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Post by rubicon on Jan 14, 2014 1:07:19 GMT
The Filmfare nominations are out, so I thought I'd start a thread for the 2014 awards season. Do you have any thoughts on the nominations? A particular actor/actress or film you feel was snubbed or unfairly recognized? Predictions regarding the winners? Let's discuss. I'm pleased to see that Sonam and Ranveer were nominated. If I'm not mistaken, they were both snubbed by the Screen Awards. I'm surprised that Irrfan and Nimrat weren't nominated in their categories, though I think Filmfare might end up giving Nimrat a best debut award. As for predictions, Farhan will probably take home the prize for best male performance. Deepika is a strong contender in the best female performance category for Ram Leela. Sonakshi gave a good performance in Lootera, but I don't think there's enough buzz surrounding her performance to create a situation similar to last year in which the best actress awards were split between Priyanka and Vidya.
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Post by odadune on Jan 14, 2014 18:55:30 GMT
I haven't seen enough of the films overall to have much of an opinion and I'm not a particularly strong believer in the integrity of the Filmfare Awards in general. I think Anupam Kher really does deserve best supporting actor for Special 26, and the "best female playback performance" really should go to the lady who sang Titli. I am slightly disappointed that they did not bring back the "best negative role" award, because between Ronit Roy in Boss, the Manoj/Sonu tag team in Shootout at Wadala, Nitikin Dheer in Chennai Express, the praise for Vivek Oberoi and Rangna in Krrish 3 and that guy in Commando, and Aamir and Akshay trying on Villain Protagonist roles with varying degrees of success, it seemed like this would have been a good year for it.
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Post by rubicon on Jan 15, 2014 3:58:05 GMT
Odadune - I'm not at all a believer in the integrity of the Filmfare awards (or any other award show for that matter). I mostly just follow them for the same reasons that I follow other Bollywood related gossip: I'm a nosy auntie who likes to know what's going on, lol. Also, Chinmayi (who sang Titli) has been nominated for best playback singer by Filmfare. I'm hoping she'll win as well. Here's the Screen Awards winners list for anyone who is interested.
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Post by odadune on Jan 15, 2014 13:05:48 GMT
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Post by rubicon on Jan 19, 2014 2:30:59 GMT
Sonakshi recently tweeted the following: "Disheartening how Lootera has been held back from most of the nominations this year! Didn’t they call it a masterpiece/poetry in motion/world class/technically superior film when it released? That seems like qualification enough to be out there. Not nominating Vikram Motwane for best director, Ranveer for acting, Amit Trivedi for music, Shetty for cinematography, Aditya for art, Subarna for costume, Amitabh for lyrics makes my nomination feel so out of place! Vikram Motwane, you will and always be best director for me! Ranveer, Amit Trivedi, Shetty, Aditya, Subarna, Amitabh Bhattacharya and everyone associated with this very special film will Always be proud of Lootera whether or not they acknowledge us."
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Post by dancelover on Jan 19, 2014 18:57:32 GMT
NamasteAmerica's viewer poll had Lootera among the Top Ten. I don't remember where, and forgot to bring the list, but ISTR it was somewhere in the second five. But Dhoom 3 was first, ahead of Chenai Express and YJHD, so take it with salt. D Sonakshi recently tweeted the following: "Disheartening how Lootera has been held back from most of the nominations this year! Didn’t they call it a masterpiece/poetry in motion/world class/technically superior film when it released? That seems like qualification enough to be out there. Not nominating Vikram Motwane for best director, Ranveer for acting, Amit Trivedi for music, Shetty for cinematography, Aditya for art, Subarna for costume, Amitabh for lyrics makes my nomination feel so out of place! Vikram Motwane, you will and always be best director for me! Ranveer, Amit Trivedi, Shetty, Aditya, Subarna, Amitabh Bhattacharya and everyone associated with this very special film will Always be proud of Lootera whether or not they acknowledge us."
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Post by MrB on Jan 24, 2014 12:49:20 GMT
If you can tolerate the saturation advertising, then the Times of India site has a live blog on the Filmfare awards today, from 7:00pm IST.
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Post by MrB on Jan 27, 2014 12:51:46 GMT
For those like me, who watch all these award shows in a star-struck way, albeit with hefty use of the fast forward button, here is Rediff's comparison of the Filmfare Awards and the Like OK Whatever Screen Awards shown on TV last weekend. It compares them on all the really important points: fashion, star performances, hosting, jokes and, last and least, awards. I agree with their view, and Sonakshi's above, that Lootera was unfairly overlooked.
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Post by victoria on Apr 30, 2014 0:44:09 GMT
IIFA was this past weekend...the list of winners seemed predictable, except for one thing: Deepika beating out Sonakshi (and Nimrat Kaur, I think?) for, of all films, Chennai Express. I know that at this point, no one should be surprised by how blatantly these awards are rigged, but still....as a fan it's so frustrating. No one is ever going to consider making serious creative investments in more films like Lootera and The Lunchbox if they're continuously ignored at high profile events.
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Post by newauntie on Apr 30, 2014 18:12:43 GMT
IIFA was this past weekend...the list of winners seemed predictable, except for one thing: Deepika beating out Sonakshi (and Nimrat Kaur, I think?) for, of all films, Chennai Express. I know that at this point, no one should be surprised by how blatantly these awards are rigged, but still....as a fan it's so frustrating. No one is ever going to consider making serious creative investments in more films like Lootera and The Lunchbox if they're continuously ignored at high profile events.I strongly disagree with you there - the real creative people(and yes, there are still plenty of them out there amongst the hacks who outnumber them..) never make movies for the awards or the recognition. They make movies because they want, need, and can do something creative and boundary-pushing. Of course, it's always nice to get awards and public recognition but that is never the prime directive for them.
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Post by victoria on Apr 30, 2014 20:26:08 GMT
IIFA was this past weekend...the list of winners seemed predictable, except for one thing: Deepika beating out Sonakshi (and Nimrat Kaur, I think?) for, of all films, Chennai Express. I know that at this point, no one should be surprised by how blatantly these awards are rigged, but still....as a fan it's so frustrating. No one is ever going to consider making serious creative investments in more films like Lootera and The Lunchbox if they're continuously ignored at high profile events.I strongly disagree with you there - the real creative people(and yes, there are still plenty of them out there amongst the hacks who outnumber them..) never make movies for the awards or the recognition. They make movies because they want, need, and can do something creative and boundary-pushing. Of course, it's always nice to get awards and public recognition but that is never the prime directive for them. I was thinking more about the actors. Commercial actors are so afraid to step out of bounds and do something different creatively, and when they do, it's largely ignored. Poor Sonakshi, people were demanding she do something other than arm candy roles in Akshay/Salman/Prabu Deva films and then when she did and delivered in a big way, no one but the critics seemed to have noticed. I wouldn't be surprised if she passed when the next similarly challenging script came her way. I mean, anyone can make a movie, but to make it successful you need actors and producers and a good marketing team and, yes, sometimes recognition for your work, because it's both an artistic industry and a business. I just think it's a shame that things like this could make people think twice about investing their energy in films that might be a gamble. Who cares when you can just latch on to the next Rohit Shetty blockbuster and become a superstar that way?
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Post by odadune on May 1, 2014 1:34:37 GMT
Good point, Victoria, I think the actresses are more vulnerable to that (because of the shorter careers and more wobbly standing) than the male actors are although they're not immune to it either.
Sonakshi has not completely given up on the idea of doing more "arty" movies-she was pursuing a role in Ashutosh Gowarikar's period piece pretty heavily before the project ran into financial issues (though granted, she has a long standing crush on Hrithik, who was supposed to star) and there was some talk about A R Murgadoss wanting to cast her in a Tamil-language period piece he would be producing down the road (he's currently busy with a Vijay film). But the only things she has in the pipeline right now are Tevar (with Arjun Kapoor), a few days' shooting on Ajay/Prabhudheva's Action Jackson, and a Tamil film with-brace yourself-Rajnikanth.
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