8 PM..2nd March..all television sets tuned in to SONY entertainment television to watch Filmfare awards for the year 2007. The Filmfare Awards ceremony is one of the oldest, prominent and most coveted events for Indian Film Industry(I refrain from referring it as Bollywood, lest I might upset Big B). There are separate categories for popular awards, critics awards, Special awards and technical awards. Not only the film fraternity but even the masses eagerly wait for this evening. There is a difference in the eagerness though..the filmy junta waits to see who has won the auction and who gets to carry the black lady home, and desh ki junta waits to see the sizzling performances by the leading ladies and the heartthrobs of the celluloid.
My friends and family members in India are kind enough to keep me abreast with the latest hindi movies, the reality shows on TV,the masala gossips,the grapevine etc in the tinsel town. So, a day before the awards were broadcasted in India, my grandmom asked me not to miss the Filmfare Awards because the hit jodi is back to rock the stage. In attempt to guess, I thought it would be john-bipasha hosting the event. But NO. My grandmom who is nowhere close to being influenced by Kanta Ben was all excited about Sharukh and Saif being the comparer's of the evening. Now, I had seen them perform a couple of years back and I thought that their act was quite funny. So granny's excitement rubbed on me as well, and i was desperately searching for the links to watch the awards online. I did get hold of the link, but after a day's wait.
To begin with, the entire show was a thorough disappointment. Not that I should have held high expectations in the first place, but still...whatever...Actually speaking, i think with umpteen awards which exist we should by now habituate ourselves to the way the awards are handed out to Bollywood films. They have more or less the same concept, same dance numbers, same performers, same people sharing the stage..Filmfare has a reputation of satsifying one and all in the bright fraternity. They conveniently accomodate people in special categories or critics category and ward away any possible situation of annoying the members from filmy families.
Anyways, this year's Filmfare was woven around Saif and Kareena's love affair. From the beginning until end, it was ONLY about them. Moments like Sharukh addressing Kareena as his bhabhi and Karan johar's nudging Saif's elbow before Kareena's dance performance - it was all so irritating to say the least. There was a moment where i felt that there might be a special category of award designated only to honor them as the best couple of the year. And if this was not enough, the icing on the cake was Sharukh and Saif's slapstick comedy. No one was spared from the spears of their taunts except for the so called circle of Chopra's and Johar's. All in all, it was highly boring and an utter waste of time.
My friends and family members in India are kind enough to keep me abreast with the latest hindi movies, the reality shows on TV,the masala gossips,the grapevine etc in the tinsel town. So, a day before the awards were broadcasted in India, my grandmom asked me not to miss the Filmfare Awards because the hit jodi is back to rock the stage. In attempt to guess, I thought it would be john-bipasha hosting the event. But NO. My grandmom who is nowhere close to being influenced by Kanta Ben was all excited about Sharukh and Saif being the comparer's of the evening. Now, I had seen them perform a couple of years back and I thought that their act was quite funny. So granny's excitement rubbed on me as well, and i was desperately searching for the links to watch the awards online. I did get hold of the link, but after a day's wait.
To begin with, the entire show was a thorough disappointment. Not that I should have held high expectations in the first place, but still...whatever...Actually speaking, i think with umpteen awards which exist we should by now habituate ourselves to the way the awards are handed out to Bollywood films. They have more or less the same concept, same dance numbers, same performers, same people sharing the stage..Filmfare has a reputation of satsifying one and all in the bright fraternity. They conveniently accomodate people in special categories or critics category and ward away any possible situation of annoying the members from filmy families.
Anyways, this year's Filmfare was woven around Saif and Kareena's love affair. From the beginning until end, it was ONLY about them. Moments like Sharukh addressing Kareena as his bhabhi and Karan johar's nudging Saif's elbow before Kareena's dance performance - it was all so irritating to say the least. There was a moment where i felt that there might be a special category of award designated only to honor them as the best couple of the year. And if this was not enough, the icing on the cake was Sharukh and Saif's slapstick comedy. No one was spared from the spears of their taunts except for the so called circle of Chopra's and Johar's. All in all, it was highly boring and an utter waste of time.
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