lamba and Sanjay Gadhvi. This award has been won by Prasoon Joshi for penning 'Ma', the song from Taare Zameen Par.

Mukesh Bhatt and Arshad Warsi come on stage to present the award for best female playback singer which goes to Shreya Ghoshal for the song 'Barso Re' from Guru. Shreya Ghoshal also received the prestigious Padma Shri award for Best Playback Singer (Female) for song Barso re from movie Guru on 10th May 2007 from President Pratibha Patil.

The gorgeous Karisma Kapoor and Ramesh Sippy come to present the Power Award. The award has been bagged by Yash and Aditya Chopra. On winning the award, the veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra said, "We are powerless without the love of the audience and the industry."

The next award being presented by Kunal Kohli and Kangana Rannaut for The Best Story goes to Amol Gupte for Taare Zameen Par . The award for the Best Screenplay to Anurag Basu for Life In A Metro. Fardeen Khan does the honours of presenting the award. This is followed by the award for the Best Dialogue which is bagged by Imitiaz Ali for the movie Jab We Met. The award was presented by Madhur Bhandarkar and Aftab Shivdasani

The Best Female Debutante, is being presented by Jagjit and Sneha Saxena, MD of Elder Pharmaceuticals. With this announcement, Deepika wins her second Filmfare award.

Saif and SRK introduce their own in-formal awards known as the Na-Real awards. The Award trophies are in a coconut shape. And the Na-Real Award for Wardrobe Malfunction has been bagged by none other than their-co hostess, Vidya Balan for her look in Heyy Babyy.

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The next award in line is the Best Male Debutant Award. Ranbir Kapoor, the lover boy of Saawariya is awarded the honour by Jeetendra and Tusshar Kapoor. On winning the award, a delighted Ranbir says, "20 % of my reason for being an actor was that I could win a Filmfare. I am overwhelmed." Addressing Neetu Singh, Ranbir goes on to say, "Mamma, I am bringing home a girl tonight."

The Sony Head N Shoulders Fresh Face of the Year Award is being presented by Rohit Gupta and Kareena Kapoor. Deepika Padukone, the hot debutant of OSO, has bagged the award. A surprised Deepika says that she wasn't expecting the award.

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Anu Malik and Alka Yagnik come up to present the R. D. Burman Award for Promising Music Talent. Monty Sharma bags the award for lending music to Saawariya.

Saif and SRK, the hosts for the evening make an entry on horse-backs. The duo is dressed in black and blue attire. Gauri is looking bell bound to her hubby SRK. As SRK and Saif enter, there is lot of cheer from the women. Saif: says, "We are back on horsebacks, but not brokeback."

A. R. Rehman wins the award for the Best Background Score. The music director has come himself to take the award which is being presented by Abbas-Mustan. He says, "The Filmfare Award is like an ornament for a lady; the more you have, it enhances the charm."

Abbas-Mustan, the duo who always dress in white, come on-stage to present the Best Costume Award. It has been awarded to Sujata Sharma for Gandhi My Father.

Chak De India has won the Best Cinemtography Award. The award was presented by R Madhavan and his wife to Sudip Chatterjee

The 53rd Fair One Filmfare Awards has just begun with the guests paying homage to the souls of artistes who departed in 2007.