SPECIAL REPORT: FILMFARE AWARDS 2006

Aishwarya, looking beautiful

The Filmfare Awards have a reputation for being the premiere Bollywood awards ceremony. After this year’s event, however, organisers actually succeeded in turning the previously successful a-list ceremony into a c-grade shambles!

The foundation of every awards ceremony is always the hosts. Hiring engaging and witty presenters to talk the audience through the show is essential. Unfortunately the Filmfare Awards failed here… big time! The audience were tortured with seriously unfunny hosts including Javed Jaffrey, Cyrus Broacha and Pooja Batra.

Forget starting the show with a bang, these unpopular ‘celebrities’ barely managed a whimper. If Cyrus Broacha really thought his mother comedy act was funny, or Javed thought his musician character would raise a smile or two, then the hopes of both men were soon dashed when the audience looked towards them with bored and somewhat confused expressions. These are actors and actresses we are talking about in the audience, but even they could not pretend to enjoy the jokes. Painfully bad!

Abhishek, suave as usual

Oh well, if the hosts are poor, at least the performances could help raise spirits, right? Well, not really! The first part of the dull ceremony featured forgettable and amateur performances by the likes of Emraan Hashmi, Neha Dhupia and Shamita Shetty. We’re hardly talking about the crème of the crop here! Thankfully Lara Dutta and Abhishek Bachchan helped improve the situation somewhat. Aishwarya went one level further by looking gorgeous and dancing a treat.

However the night will be remembered because of someone else. The queen made her comeback! Madhuri Dixit owned the stage during her performance. Looking beautiful, with the same dazzling smile that won her the hearts of millions, Madhuri epitomized the grace, beauty and charm that we’ve missed ever since her exit from Bollywood.

In the audience, the big stars were all missing. Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Preity Zinta were amongst the small group of people representing the big league. But the event was overall very badly attended.

FULL LIST OF AWARD WINNERS:

Best Actor - Amitabh Bachchan (Black)

Best Actress - Rani Mukerjee (Black)

Best Film - Black

Best Director - Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Black)

Best Performance in a Negative Role - Nana Patekar (Apaharan)

Best Actor in a Comic Role - Akshay Kumar (Garam Masala)

Best Supporting Actor - Abhishek Bachchan (Sarkar)

Best Supporting Actress - Ayesha Kapoor (Black)

Best Debut (Male) - Shiney Ahuja – Hazaron Khwaishein Aisi

Best Debut (Female) - Vidya Balan – Parineeta

Best Playback Singer (Male) - Himesh Reshammiya - Aashiq Banaya Aapne (Aashiq Banaya Aapne)

Best Playback Singer (Female) - Alisha Chinoy - Kajra Re (Bunty Aur Babli)

Best Music - Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (Bunty Aur Babli)

Best Choreography - Howard Rosemeyer - Kaisi Paheli Hai (Parineeta)

Best Lyrics - Gulzar – Kajra Re (Bunty Aur Babli)

Critics Award - Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Black)

Filmfare Power Award - Yash Chopa & Aditya Chopra

Lifetime Achievement Award - Shabana Azmi

Fair One Face Of The Year - Vidya Balan (Parineeta)

R. D. Burman Award - Shantanu Moitra

Best Cinematography - Ravi K Chandran (Black)

Best Background Score - Monty (Black)

Best Editing - Bela Sehgal (Black)

Best Sound Design - Bishwadeep Chatterjee (Parineeta)

Best Art Direction - Keshto Mondal, Tanushree Sarkar and Pradeep Sarkar (Parineeta)

Best Screenplay - Nina Arora and Manoj Tyagi (Page 3)

Best Dialogue - Prakash Jha (Apaharan)

Best Story - Shiv Kumar Subramanium, Ruchi Narain & Sudhir Mishra (Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi)

Best Action - Allan Amin (Dus)

Credit: RS News Desk .
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