Mumbai: NDTV Imagine will air Sunsilk Apsara The Producers’ Guild Awards on 12 April at 8 pm. Over 28 Apsara Awards were presented this year, of which 16 Apsara’s are for the Popular Awards category, seven Technical Awards and five Special Awards.

Indian cinema legends such as Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan are amongst the nominees for the awards along with Abhishek Bachchan, Akshay Khanna and Shahid Kapoor to Kareena Kapoor Aishwarya Rai, Tabu and Rani Mukherjee.

The performance-packed evening is hosted by Jaaved Jaffery with Vidya Malvade. The awards feature scintillating performances by Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Bipasha Basu. Rakhi Sawant and Riteish Deshmukh will also be performing.

The Sunsilk Apsara The Producers’ Guild Award has been instituted by the Film and Television Producers Guild of India with an objective to establish a benchmark and a standard for honoring excellence and achievements in the industry.

Each year the awards have received tremendous response with the participation of the prominent names in the industry and the presence of the leading artists and performers adding to the glamour quotient to the event. This year the awards ceremony was attended by personalities like Yash Chopra, Akshay Kumar, Govinda, Rakesh Roshan, Ranbir Kapoor, and Deepika Padukone, amongst others.