Come January and we have already seen reams of paper and reels lost in identifying the best, the worst; the rest and the winners in showbiz
Soon we would be caught up in the awards current. So I got my hopes doing overtime. I told myself that I’m entitled to chase my mirage. So at the coming awards fests of the year, as organisers roll out their red carpets. I hope:
- They get imaginative and use anything but red carpets. How about eco-friendly jute mats to have our Celluloid Lords to walk on!
- There aren’t two DJs/PJs or a compeer without sensitivity. How about calling in Ameen Sayani to do a how ?, A Simi or Shabana who could improve the credibility by their sheer presence.
- No ‘dance items’ – and medleys with scantily dressed (?) guys and gals walking up and down to rhythm in a manner that makes Raveena and Karishma look graceful !!.
- Instead why not have a half hour dance recital by Kamal Hassan, Vyjanatimala, Hema or Rekha.
- Hopefully there is no film of Shah Rukh Khan. How can a self respecting industry give him so predictably the award which he does not deserve.
- We do away with those envelops and two “celebrities” walking up to the podium with smiles that reiterates the Star Value (or lack of it) with results- a text book instance of ‘much ado about nothing’
- Please no Dia Mirza, Celina Jaitley, Fardeen, Rekha, Poonam Dhillon, Sridevi.
- Why don’t we get Anita Raaj in place of Poonam Dhillon, Meenakshi in place of Sridevi. Sushmita Sen as the Diva instead of the Kanjeevaram decked Rekha
- Why not have Sreesanth and Harbhajan perform in place of Saif or Shahid.
- Not have those predictable dedications to “Mom” – whether Sanjay Leela Bansali gets the salute for Guzarish or not.
- Why not Lifetime Achievement Award to Salil Choudary.
- No Boman Irani, SRK and Saif with their trademark one-liners.
- Can I please not have Sheila Ki Jawani and Munni Badnaam Hui.
- Perhaps it is a good idea to have a ghazal performance followed by the winners on stage seated – a salute to the early years of Filmfare!!
The shows are so bereft of imagination and so predictable. Let’s hope (against hope!) that some one there gets a trifle imaginative and does something different. The year has thrown up some imaginative cinema Lets see if the “minds behind the awards” stand up and give us a show with a difference!!
L.Ravichander