Rishi Kapoor,SRK,Preity Zinta bag MTV style awards

Mumbai, Oct 16 (UNI) Evergreen Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor was bestowed the Maha Style Icon of the Year award while Preity Zinta and Shahrukh Khan were voted the Most Stylish persons even as their movie ' Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna' was adjudged the most Most Stylish Film at the MTV Style Awards 2006 held on Saturday.

The winners were announced across various categories amidt a gathering of some of the most stylish people in the fields of films, sports, television, business and fashion, a release issued here today said.

In television, Rajeev Khandelwal of SAB TV's serial 'Left Right Left' retained the title of Most Stylish Host on Television (male) whereas his co-star Shweta Salve bagged the Award in the female category. Mr Bajaj (Ronit Roy) won the award for the Most stylish actor on television. In the Sports category, MS Dhoni was chosen as the Most Stylish Person and Amaan and Ayaan Ali was declared the Most Stylish Person in Music.

In the Honours category, Jay Panda was declared Most Stylish Person in Business and then, in the Technical category, Narendra K Ahmed was declared the Most Stylish Fashion Designer of the Year and Manish Malhotra the Most Stylish Bollywood Designer of the Year.

Breakthrough Designer of the Year Award was given to fashion's new darling Gaurav Gupta whereas the Most Stylish Person (female) on the Ramp Award went to Neha Kapoor. Shahwar Ali finally broke Upen Patel's hold over the Most Stylish Person (male) on Ramp title.

Hosted by the suave Karan Johar who was ably assisted by glamorous MTV VJs Anusha and Sophie, the show showcased music, style and fashion. The designers presented their lines to the music of their partnering artistes in keeping with the theme for the year -'Celebrating Style'.

Salman Khan, Preity Zinta and Akshay Kumar also walked the ramp to promote their forthcoming film ''Jaan-e-Mann''.

Leading up to the final night of the awards was a comprehensive process that was instituted this year. An exclusive panel of 25 judges comprising style gurus and divas across different walks of life like Arjun Rampal, Ashok Salian, Manish Malhotra, Malaika Arora Khan, Mehr Jessia, AD Singh, Prahlad Kakkar and Deepika Govind among others finalised the nominees in the three categories - Popular, Technical and Honours.

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