commercial films alike she was like my soul sister another highlight a r rehmans performance of his composition from lord of the rings the filmfare audience was treated to a song from the epic musical adaptation of the tolkien classic which premiered at canada last year and will play in londons west end this june closer home rehman performed khalbali from rang de basanti and a song from guru to much applause from the audience interestingly the musical genius whos been nominated for the oscars for a song in water chose to perform at the filmfare function rather than attend the academy awards this years lifetime achievement awards went to javed akhtar and jaya bachchan while akhtars award was presented to him by yash chopra and ramesh sippy the two directors whod filmed salimjaveds best scripts jayas trophy was handed to her by her husband said another family moment occurred when aishwarya rai presented fianc abhishek bachchan with the best supporting actor for kabhi alvida na kehna that looked planned quipped abhishek when she presented him with the award i thank my family he said and looked at aishwarya and added jokingly almost as an afterthought you too which prompted shah rukh to say when abhishek left the stage hopefully next year you will thank your wife toomaking her first public appearance after the celebrity big brother brouhaha was shilpa shetty said karan johar this year at heathrow when people smiled at me i thought my films were really doing well globally then i realized it was because i came from the land of shilpa shettythe main sponsor of the 52nd filmfare fair one awards was elder pharmaceuticals ltd the associate sponsors were bisleri international pvt ltd and ashrafi financial world company ltd while the tv partner was sony entertainment ltd the ground sponsors for the event included yrf studios bright advertising agency outdoor partner radio mirchi media partner ray ban gift partner blue foods food partner johnnie walker raja rani travel partner cineyug show division times now english news channel partner airtel communication partner ibn7 hindi news channel partner 360 degrees event management rapport global events harshan travels varsha artrageous set designers and bharatbala productions pvt ltd