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Filmfare Awards

Watched the Filmfare Awards for 2009 last night. Was so disappointed that I wanted to let it out in this post. Past years' awards used to be long and never ending but the excitement and the performances were something the whole family used to look forward to. Javed Jaffrey used to be tremendously funny and confident as a host. Missed him doing his usual routine.

In the recent years, the performances were 'taped' prior to the awards at YRF studios and then shown 'live' to the audience. 2003's Kal Ho Na Ho set the trend for homosexual jokes between Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) and Saif Ali Khan (SAK) and that further spilled onto insulting the film industry folks with their sometimes witty and sometimes crass humor. SAK and SRK indeed put up a slightly watchable performance and their take on Shiv Sena was brief but funny.

Karan Johar, who seems to be everywhere, doesn't seem tired to host these shows but fails to give a good movie everytime. I don't understand after repeatedly failing to direct good movies, he is talked in the same breath as India's other great directors, and the list doesn't even include regional stalwarts.

Last night, I was shell shocked at 2 instances. Firstly, Best Dialogue was written as Best Dialouge which itself was unacceptable. No one bothers to proof read these things and unsurprisingly, the audience is left to see what is shown.

Secondly, the organizers wanted to pay a tribute to Michael Jackson. Fair enough. Karan Johar in his teleprompted script, announced the date of death as July 25, 2009 which for all its importance was so improperly done that it was unwatchable. MJ died on June 25, 2009.

On the performances, Deepika Padukone, who for starters cannot act to save her life, did such a yawningly boring dance sequence, that the organizers must have second thoughts about having her on stage in the coming years. She looked so disinterested that she herself must be wondering what the hell was she doing there.

Why did it seem that anyone who had a movie in 2009 walked away with an award. Ayan Mukherjee (Wake Up Sid) and Zoya Akhtar (Luck By Chance) should have done more to get the Best Debut Award. Thoroughly undeserved. The more these awards are given out, the more respect a certain Aamir Khan deserves for not putting up with this sham. Filmfare has absolutely lost its credibility.

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