And yet another gala event unfolded yesterday at the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) grounds – in the form of 16th Star Screen Award. Most of the B-town’s high profiled stars and personalities had dotted the avenue, who graced the event to watch the drama unfolding on stage. Of course Bachchans, Khans and Kapoors were there sashaying along with other top names of the industry.

Besides live entertainers from stars, the evening mainly witnessed the honouring of many screen personalities for becoming the highlights of 2009.

‘Paa’, ‘3 Idiots’ and ‘Luck By Chance’ had ruled the ceremony, by grabbing total 14 awards in all major categories along with the popular category.

The year’s biggest blockbuster 3 Idiots bagged total of 8 awards. Including the Best Film of the year, Rajkumar Hirani won the Best Director Award and shared the Best Screenplay award with Abhijat Joshi. The award for the Best Performance in a Comic Role went to Omi Vaidya along with the most promising newcomer, while the award for the Best Actor in a Negative Role went to Boman Irani. Kareena Kapoor received Best Actress award in the popular choice category for the film along with the film bagging the Best Dialogue category award. And finally, Bosco Ceaser had won the Best Choreographer.

R Balki’s take on a special father-son relationship ‘Paa’ swept the acting categories this year. The Most adorable kid ‘Auro’ from the film Paa – none other than Mr. Amitabh Bachchan received the Best Actor award along with Vidya Balan who won the Best Actor (female) award for her role as a beleaguered single mother. Arundhati Nag, who played Auro’s grandmother in the film, won the Best Supporting Actor (female) award. And Pratik Katare the adorable Vishnu won the Best Child Artiste award for the film Paa.

Rishi Kapoor won the Best Supporting Actor (male) award for his spot-on portrayal of a movie producer in debutant director Zoya Akhtar’s Luck By Chance. The film also bagged Best Ensemble Cast award.

The Best Music at the 16th Annual Star Screen Awards in Mumbai was bagged by Rahman for 'Dilli 6'. Jr Bachchan Abishekh received the award with all smiles on behalf of the Oscar-winning musician.

In the course of the event, the audience went into uproar when Amitabh, Abhishek, Shahrukh and Shahid gave a special number by performing the Auro dance. Salman Khan and Bipasha Basu too had given a treat to the audience there.

Here we have a quickie list of other winners:

Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan - Jodi No 1 Award

Javed Akhtar - Lifetime Achievement Award

Katrina Kaif - Best Entertainer Of The Year

Amit Truvedi - Best Background Score (Dev D)

Kavita Seth - Best Female Playback Singer (Iktaara in Wake Up Sid)

Nandita Das - Ram Nath Goenka Award & Most Promising Debut Director (Firaaq)

Mahie Gill - Most Promising Newcomer Female (Dev D)

Imtiaz Ali Best Story Award (Love Aaj Kal)

Shahid Kapur - Best Actor Award in the popular category (Kaminey)