59th Filmfare Awards - What about Vishal? - Page 3

THE BLACK LADY RULED

The 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011 (South) in Chennai was an electrifying event

The evening saw camaraderie, bonding, laughs and some drama between the stars of the south industries who were gathered under one roof. Singers Karthik and Chinmayi played hosts for the evening and had the audience cheering, laughing and clapping for more. At one point, they got celebs to sing and while Khushbu and Karthi did, Mahesh Babu sweetly declined. Sadly, Kamal couldn't croon due to a bad throat but Vikram made up for it in style! The on-stage performances kept the audience mesmerised as did the appearance of Bollwood actress Deepika Padukone. It was a night that ended too soon, said many, while others went home with stars in their night saying it was an unforgettable evening. The Black Lady gloriously dazzled the city of Chennai yet again! A N D H E R E ' S H OW T H E S TA R S B O N D E D
KOLAVERI MAGIC: Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth walked in just in time to see her hubby Dhanush perform Kolaveri Di... and a medley of other numbers. She looked mesmerized and seemed to have rediscovered the magic in her husband's voice. ALL IN THE FAMILY: Padmashri Kamal Haasan gave to his daughter, Shruti Haasan, her first ever Best Debut trophy for her Tamil Film 7aum Arivu and Telugu film Anaganaga O Dheerudu. The father-daughter duo complimented each other and he teased her on how now they had 20 Filmfare Awards — 19 of his and one of hers!
WHAT'S COOKING? Trisha seemed to have walked in with Rana Daggubati and there are whispers there's something brewing. Apparently, he has moved on from being Bipasha Basu's knight-in-shining armour.
COMEBACK QUEEN: Nayanthara's self-imposed exile and comeback has not affected her popularity one bit. She walked away with the Best Actor Female Telugu for a film she says will always be close to her heart. MANKATHA DA: Venkat Prabhu and Premgi had the crowd in splits when they accepted an award on behalf of a winner. In fact, Premgi did an A R Rahman and said, "Ella pugazhum iraivanukkay." And someone in the crowd yelled out, "Ennai kodumai saar idhu", which is Premgi's catchphrase!
B-TOWN HOTTIE: Deepika Padukone was the only B-Town actress who came down for the awards. She was seated next to Kamal and it was interesting to see the Rajinikanth heroine bond with the Ulaganyagan. Do we see him making her a movie offer soon?
ALL-TIME FAVOURITE: Vikram received the Critics Award for Best Actor for Deiva Thiirumagal.But what had everyone cheering for him was also his splendid singing — he sang Thenpandi Seemayiley...from Nayagan and had Kamal Haasan smiling away. SUPER SINGER: No one knew this actor could sing — but he did and how! Karthi sang Anjala... from his brother Suriya's movie Vaaranam Aayiram and had the crowd on its feet!
HAT-TRICK SINGER: Shreya Ghoshal might have missed coming to the do, but her presence was very much felt, thanks to the three awards she bagged for Best Singer Female. She won it for her Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu songs. The music directors of the respective films collected it on her behalf. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
S P MUTHURAMAN (DIRECTOR) SEEMA SASI (ACTOR)
CRITICS AWARD
VIKRAM — DEIVA THIIRUMAGAL
BEST DEBUT (MALE)
AADHI — PREMA KAVALI
BEST DEBUT (FEMALE)
SHRUTI HAASAN — 7AUM ARIVU, ANAGANAGA O DHEERUDU
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
PREM RAKSHIT — NAATH NAATH BADRINATH — BADHRINATH
BEST CINEMATOGRAPGHY
VELRAJ — AADUKALAM

Kamal Haasan hands over the award for Best Debut Female to his daughter Shruti Haasan

Kathiresan receiving the award for Best Film from SJ Suryah and Dhayanidhi Alagiri

Deepika hands over Dhanush his award

Udhayanidhi Stalin gives Ajmal his award

G V Prakash makes a speech after accepting his award from Tamannaah

Chinmayi lovingly looks at her Black Lady

Vetri Maaran receives his award from Hari and Preetha

Anjali receives the Black Lady from Srikanth

Khushbu, Vinod Hayagriv give Ananya her trophy

Aalap receives his award from Madhan Karky

Vairamuthu receives his trophy from Lingusamy

S P Muthuraman receives his Lifetime Achievement Award from Shankar

Kamal Haasan and Lifetime Achievement Award winner Seema bond on stage

Vikram receives his award from Kajal Aggarwal

Uma Riyaz Khan and Parthepan give Velraj his Black Lady

Prem Rakshit receives his Filmfare Award for choreography from Dhansika

Tamannaah wows the audience with her moves

Priyamani dances to Kalasala...

Deepika Padukone adds charm to the evening

TOI

I'll not ask dad to pull in a favour

Shruti Haasan on her father, films and link-ups

V Lakshmi

You've just won a Filmfare for your south debut.. .
The feeling hasn't sunk in yet. The Black Lady is decorating my living room now and I look at her often. It's a familiar sight; I'm so used to seeing my dad's awards on the racks and I've even picked up one of his trophies. But getting one on my own makes me feel blessed and fortunate.
Your dad (Kamal Haasan) presented the award to you...
It was a special moment. I was too tongue-tied to give an acceptance speech or chat with dad on stage. Moreover, I was busy running over pointers for my performance. I just told my dad that he has to stay back and watch my show. After my performance, we met up backstage and he congratulated me.
Critics had written you off when your Bollywood debut failed to rake in the moolah…
I know "Luck" didn't fare well. But nobody walked out of the theatre saying Shruti can't act or dance or express herself. It's just that the fate of the film was not good. That said, I don't regret doing "Luck".
How much of an influence does your father have on your career choices now?
The door has been thrown open to me because I'm Kamal Haasan's daughter. I had an advantage that not many have. Asking for more would be greed. I read the scripts that come my way and choose what's good for me. I can only take suggestions from my dad, and not thrust on him the job of getting me a film. I'd never ask him to pull in a favour, and neither would he try to impose himself on me and my choices.
The characters that you have played until now are unconventional...
I don't go around planning that I will play a fairytale princess in my first Telugu film and a scientist in my debut Tamil film! I'm open to playing any kind of role that comes my way. But I want to get excited when I listen to a narration.
What about item numbers?
Well, I haven't thought of doing them as of now. I love dancing and I think I'd be pretty good at it. But I can't see myself doing an item number. At least, not now.
You've been fodder for gossip. Have you become immune to them now?
Growing up as the daughter of star parents has given me a fair idea how the rumour mills work. I don't take link-ups seriously.

Shruti Haasan