It's that season again: red carpets, plunging necklines and emotional thank-you speeches. I'm a big fan of the big awards ceremonies and can't wait for the Filmfare Awards and the Academy Awards, both of which are coming up this February 24th (what would I do without my PVR??!).
The Filmfare Awards, started by Filmfare Magazine in 1954, is the Hindi film industry's most prominent opportunity to dress up and strut their stuff. It's always so much fun to see who's wearing what (even more exciting now as India's fashion industry has reached a whole new level with countless designers creating cutting edge fashion), who's sitting with whom, and even more interesting - who's avoiding whom (Amitabh and Rekha perhaps, or Kareena and Shahid?).
The Filmfare Awards have maintained a highly-respected reputation in an industry often fraught with 
scandal and intrigue. Past awards have celebrated impressive efforts by directors, actors, playback singers and script-writers. Past winners include stalwarts like Bimal Roy (for Do Bigha Zameen), Dilip Kumar (for Daag), Meena Kumari (for Baiju Bawra) and Naushad (for Baiju Bawra) as well as newcomers like Rakesh Omprakash Mehra (for Rang De Basanti, my favourite from last year) and Kunal Kohli (for Hum Tum).
There are number of highly talented performers nominated this year as well: Darsheel Sarfary, the enigmatic little boy from Taare Zameen Par who played a dyslexic child with incredible believablity, has acquired a milestone nomination for Best Actor. This is the first time a child has been nominated in this category. Competing for the award is Shah Rukh Khan for his performance as a determined hockey coach to a flailing womens' team in Chak De! India. Aamir Khan is nominated for Best Director and Best Supporting Actor for TZP.
This year, Mybindi.com is offering a prize to the reader who can most accurately predict this year's winners. The person who gets the most right answers will win 2 movie passes to a Cineplex Odeon cinema along with vouchers for drinks and snacks! The following is a list of nominees. Choose your favourites and email them to me at amreenomar@hotmail.com. Can't wait to receive your responses!
Filmfare Best Film Chak De! India Jab We Met Om Shanti Om Taare Zameen Par Filmfare Best Director Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par) Anurag Basu (Life… In A Metro) Farah Khan (Om Shanti Om) Imtiaz Ali (Jab We Met) Mani Ratnam (Guru) Shimit Amin (Chak De! India) Filmfare Best actor in a leading role Abhishek Bachchan (Guru) Akshay Kumar (Namastey London) Darsheel Safary (Taare Zameen Par) Shahrukh Khan (Chak De India) Shahrukh Khan (Om Shanti Om) Shahid Kapoor (Jab We Met) Filmfare Best Actress in a leading role Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Guru) Deepika Padukone (Om Shanti Om) Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met) Madhuri Dixit (Aaja Nachle) Rani Mukerji (Laaga Chunari Mein Daag) Vidya Balan (Bhool Bhulaiyaa) Filmfare Best actor in a Supporting Role Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par) Anil Kapoor (Welcome) Irrfan Khan (Life in a… Metro) Mithun Chakraborty (Guru) Shreyas Talpade (Om Shanti Om) Filmfare Best Actress in a Supporting Role Konkona Sen Sharma (Life in a… Metro) Konkona Sen Sharma (Laaga Chunari Mein Daag) Rani Mukerji (Saawariya) Shilpa Shukla (Chak De! India) Tisca Chopra (Taare Zameen Par) Best Music A R Rahman (Guru) Monty Sharma (Saawariya) Pritam (Jab We Met) Pritam (Life in a… Metro) Vishal-Shekhar (Om Shanti Om) Best Lyrics Gulzar (Tere Nina - Guru) Javed Akhtar (Main Agar Kahoon - Om Shanti Om) Prasoon Joshi (Maa - Taare Zameen Par) Sameer (Jab Se Tere Naina - Saawariya) Vishal Dadlani (Aankhon Mein Teri - Om Shanti Om) Best Male Playback Singer A R Rahman (Tere Bina - Guru) K K (Aankhon Mein Teri - Om Shanti Om) Shaan (Jab Se Tere Naina - Saawariya) Sonu Nigam (Main Agar Kahoon - Om Shanti Om) Sukhawinder Singh - (Chak De - Chak De India) Best Female Playback Singer Alisha Chinai (It’s Rocking - Kay Love Story Hai) Shreya Ghosal (Barso Re - Guru) Shreya Ghosal (Yeh Ishq Hai - Jab We Met) Sunidhi Chauhan (Sajanaji Vari Vari - Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd.) Sunidhi Chauhan (Aaja Nachle - Aaja Nachle)
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