BEST FILM Delhi Belly Don 2 No One Killed Jessica Rockstar The Dirty Picture Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
BEST DIRECTOR Abhinay Deo – Delhi Belly Farhan Akhtar – Don 2 Imtiyaz Ali – Rockstar Milan Luthria – The Dirty Picture Raj Kumar Gupta – No One Killed Jessica Zoya Akhtar – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
BEST ACTOR Ajay Devgn – Singham Amitabh Bachchan – Aarakshan Hrithik Roshan – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Ranbir Kapoor – Rockstar Salman Khan – Bodyguard Shahrukh Khan – Don 2
BEST ACTRESS Katrina Kaif – Mere Brother Ki Dulhan Mahie Gill – Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Priyanka Chopra – 7 Khoon Maaf Vidya Balan – No One Killed Jessica Vidya Balan – The Dirty Picture
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Abhay Deol – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Farhan Akhtar – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Naseeruddin Shah – The Dirty Picture Pitobash Tripathy – Shor In The City Vir Das – Delhi Belly
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Juhi Chawla – I AM Kalki Koechlin – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Parineeti Chopra – Ladies vs Ricky Bahl Rani Mukerji – No One Killed Jessica Swara Bhaskar – Tanu Weds Manu
BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR A.R.Rahman – Rockstar Ram Sampat – Delhi Belly Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Sohail Sen – Mere Brother Ki Dulhan Vishal-Shekhar – Ra.One
BEST LYRICS Gulzar – Darling (7 Khoon Maaf) Irshad Kamil – Nadaan parindey (Rockstar) Irshad Kamil – Sadda haq (Rockstar) Javed Akhtar – Senorita (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara) Vishal Dadlani and Niranjan Iyengar – Chammak challo (RA.One)
BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE) Akon and Vishal Dadlani – Chammak challo (RA.One) Mohit Chauhan – Jo bhi mein (Rockstar) Mohit Chauhan – Sadda haq (Rockstar) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Teri Meri (Bodyguard) Shafqat Amanat Ali – Dildaara (RA.One)
BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE) Alyssa Mendonsa – Khwabon ke parindey (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara) Harshdeep Kaur – Katiya karu (Rockstar) Rekha Bhardwaj & Usha Uthup - Darling (7 Khoon Maaf) Shreya Ghoshal – Teri Meri (Bodyguard) Shreya Ghoshal – Saibo (Shor In The City)
My List of Winners - Filmfare Award 2012
BEST FILM No One Killed Jessica / Dirty Picture
BEST DIRECTOR Raj Kumar Gupta – No One Killed Jessica
BEST ACTOR Ranbir Kapoor – Rockstar
BEST ACTRESS Vidya Balan – The Dirty Picture (probably she may fetch National Award too)
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Abhay Deol – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara / Naseeruddin Shah – The Dirty Picture
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Rani Mukerji – No One Killed Jessica
BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR A.R.Rahman – Rockstar (Unanimous )
BEST LYRICS Irshad Kamil – Nadaan parindey (Rockstar)
BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE) Mohit Chauhan – Jo bhi mein (Rockstar)
BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE) Shreya Ghoshal – Teri Meri (Bodyguard)
This is the probable list of winners from my point of view, except Filmfare manage to get the date of Akon to perform live on stage of Filmfare Award function; they might give Best Playback singer Award to Akon!
Show was in Dubai International Cricket Stadium – Commercial city of United Arab Emirates. I'd been to this fabulous stadium once for a cricket match, it was long time ago when the stadium just opened for matches. Construction sites everywhere, no proper road, no proper signs. Expecting to change things dramatically like real Dubai within few years was my mistake; nothing had changed, still in very awkward situation!
Show starts at 9 pm according to the event organizers, gate will open at 5 pm for the public. Get there to the stadium was easy, as I left home at 3pm; Fridays are holidays here, so no traffic jams one usually anticipates on Emirates road. But same problems persists, no proper road leading to the stadium, fine dust fog will cover your car if you happen to follow one in the front. Somehow parked the car and took a long walk to the stadium. Nice; I can hear music practice going on inside the stadium, AR Rahman crooning for his favorite numbers, may be they are checking the speaker and light settings one last time before the show starts.
AR Rahman's Grand Entry.
Definitely Video is not doing justice to the real time experience.
There were a lot of people came even before me, its winter here; very comfortable weather (winter temperature is roughly 24 degree Celsius in this part of the world, almost summer time temp in western countries) I had a ticket for Premium Grand Stand that costs AED 250 (approximately $70). One security guard asked me to go to the other side of the stadium where the Grand Stand entry is. Some Egyptian security guards are there too, when I asked a guy who was always shouting at his colleagues seems like knowing everything about that stadium and event instructed me to stay there in the queue and that is the entry for VIP and Grand Stand ticket holders. I got relieved looking back to the queue; it was growing like an anaconda, decision to come early is paid off. All of a sudden that same guard came out and shouted “this is only for VIP and Standing ticket holders!” I got surprised; what the fuck is he saying? How come you put VIP and standing ticket holders together through one entry? Apparently nobody has a clue about the whole thing! I had a small spat with the guy who mislead me. Now I have to find the Gate 15, and for sure I will be the last one in the queue. No signage, nothing is written at the entrance except the gate number. Luckily the queue was just forming as the guides themselves just found out where the Premium Grand Stand gate is; so many unlucky ticket holders are just finding their right entry from different other queues where there were initially in.
People started pouring in, queue got larger and larger, the gate opened at 6 pm instead of 5 pm which they initially announced. It was very cold out there; because of open area and probably higher from the sea level the cold wind is blowing through hair and ears.
AR Rahman at his best! Humma Humma!
My initial feeling of seeing the stage was not very impressive; stadium too is not at all a big one comparing to other stadiums in the country. I chose a very good seating position where I can watch without any disturbance. Seats are dirty; I cleaned with bare hand and washed the hand with the mineral water which I bought it for AED 10. Outside I can buy 10 bottles for that money. OK, that’s how the events make money. That’s why they don’t allow bringing any food or beverages to the stadium as well.
Crowd started building, but not that much as I expected, or was I expecting too much? On time 9 pm the whole lights gone off, the stage bathed in a pool of blue light. Huge roar from the crowd…
Then beam of lights started blinking there and here with the escort of Sivamani’s drum skills. A thunderous clap and roar from the crowd, the reason, there is a man standing in the middle of the stage like a silhouette. It just looked like he appeared from the smoke. More lights to the man, his face showed on the big screens that placed both sides of the stage. With a goggle. Unmistakably he is the reason for all these people are here including me! In unremitting clap and cheer, a very familiar voice rose up
“Nadaan Parinthey…” AR Rahman!
Surprisingly the sound quality wasn’t good enough. Stage was superb with a lot of digital displays and projector lights, the sound quality wasn’t up to the mark compare to ARR’s other music concerts. Not even close. There is no pristine sound, it all sounded like under the blanket! The sound engineer should be fired or cut his salary for two events!
Aaromale.... Superb rock!
As usual AR Rahman stole the show. He was there from the beginning to end. Incredible energy, superb selection of songs, still you will carve for more from the maestro. This time he did not come with a lot of established singers like Hariharan, K.S Chitra, Sukhvinder Singh, SPB etc. And that shows in the show. I think from now on AR Rahman should take at least Hariharan with him! Whatever it takes; he can lift the whole event into another level. No doubt!
Shivamani was in full form, so is Stephen Devasya. Mohit Chouhan is one lucky bastard, now he is the new talk of the town, sharing the stage with none other than AR Rahman! The Rock Star Movie changed his fortune, became a very busy man and even bigger celebrity over night!
Slum dog Millionaire music bit...
My pick of the lot from the event is the Rock version of "Chiku buku chiku buku railay" sung by AR Rahman’s childhood buddy Suresh Peters! It was mind blowing! I think with those heavy metal rock beats and lead guitar; even today it can be a block buster! Even after nearly 19 years it sounds fresh and joyful!
Another master piece was ARR’s combination song with the great Lata Mangeshker where he played the track of the legendary singer and her video showed on display screens. It almost looked like she was there in the stage singing with AR Rahman. Great idea and execution.
Next one is where a Saxophone player (kindly let me know his name if anybody knows – definitely not Kadri Gopalnath) came to the stage and started playing cat and mouse game with the crowd. He plays one piece and crowd repeats it, it lasted a minute or so, people started laughing and suddenly a very familiar tune he played along with Shivamani’s big bang drums. It swept me off the ground! OMG, crowd erupted, people gone mad…
It was the very famous “ Humma Humma” song from the Maniratnam movie Bombay! Unbelievable response from the crowd, AR Rahman sang the song. No rap insertions, neither Blazee nor Fernadous. Still it sounded too good!
Alphonse sang the rock number “Aaromale…” perfectly. He won few young hearts for sure as there was loud applause from the audience.
Finally the youth anthem, the happening number…
Sadaa Haq!
Again wonderful rock music, I only hoped for the better sound quality.
AR Rahman packed up with his patriotic song Vande Matharam.
It was a 3 hour show, while coming out of the stadium I was carving for more like thousands there, 3 hours are very little time.
Torture again to come out of the stadium; I must say driving centimeters away from the car in front is a skill. Only one way available for all those thick crowd to go out. It took more than an hour just to go out of the stadium area.
Very bad organizing, very bad event management, really bad location, and poor sound quality. Despite of all these shortcomings I would definitely go again if there is an AR Rahman show. He is rewriting even the way the music show is conducted on the stage! He is god gifted real Rock Star! His humbleness and way of talking like an innocent child would melt your heart. His voice is recognizable even in sleep. When he dedicated two songs to his fans by saying “these songs are only for you” everyone sitting there including me felt personal.
Thank you AR Rahman for endless entertainment; thanks for surprising us with your sheer innovation and guts to experiment. You are the music guru, and you will be the only one!
Rape case is always been headline catcher for centuries, what if a celebrity involved in it? The television channels will be celebrating it like a carnival with different interviews and their own versions with top of the range creativity, few channels with reputation of being Sherlock Holmes will be doing their own investigations with hidden cameras fitted every where even on some highly enigmatic undisclosed body parts!
Shyney Ahuja is one of the raising handsome actors in Bollywood. Very much married and has a two year old kid. Why should he rape his house made when there are plenty of angel looking actresses are around him with complete willingness? One can contradict the view of mine with a simple theory of wild - hunter always likes to hunt! Yeah, right! There is no entertainment when the prey is ready to be hunted, thanks to Animal Planet for this information!
The victim, a resident of Vasai suburb in neighboring Thane district, used to commute by local train to Shiney's home daily for doing household chores along with two other part-time servants. One late night when nobody was there at home Shiney raped the girl repeatedly and threatened her to kill if she discloses this to anybody!
Frankly, Shiney Ahuja is in a deep shit already, as if it is not enough for him; in another alarming disclosure, as per general physical examination, the victim could be aged between 17-18 years making her a minor as per Indian laws. DNA samples taken by forensic experts from clothes and other personal belongings of the actor and the victim were sent for tests.
Medical tests conducted earlier had confirmed the girl had been raped!
Shiney Ahuja’s version came out as expected – it was consensualsex. But the teenage girl’s primary test doesn’t support his version!
Sex, city and crime is regular themes of Bollywood, there were number of sex involved controversies those enriched the stars like Jack Shareef and Power Kapoor,but all of them were consensual sex and no rape has been reported till now. This is something new and extremely terrifying!
Now Shiney's wife came for her husband's rescue with the statement to the press says "My husband is been framed-up by someone probably because he is a soft target. I know Shiney for 15 years and he will not commit a crime like this! He is my man!"
What ever the case is, there will be two opinions to everything regardless of good or bad. Let’s see who all are supporting Shiney Ahuja and who all are not;
Pritish Nandy:The matter is under investigation. I strongly believe in justice taking its own course. However, I feel too many people are jumping to too many conclusions. Let's not judge Shiney until the investigations are concluded.
JYeah, right. But Shiney is a suspect and he is in police custody, will you agree that? Or will you say that too people’s hallucinations?
Mahesh Bhatt:The news has shocked and shamed us. The Shiney we at Vishesh Films worked with inGangster - A Love StoryandWoh Lamheis not the demon that surfaced in the media on Sunday night. If what is alleged is proved in the courts, we must condemn the dastardly deed with all our might. Our outrage cannot be selective.
JMr.Mahesh Bhatt, your intention is right though we doubt about the outrage you are talking about.
Anurag Basu:I'm in a state of shocked disbelief. This has got to be conspiracy to malign him. Shiney has done two of his best films with me. We've bonded over a long period of time. Never ever has there been even a hint of bad behaviour from him. I wouldn't have tolerated it. It's not fair to try Shiney on television. Let the law decide. I'll believe it only if Shiney himself tells me. He has worked with some of the most beautiful heroines. No one has ever had any grievance against him. I feel this is a trap to malign him.
JShiney himself agreed to the police that he had consensual sex with the girl in order to escape the rape charge, we know you won't even believe that until he come to your house and tell you that he had consensual sex with the girl, still you will be insisting to show it in real how it happened to be convinced completely! And we don’t think any heroines will complain against him either!
Sudhir Mishra:What can I say? The Shiney that I know and the Shiney that I hear about now are two different entities. Though he has been a little upset with me for six months because I was working with others actors, we're very close.Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisiwas not just the film that launched him it was also a turning point in my career. It bonded us for a lifetime. I just can't believe that the Shiney, who is being accused of this behaviour, is the same person I know. There were so many women on the sets. They never had any complaints about Shiney's behaviour. In fact, Shiney did a film with my assistant Ruchi Narain calledKal: Yesterday and Tomorrow. Shiney was always a thorough gentleman. I'm sure there's some misunderstanding here.
JWhat kind of misunderstanding? The girl raped Shiney with a special tool and media aired the wrong news?! Mr.Sudhir, you are indirectly insulting your assistant Ruchi Narain, now there will be some suspicious eyes on her too! For your kind information; no rapists will be walking around on the streets with his zippers opened and looking for a prey nor do they write it on their forehead!
Mukesh Bhatt:I'm appalled by the way the electronic medium has already labelled Shiney a rapist. You can't do this to a man who has a family, career and a bright future. Do these byte-hungry channels realise how his career would be affected by all these premature and careless reports? Punish him by all means, if he's guilty. But let the law decide that. How do we now what really happened? Anyone can say anything about someone in the limelight. Suppose they had consensual sex? This behaviour seems so out of character and so absurd.
JAgreed. Don’t call him rapist till it is proved. But not anyone is accusing anybody simply because he is in the limelight. For example we are not accusing you for some wrong doings just because you are part of Bollywood!
Kunal Kohli:I worked briefly with Shiney inFanaa. This is indeed very sad. Rape is the worst crime a man can commit against a woman. If he's guilty, then it's really very shocking and shameful. Any rapist should be dealt with in the severest way.
JDiplomatic or honest?
Shilpa Shetty:It's shocking! I can't believe it. We don't know for sure what transpired between Shiney and the girl and we really can't say what the truth is. But if it really happened, it's sad.
JMam, the girl got injured by a man’s nail, tooth and ****. And police primary test says it is Shiney the man who raped her. Now what you gonna do? Be sad? That’s it?
Chitrangada Singh:I worked with him in two films. It's very shocking and unfortunate. Though I didn't know him personally, I felt he was a nice guy on the sets. Kept a bit aloof. Quiet and ambitious. He got along with people just fine. I hope the investigations are fair. And that someone doesn't get punished for being a celebrity. He seems to have said it was consensual sex. I think it takes courage to own up. I hope he stays strong through this. People do make mistakes. One has to pay for wrongs done. But the punishment should be fair. And if there's rape, justice has to be done to the girl.
JHe said to the police it is consensual sex not because he got a lot of courage to own up, it is the only way out for him!
Latest news broke out while I am typing this article, National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Girija Vyas urged the Maharashtra government to try the case of Shiney Ahuja in a fast track court, she has come to Mumbai to meet the victim and also expressed her willingness to meet Shiney's wife Anupam.
Shiney has been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sec 376 (rape), Sec 346 (wrongful restraint) and Sec 506 (threat to kill) among others.
The ultimate truth will surface very soon. Keep visiting this blog for more than just news!
As soon as one become a star there will be hell of a lot controversies coming and hitting from all directions. It was not different in Freida Pinto’s (Slumdog Millionaire fame) case as well, shot into fame over night. In London, US and India she became one of the most recognizable faces! Thanks to the brilliant Oscar winner movie Slumdog Millionaire. Being famous and being recognized by the crowd was a beautiful feeling for her in the beginning as she was one of the millions walking down in the street without drawing any attention till last year. Dany Boyale turned her struggling professional life upside down to provide the fortune along with her co star Dev Patel in the same movie.
Freida Pinto never revealed her private life in any interview, suddenly a news broken out that she was married to an Indian called Rohan Antao in Goa in December 2007, she kept the wedding as a top secret because as aspiring actress in Bollywood, spinster stand a better chance to strike big in glamorous world than that of a married one!
Rohan Antao seems to be heartbroken after Pinto ended up the relationship in January 2009. The fame, money, glitters are blinded Pinto to such an extend; she can’t even recognize her own husband in a fine morning. The couple had been together since 2004, Rohan stood by her through thin and thick, each and every time she fails to impress Mumbai movie Directors, he gave her the shoulder to ease on. He was her encouragement and support, they both studied in St Xavier's collage in Goa. When she took up modeling as a profession he provided her everything she required, physically, mentally and financially. According to one of their common friends; "Freida and Rohan fell in love at college and were extremely close. They were great together. The marriage was an impulsive decision and both of them went to a designer to get the gown made. Rohan was with her throughout her years as an actress when she was not at all famous. He supported her during the filming of Slumdog and the pair even celebrated the film's success at the Toronto Film Festival together last year. However, she just stopped calling him around the time of the Golden Globes awards, when the film started to make waves internationally. He is completely shocked at being dumped and is heartbroken."
A great story for a full masala bollywood movie is already here, just like some greats said in the past the real life is stranger than fiction! A poor fellow who loved his wife with his heart and tears, supported and pushed her to fame, hung around at each studio doors where she had interviews and screen tests, smoked hundreds of cigarettes while waiting for her to come back from the shooting locations after the modeling assignments, at the end he has been dumped like an ice stick right after she achieved all what he wished for! Can’t strike a tragedy in one’s life worst than this!
Freida Pinto’s Indian agent, Meenakshi Gehani, said: "We do not want to comment on this matter. However, if she is married then whoever is claiming it should produce a marriage certificate."
Frieda met Rohan for the last and final time to beg him not to spoil her shooting star career; she was ready to give anything he asks for except herself. Money, wealth, flat or luxury car. The dejected lover wiped off his tears and walked away from her, in that long quick walk not even once he turned around and looked at her! He was the one once running her website and handling her publicity to launch her career hoping and dreaming to be a proud husband with her in red carpet and flashing lights when she become famous one day!!
The latest news is Freida is in love with 5 years younger, Slumdog Millionaire co-star Dev Patel! Both were denied the news before several times though the press had caught them lip locking and cuddling in beaches and cafes! Now Freida had confirmed she is dating 19 year actor Dev Patel describing him as a lovely boy! “ the friendship blossomed after the movie, it got even stronger now! This is all new to us”
For some unknown reason Bollywood bad man Gulshan Grover doesn’t seems to have such a good liking towards Freida Pinto. In recent visit to LA Gulshan Grover told his white friends that Frieda Pinto’s overnight success is not a big deal, in fact he went on claiming; each and every Goan girls resembles Frieda. But after seeing Freida’s steamy pictures in so many western glamour magazines; none of them were ready to believe Gulshan, they tried to correct Gulshan in return saying she is one hot chick, and deserve all the success she is having now! Mmm, now I know the yard stick for an American actress to be a successful one!
Dev Patil’s mother also seems to be very happy. “First it was the film and now everything else seems to have slotted into place. Life can't get any better for him. "Freida is really beautiful and I am really happy for them."
In February 2009 Slumdog Millionaire co star Anil Kapoor claimed that the couple were having a secret relationship, now we know Anil bhai was right on the money! OK, Mr.Anil Kapoor, what all the other stories you knows about them? Like, how often they share the bed, which position she prefers, what all they talk in free time, why is she laughing loud whenever they are together…
What ever the case we wish a much better life for Rohan Antao, and really hope he get some brains to avoid the mistake that he did with Pinto in future!
