The grand Star Screen Awards were instituted in the year 1994. Since then, the chairman of The Express Group, Mr. Viveck Goenka initiates the award ceremonies every year. The winners are selected and nominated by a panel of esteemed judges from the film industry itself. Hence the Screen Awards attempts to stand out from other Indian film awards by presenting awards to the film fraternity by the film fraternity. For that year the event was sponsored by Nokia, hence, the Star Screen Awards 2009 were also known as the Nokia 15th Star Screen Awards. The ceremony was held on 14th January in Mumbai. 'Jodhaa Akbar' a movie directed by Ashutosh Gowariker emerged as the winner and won awards in several categories. Here is the list of the award winners for the year 2009.

The Winners For Nokia 15th Star Screen Awards Were:

Star Screen Popular Awards 2009

Category
Winner
Film
Best Film
Ashutosh Gowariker
Jodhaa Akbar
Best Director
Ashutosh Gowarikar
Jodhaa Akbar
Best Actor (Male)
Hrithik Roshan
Jodhaa Akbar
Best Actor (Female)
Priyanka Chopra
Fashion
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Arjun Rampal
Rock On
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Shahana Goswami
Rock On
Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male/Female)
Akshaye Khanna
Race
Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male/Female)
Tusshar Kapoor
Golmaal Returns
Best Music
A. R. Rahman
Jodhaa Akbar
Best Playback Singer (Male)
KK
Bachna Ae Haseeno – ‘Khuda Jaane’
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shilpa Rao
Bachna Ae Haseeno – ‘Khuda Jaane’
Best Lyrics
Anvita Dutt Guptan
Bachna Ae Haseeno – ‘Khuda Jaane’
Most Promising Newcomer (Male)
Farhan Akhtar
Rock On
Most Promising Newcomer (Female)
Asin Thottumkal
Ghajini
Best Popular Actor Award
Akshay Kumar
Singh Is Kinng
Best Popular Actress Award
Aishwarya Rai
Jodhaa Akbar
Best Animation Film
Roadside Romeo
-
Jodi No. 1
John Abraham & Abhishek Bachchan
Dostana

Star Screen Technical Awards 2009

Category
Winner
Film
Best Story
Neeraj Pandey
A Wednesday
Best Screenplay
Shiraz Ahmed
Race

Star Screen Special Awards 2009

Category
Winner
Film
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sanjay Khan
-
Ramnath Goenka Award
-
A Wednesday