Till some time back I used to agree with Aamir Khan on not taking part in the award functions of the Indian Film Industry (except the National Awards) because it is a farce. Now I support his views and more.
Punkaj Kapoor has done a brilliant piece of acting in the small but much celebrated film - The Blue Umbrella. He pulls off the role of the village baniya effortlessly and delivers a mind blowing performance. Apart from his facial expressions, body language - his dialogue delivery and more importantly his accent - thrilled me. He has a certain quality of speaking through his eyes ( which you may have noticed in Maqbool), which is continued in this feature film as well..Now, I think I am veering off topic here.
I was talking about the awards...So what does the film industry do, they bestow upon him the best villain award...This was disastrous. When Punkaj Kapoor went on stage, he himself said that he didnt know why he was being given that award as the role was not villainous. I agree with him..There is no label which you could give to the role, may be an award for outstanding acting would be more like it - but instead his character was given the best villain award.
I saw the film and almost felt the frustration Punkaj Kapoor may have had experienced on the stage, receiving the award. So I recommend that you watch the filmfare for all the latka and jhatka they do but switch to your fav saas bahu saga as soon as the actual award ceremony begins.
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the indian awards are a huge inside joke. the idea being that hey, we all worked, so at least lets make sure we can give some award to as many people as possible. Its the intellectual equivalent of and the winner of the best onscreen fart is...
best villain, best hero, best grandpa, best grandma...and it goes on and on and on. so many years into films, and we still see everything in terms of boy meets girl, and anything else, that is dared to be made is second rate. sorry if this sounds like a rant, but you can imagine the frustration for someone trying to break into this accursed line of work
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