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The Hero Honda Indian Television Academy Awards held yesterday evening at Bhavan's College was an insipid affair, reports Vickey Lalwani.
The evening which began with a lot of fervour soon fizzled out as most of the acts did not generate a flutter.
Except for Eijaz Khan shaking a leg with veterans Aruna Irani, Reena Roy, Moushumi Chatterjee and Asha Parekh and a sizzling Nausheen Alii Sardarr (she's added an 'i' and 'r' but shed oodles of weight) doing a take-off on Salame Ishq from Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (Rekha must watch this on Star Plus when it is telecast on November 12), the other acts were lacklustre.
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The opening act by Surveen Chawla and Chaitanya Chaudhary was a yawn. While Chaitanya was just about tolerable, Surveen was uncomfortable dancing in a mini-skirt.
Anchored by Smriti Z Irani, Ronit Bose Roy, Varun Badola, Rajeshwari, Rakshanda Khan and Sameer Soni (whose script made several digs at Sony for giving him a raw deal in Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin), some of the awards raised a lot of eyebrows.
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Also, Siddhanth bagging the Best Serial-Drama and Fame Gurukul winning the Best Reality didn't go down well with the audience.
Plus Shilpa Saklani winning the Best Actress in a Supporting Role (for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi) and not Gauri Pradhan (for the same serial) raised a hum in the audience.