SRK announced favorite actor at Lions Gold Awards!

Shahrukh khan, Priyanka Chopra

Shah Rukh Khan won the favorite actor award at the 18th Lions Gold Awards ceremony here, while Priyanka Chopra was named the favorite actress.

However, neither the megastar nor Priyanka were present to collect their awards at the ceremony held.

But, Rani Mukerji, who won an award for her role in "No One Killed Jessica", walked the red carpet at the event and came on stage to collect her trophy.

Entertainingly, in the music department, the Lions Awards, which recognises and felicitates outstanding contributions of stars from the showbiz and other fields, honoured both singer Sonu Niigaam and his four-year-old son Neevan.

While Sonu won the favourite evergreen singer award, his son was declared the favourite child singer for his version of "Kolaveri Di".

"It's a great feeling. It's Nevaan's first award," said an elated sonu.

The evening saw the presence of known stars like R. Madhavan, Bappi Lahri, Milan Luthria and Rohit Shetty, among others.

The Winners list as follows:

Lions favourite actor in a leading role male - Shahrukh Khan

Lions favourite charming actor - Sunny Deol

Lions favourite actor in a leading role female - Priyanka Chopra ("Don 2")

Lions favourite popular director - Milan Luthria for "The Dirty Picture"

Lions favourite actor in negative role - Prakash Raj for "Singham"

Lions favourite doyen of the film industry- Shatrughan Sinha

Lions favourite evergreen singer - Sonu Niigaam

Lions favourite child singer - Neevan

Lions favourite choreographer - Pony Prakash Raj for "Oo la la" song

Lions favourite choreographer (Critics) - Ganesh Hegde for "Chammak challo"

Lions favourite lyricist - Shabbir Ahmed for "Bodyguard"

Lions favourite music director - Himesh Reshammiya for "Bodyguard"

Lions favourite special effects (Prime Focus) - for Naresh Malhotra for "RA.One"

Lions favourite playback singer male - Bappi Lahiri for "Oo La La"

Lions favourite debutant actor male - Chirag Paswan for "Mile Na Mile Hum"

Lions favourite actor in a supporting role (Critics) female - Divya Dutta for "Stanley Ka Dabba"

Lions favourite lifetime achievement award - Aruna Irani

Lions favourite enterprising producer of the year- Premal Goragandhi

Lions favourite debutant director - Rohit Dhawan for "Desi Boyz"

Lions favourite upcoming production house - Sunil Pathare (Maxwell Entertainment Pvt Ltd.)

Lions favourite dynamic director of the year - Rohit Shetty for "Singham"

Lions favourite director of the decade - Rakesh Roshan

Lions favourite style icon - Hrithik Roshan