Filmfare 2011- Its a Joke

Filmfare lost it's value since it shifted to yash raj studios, I think it will be very proper to say yash raj awards rather than filmfare. Many choices were debatable.

Here is the list of winners - with my take. and yes, these are 'my' thoughts, feel free to disagree.

Deserving -

Best Actor Female (Critics)
Vidya Balan (Ishqiya)

Best Sensational Debut (Male)
Ranveer Singh - Band Bajaa Baaraat

Best Sensational Debut (Female)
Sonakshi Sinha - Dabangg

Best Debut Director
Maneesh Sharma (Band Baaja Baraat)

Best Playback Singer (Male)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (Ishqiya)

Best Playback Singer (Female)
Mamta Sharma - Munni Badnaam Hui (Dabangg)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Sheila Ki Jawani (Tees Maar Khan)

Best Lyrics
Gulzar - Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (Ishqiya)

Best Dialogue
Habib Faisal - Band Baaja Baaraat

Best Choreography
Farah Khan - Sheila Ki Jawani (Tees Maar Khan)

Best Action
Vijayan Master - Dabangg

Best Screenplay
Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap - Udaan

Best Background Score
Amit Trivedi - Udaan

Best Costumes
Varsha Shilpa - Do Dooni Chaar

Best Editing
Namrata Rao - Love Sex Aur Dhokha

Best Cinematography
Mahendra Shetty - Udaan

Best Sound Design
Pritam Das - Love Sex Aur Dhokha
Kunal Sharma - Udaan

Best Production Design
Mukund Gupta - Do Dooni Chaar

I Disagree with -

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)
Shah Rukh Khan - My Name Is Khan

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)
Kajol - My Name Is Khan

Best Film
Dabangg

Best Director
Karan Johar - My Name Is Khan

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)
Kareena Kapoor - We Are Family

Best Music
Sajid - Wajid & Lalit Pandit (Dabangg)

Sony Best Scene Of The Year
Golmaal 3

'We have to keep everyone happy' Awards -

R. D. Burman Music Award
Sneha Khanwalkar - Love Sex Aur Dhokha

Lifetime Achievement Award
Manna Dey

40 Years Of Greatness Award
Amitabh Bachchan

Listed below are the winners, for the films that I haven't seen. So, no comments.

Best Film (Critics)
Udaan

Best Actor Male (Critics)
Rishi Kapoor - Do Dooni Chaar

Best Actor In Supporting Role (Male)
Ronit Roy - Udaan

Best Story
Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane - Udaan

My Take-

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)
Salman Khan - Dabngg

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)
Vidya Balan - Ishqiya

Best Music
Pritam - Once Upon A Time In Mumbai

When Salman Khan became Aamir Khan’s guru!

To play his character in Dhobi Ghat, Aamir Khan became a shishya of Salman Khan for a few weeks and diligently learnt from him how to create paintings.

It’s no secret that Salman is a terrific painter, even though the star downplays that talent of his. So when Aamir bagged the role of a painter in wife Kiran Rao’s film Dhobi Ghat, he turned to his good friend Salman for help.

Being the perfectionist that he is, Aamir wasn’t going to settle for a tacky portrayal of a painter. He wanted to learn the fine points of painting. And Salman more than willingly helped Aamir with that. For a few weeks he was Aamir’s art guru and Aamir his diligent student.

We hear that as guru dakshina, Aamir gave Salman a painting made by him. It’s an abstract painting with imaginative use of colours.

Salman has reportedly loved Aamir’s painting and has hung it in his bar, even though he’s off the bottle nowadays.

Reliance BIG Pictures And Atul Agnihotri Announce The Launch of ´Bodyguard´

Reliance BIG Pictures and Reel Life Production Pvt Ltd’s 'Bodyguard' starring Bollywood superstars Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor is the official remake of the Malayalam hit Bodyguard directed by Siddique who also directed the Tamil orginal .

Clarifying the official title of the film says producer Atul Agnihotri “Several people in the media are referring to the film as 'My Love Story' when that isn't the title. As official producer I would like to clarify that the film is called 'Bodyguard'. Hope this puts an end to the confusion. For now the film is rolling with it's first schedule being shot in Pune."

I forgive Vivek, says Salman

The battle between the two Khans is only getting worse. Adding fire to the Shah Rukh- Salman standoff, Sallu has spoken out against Shah Rukh’s ’apology’ to him on the TV chat show, Koffee with Karan,

saying that SRK should make an apology in person, and not on national TV, if he wants to patch up.SRK had said on the show, “Salman Khan is angry with me, it is 100% my fault.” In response, Salman told the magazine, Hello Delhi, “He passes my house around four times a day to get anywhere, and to return from wherever he goes. If he wanted a patch-up, why would he say it on a TV show?”

Salman added that he has forgiven actor Vivek Oberoi, with whom he had a bitter standoff following Oberoi’s press conference against him in 2003. “I forgave Vivek because you know whether someone is serious or not in wanting to apologise, and whether he seriously felt bad for his actions. I felt this (Shah Rukh’s) apology came only to increase TRPs of Karan’s show.”

When asked if he would forgive Shah Rukh if he came to him and said sorry, Salman said, “I would rather stay away from such people.”

Industry insiders say it’s time the two buried the hatchet. “It is a matter of ego for both — who will make the first move? But, it suits both of them because their rivalry is more newsworthy than their friendship,” says adman Prahlad Kakkar. Urging the actors to move on, trade analyst Taran Adarsh says, “Things can certainly be worked out if both actors want to make peace, but no third party should get involved.”


Both Shah Rukh Khan and Vivek Oberoi refused to comment on the matter.
-With inputs by Navdeep Kaur Marwah

Salman Khan in Yash Raj clan?

The New York director Kabir Khan has approached Salman Khan for his next Yash Raj Films project. Shah Rukh has been the hot choice for YRF over the years. So, why Salman now?
"Dabangg's success is one of the main reasons for the banner pursuing Salman. Initially, the director was thinking of casting John Abraham as the main lead, but after Sallu's flick became a smash hit, he decided the Dabangg actor would be a better draw," a source told Mid Day.

Moreover, Aditya Chopra has also been sending feelers to the Dabangg actor to accept the film, reported the tabloid. This would be Salman's debut with Yash Raj Films if he agrees to be a part of it.

"The star has never worked with Aditya Chopra, a close friend of arch rival Shah Rukh Khan. Before signing the film, Sallu wants to be sure the team is all on the same page, creatively. Kabir has told the star that he can't see anyone else playing the part," added the source.

Is the Dabangg factor hampering the bond between the Chopras and SRK?

Winners of 6th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Salman Khan - Dabangg

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Vidya Balan - Ishqiya
Anushka Sharma - Band Baaja Baaraat

Best Film
Arbaaz Khan Productions - Dabangg

Best Director
Karan Johar - My Name Is Khan

Best Debut Male
Ranveer Singh - Band Baaja Baaraat

Best Debut Female
Sonakshi Sinha - Dabangg

Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male)
Paresh Rawal - Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?

Best Actor in Negative Role
Sonu Sood - Dabangg

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Arjun Rampal - Raajneeti

Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Female)
Prachi Desai - Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai

Best Story
Anusha Rizvi - Peepli [LIVE]

Best Debutante Director
Manish Sharma - Band Baaja Baaraat

Best Male Singer
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Tere Mast Mast Do Nain (Dabangg)

Best Female Singer
Sunidhi Chauhan - Sheila Ki Jawani (Tees Maar Khan)
Mamta Sharma - Munni Badnaam Hui (Dabangg)

Best Music
Sajid Wajid - Dabangg

Best Lyrics
Gulzaar - Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji (Ishqiya)

Best Dialogue
Abhinav Singh Kashyap & Dilip Shukla - Dabangg

Best Screenplay
Rajat Aroraa - Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai

Best Choreography
Farah Khan - Sheila Ki Jawani - Tees Maar Khan

Best Editing
Namrata Rao - Band Baaja Baaraat

Best Cinematography
Sudeep Chatterji - Guzaarish
Santosh Sivan & V.Manikandan - Raavan

Best Art Director
T.P.Abid & Sonal Choudhry - Band Baaja Baaraat

Best Sound Recording
Pritam Das - Love Sex Aur Dhokha

Best Costume Design
Niharika Khan - Band Baaja Baaraat

Best Special Effects
Prime Focus - Guzaarish

Best Re-Recording
Tapan Nayak - Raavan

Lifetime Achievement Award
Dharmendra

Hindustan Times Reader's Choice Entertainer Of The Year Award (Male)
Shahrukh Khan

Hindustan Times Reader's Choice Entertainer Of The Year Award (Female)
Katrina Kaif

Cinematic Exellence (Director)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Guzaarish

Cinematic Exellence (Male)
Hrithik Roshan - Guzaarish

Cinematic Exellence (Female)
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Guzaarish

Special Honour For Films of 2009 - Best Actor
Amitabh Bachchan - Paa

Special Honour For Films of 2009 - Best Actress
Vidya Balan - Paa

Special Honour For Films of 2009 - Best Film
Vidhu Vinod Chopra - 3 Idiots

Special Honour For Films of 2009 - Best Director
Raju Hirani - 3 Idiots

Hrithik v/s Salman face-off is inevitable

Seems like fireworks will happen after all in the month of May next year with Hrithik Roshan's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara readying to face the challenge from Salman Khan's Ready. Though there were murmurs in the industry that Zindagi Na.... had decided to move away from the competition and arrive on a different day, film's producer Ritesh Sidhwani has denied any such plans.

"Why would Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara not release on 27th May", questions back Ritesh who is caught by surprise when asked about the change in plans for the film.

There is a small history behind the Hrithik Roshan and Salman Khan face off. Release date of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara was announced a few weeks back and the film was all set to arrive on 27th May. A multi starrer which also stars Katrina Kaif, Farhan Akhtar and Abhay Deol, Zindagi.... is now well into post production.

However Ready, which is a Salman Khan and Asin starrer, is still into shooting with some of the songs left to be picturised. However, its sudden announcement on arriving on the same day as Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara caught everyone was surprise. It was being widely suspected that the film would now lead to Salman v/s Hrithik clash.

"In days to follow, many in the industry speculated if it was a wise decision after all for two big films like these to clash", says an industry insider, "Though Salman has made a late entry, there was no room for ego for anyone involved. Yes, Zindagi... was announced a few weeks ago but since May is quite far away, either of the films could at least contemplate an arrival on a different date."

This was the time when rumours started making the rounds that the makers of Zindagi Na... had decided to take the first step and arrive on a different date. This also meant that 27th May was now the battle ground for Ready and Ranbir Kapoor starrer Rockstar which is also sighting the same date.

Ritesh Sidhwani though is sure that there won't be any change in release plans and quashes all the speculations. Maintaining that 27th May is indeed the D day for this Zoya Akhtar directed film, he states, "We have not changed our date. We are definitely arriving as per the original plans."

Well, seems there are indeed interesting days ahead. Will there now be a three way clash between Salman, Hrithik and Ranbir? Sounds interesting for sure!

Star Screen Awards 2011: Salman Khan, Vidya Balan win top honours

MUMBAI: Salman Khan not only rocked the box office with his blockbuster "Dabangg" but also triumphed at the 17th Annual Star Screen Awards by bagging the best actor trophy for the action-comedy. Vidya Balan walked away with best actress award for her bold and critically appreciated performance in Vishal Bhardwaj's "Ishqiya".

Overall, "Dabangg" bagged six awards, including best music (Sajid-Wajid), best new talent in music (Mamta Sharma), most promising newcomer (Sonakshi Sinha), best choreography ( Farah Khan )), and best action (Master Vijayan) and emerged as the most awarded film of the evening.

However, the surprise element was the tie between "Ishqiya", "Band Baaja Baraat" and small budget film "Udaan" - all three received four awards each.

"Ishqiya" also won best supporting actor for Arshad Warsi, best male playback singer for Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and best lyricist for Gulzar. "Udaan" was the winner in categories like best film, best director for Vikramaditya Motwane and best actor in negative role for Ronit Roy and best child artiste for Ayaan Barodia.

"Band Baaja Baraat" grabbed most promising male newcomer for Ranveer Singh, most promising debut director for Maneesh Sharma, best dialogue for Habib Faisal and best editing for Namrata Rao.

Apart from this, the popular choices awards were bagged by Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif for best actor and best actress respectively.

Ramnath Goenka Memorial Award was bestowed upon "My Name Is Khan" and a special jury award for spectacular cutting-edge technology was given to "Robot" at the gala event Friday evening.

Best Actor (Male)
Salman Khan - Dabangg

Best Actor (Female)
Vidya Balan - Ishqiya

Best Film
Udaan

Best Director
Vikramaditya Motwane - Udaan

Best Actor Popular Choice (Male)
Shahrukh Khan - My Name Is Khan

Best Actor Popular Choice (Female)
Katrina Kaif - (Raajneeti - Tees Maar Khan)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Arshad Warsi - Ishqiya

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Shernaz Patel - Guzaarish

Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male/Female)
Sanjay Mishra - Phas Gaye Re Obama

Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male/Female)
Ronit Roy - Udaan

Best Performer
Ajay Devgn - Golmaal 3

Best Music
Sajid Wajid - Dabangg
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - My Name Is Khan

Best Playback Singer (Male)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji - Ishqiya

Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghoshal - Bahara - I Hate Luv Storys

Best New Talent In Music
Mamta Sharma - Munni Badnaam - Dabangg

Best Lyrics
Gulzar - Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji - Ishqiya

Most Promising Newcomer (Male)
Ranveer Singh - Band Baaja Baaraat

Most Promising Newcomer (Female)
Sonakshi Sinha - Dabangg

Most Promising Debut Director
Maneesh Sharma - Band Baaja Baaraat

Best Story
Amit Rai - Road To Sangam

Best Choreography
Farah Khan - Munni Badnaam - Dabangg

Most Popular Music
Pritam - Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai

Best Ensemble Cast
Peepli [Live]

Best Art Direction
Mukund Gupta - Do Dooni Chaar

Best Action
Master Vijayan - Dabangg

Best Dialogue
Habib Faisal - Band Baaja Baraat

Best Screenplay
Anjum Rajabali, Prakash Jha - Raajneeti

Best Child Artiste
Ayaan Barodia - Udaan

Best Editing
Namrata Rao - Band Baaja Baraat

Best Background Score
Wayne Sharp - Raajneeti

Best Special Effects
Srinivas Mohan - Robot

Best Sound
Vikram Joglekar - Road Movie

Best Cinematography
Sudeep Chatterji - Guzaarish

Ramnath Goenka Memorial Awards
My Name Is Khan

Special Jury Awards For Spectacular Cutting Of Age Technology
Robot