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BLACK MAGIC
By Bharti Dubey & Farida Sheikh/TNN
Mumbai: Henry Ford's classic line could apply perfectly to the 51st Fair One Filmfare Awards: You can have the award for any film you like as long as it is Black.
On Saturday night, Black was beautiful. Clearly, the night belonged to Sanjay Leela Bhansali and his crew, with their searing portrait of a deaf-blind girl's struggle sweeping an unprecedented 11 awards—from the technical trophies for editing and cinematography to the coveted best film, director, actor and actress awards, and all three critics' awards as well. Bhansali's speech was short but made its point: "I am dedicating this award to the deaf and blind whom I call the warriors of darkness.''
Amitabh Bachchan walked the red carpet twice to receive the best actor and critics' award for best actor. Thanking everyone for their prayers during his recent illness, he thanked the Black team, singling out Bhansali for "pushing me, throwing me the gauntlet, and giving me the courage to pick it up''. At this point, Abhishek, who was backstage, came up and enveloped his father in a bear hug.
It was a night when those who presented the awards felt as special as those receiving them. Bachchan was handed one of his statuettes by director-producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, whose Parineeta was second only to Black, winning six awards. An emotional Chopra said this was the last time he would ever present an award to anyone—having Amitabh receive an award from his hands was an honour almost impossible to better. It was left to the other Chopra, the veteran director of classics like Deewar, Trishul and Kala Patthar, to raise the emotional stakes a notch higher. Yash Chopra, recipient of the newly instituted Filmfare Power Award, had specified earlier that he would accept the award only if it were handed him by Amitabh. It was time for the audience to rise to their feet again.
But the glam set was far more chary about exercising its leg muscles when emcee Cyrus Broacha asked them to welcome the chief guest of the evening, the Belgian counsel, Andre Jacques. They finally stood up, reluctantly, only to realise that they had been turned into bakras on national television by the incorrigible video jockey.
The event was sponsored by Elder Pharmaceuticals, Sony Entertainment Television, Pantaloons, Radio Mirchi and Cineyug Entertainment.
ALL THINGS BRIGHT AUR BUBBLY
SONG AND DANCE: Country's Most Glamorous Factory Raises A Toast To Itself
Mumbai: Emcee Cyrus Broacha's partner-in-wit for the evening was comedian Jaaved Jaaferi, who has reinvented the spelling of his name yet again. Eggzhaktly. The audience, which had evidently developed a taste for the irreverent brand of humour introduced by former comperes Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan, was not disappointed. If Cyrus had a mother figure appear on a screen advising him not to speak his "rubbish Hindi'', Jaaferi parodied the formulaic background music that Hindi cinema loves: shehnai for shaadi and death scenes, and the saxophone for the heroine emerging from the swimming pool.
As in the last 50 years, the awards night toasted the creativity, talent and technical competence of the country's most glamourous factory, and tributed those who had passed away in the last year. And as they always do, the film frat was there in full showing, from the old guard—Jaya Bachchan (who sat with Amar Singh), Gulzar, Jeetendra, Hema Malini, Rekha, Sridevi, Kabir Bedi, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, and Bappi Lahiri, to the reigning marquee stars—Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherji, Madhur Bhandarkar, Fardeen Khan, Preity Zinta, Karan Johar, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Shilpa Shetty and Lara Dutta, to the fresh faces of 2005—Vidya Balan, Emran Serial Kisser Hashmi and Shiny Ahuja.
The bling in the audience was matched only by the glittering sets. Shamita Shetty started the show with a tribute to Parveen Babi, shimmying to Jawani Jaaneman and Pyar karnewale. No, Amitabh did not join her on stage.
Emraan Hashmi did a great job with his act—Woh lamhe (Zeher) and Jhalak dikhlaja (Aksar)—flanked by Udita Goswami and Neha Dhupia. Mallika Sherawat, who was supposed to join, backed out because she reportedly didn't want to share stage time with the other girls. Lara brought the house down with Tauba tauba (Kaal) and the haunting Zinda hoon main from Zinda. "She is to dancing what Einstein is to physics,'' proclaimed Cyrus. After a long absence, one of Bollywood's most loved actors, Madhuri Dixit, came on and danced to Dola re and Maar dala. The other Devdas heroine, Aishwarya Rai, hot-stepped to Kajra Re. Abhishek Bachchan, in a flash red jacket, brought the evening to a grand end with his chart busters, One love and Right here right now. On cue, the cameramen panned straight to Ash.
Apart from the main sponsors, the 51st Fair One Filmfare Awards were supported by Airtel, Aaj Tak, Cafe Coffee Day, Intercontinental The Grand, McDowell's No 1 Mineral Water, Bright Advertising, Harshaan Travels, Mystical Radiance, 360 Degrees and G S Entertainment.
IN MEMORIAM:
A number of Hindi film stalwarts who passed away in the last year were remembered. From Parveen Babi and Sunil Dutt to Laxmikant Berde, Ramanand Sagar, Harmesh Malhotra, Amrish Puri, Pranlal Mehta, Pramod Chakraborty, Ismail Merchant, and Nadira, who passed away earlier this year. It was Bollywood's moment to stop and look back—Mud, mud ke dekh, mud mud ke.
WHITE WASH:
So what if Black won the day? White still shone forth. Don't forget, Simi was there, so was Jeetendra, and Sudhir Mishra (with his white locks), and Will Smith in a white suit.
LIKE THAT ONLY:
Tabu, who was called on stage, was her usual unaffected self, egging Jaaved Jafferi on to some mimicry. Nothing tickles like caricature, as was obvious from the gusts of laughter that takeoffs on former comedians Johny Walker, Keshto Mukherjee and Utpal Dutt triggered. The loudest laugh came when Jaaved mimicked his father, comedian Jagdeep. "Tabu,'' he said in falsetto, "Let's go to Mount Abu.'' Even the normally stern Jaya Bachchan cracked up.
SING SONG:
A special mention must also be made of the comedian's superb mimicry of Bollywood's playback singers. No one was named but we all know Anu Malik when we hear him (even at one remove).
On Saturday night, Black was beautiful. Clearly, the night belonged to Sanjay Leela Bhansali and his crew, with their searing portrait of a deaf-blind girl's struggle sweeping an unprecedented 11 awards—from the technical trophies for editing and cinematography to the coveted best film, director, actor and actress awards, and all three critics' awards as well. Bhansali's speech was short but made its point: "I am dedicating this award to the deaf and blind whom I call the warriors of darkness.''
Amitabh Bachchan walked the red carpet twice to receive the best actor and critics' award for best actor. Thanking everyone for their prayers during his recent illness, he thanked the Black team, singling out Bhansali for "pushing me, throwing me the gauntlet, and giving me the courage to pick it up''. At this point, Abhishek, who was backstage, came up and enveloped his father in a bear hug.
It was a night when those who presented the awards felt as special as those receiving them. Bachchan was handed one of his statuettes by director-producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, whose Parineeta was second only to Black, winning six awards. An emotional Chopra said this was the last time he would ever present an award to anyone—having Amitabh receive an award from his hands was an honour almost impossible to better. It was left to the other Chopra, the veteran director of classics like Deewar, Trishul and Kala Patthar, to raise the emotional stakes a notch higher. Yash Chopra, recipient of the newly instituted Filmfare Power Award, had specified earlier that he would accept the award only if it were handed him by Amitabh. It was time for the audience to rise to their feet again.
But the glam set was far more chary about exercising its leg muscles when emcee Cyrus Broacha asked them to welcome the chief guest of the evening, the Belgian counsel, Andre Jacques. They finally stood up, reluctantly, only to realise that they had been turned into bakras on national television by the incorrigible video jockey.
The event was sponsored by Elder Pharmaceuticals, Sony Entertainment Television, Pantaloons, Radio Mirchi and Cineyug Entertainment.
ALL THINGS BRIGHT AUR BUBBLY
SONG AND DANCE: Country's Most Glamorous Factory Raises A Toast To Itself
Mumbai: Emcee Cyrus Broacha's partner-in-wit for the evening was comedian Jaaved Jaaferi, who has reinvented the spelling of his name yet again. Eggzhaktly. The audience, which had evidently developed a taste for the irreverent brand of humour introduced by former comperes Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan, was not disappointed. If Cyrus had a mother figure appear on a screen advising him not to speak his "rubbish Hindi'', Jaaferi parodied the formulaic background music that Hindi cinema loves: shehnai for shaadi and death scenes, and the saxophone for the heroine emerging from the swimming pool.
As in the last 50 years, the awards night toasted the creativity, talent and technical competence of the country's most glamourous factory, and tributed those who had passed away in the last year. And as they always do, the film frat was there in full showing, from the old guard—Jaya Bachchan (who sat with Amar Singh), Gulzar, Jeetendra, Hema Malini, Rekha, Sridevi, Kabir Bedi, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, and Bappi Lahiri, to the reigning marquee stars—Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherji, Madhur Bhandarkar, Fardeen Khan, Preity Zinta, Karan Johar, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Shilpa Shetty and Lara Dutta, to the fresh faces of 2005—Vidya Balan, Emran Serial Kisser Hashmi and Shiny Ahuja.
The bling in the audience was matched only by the glittering sets. Shamita Shetty started the show with a tribute to Parveen Babi, shimmying to Jawani Jaaneman and Pyar karnewale. No, Amitabh did not join her on stage.
Emraan Hashmi did a great job with his act—Woh lamhe (Zeher) and Jhalak dikhlaja (Aksar)—flanked by Udita Goswami and Neha Dhupia. Mallika Sherawat, who was supposed to join, backed out because she reportedly didn't want to share stage time with the other girls. Lara brought the house down with Tauba tauba (Kaal) and the haunting Zinda hoon main from Zinda. "She is to dancing what Einstein is to physics,'' proclaimed Cyrus. After a long absence, one of Bollywood's most loved actors, Madhuri Dixit, came on and danced to Dola re and Maar dala. The other Devdas heroine, Aishwarya Rai, hot-stepped to Kajra Re. Abhishek Bachchan, in a flash red jacket, brought the evening to a grand end with his chart busters, One love and Right here right now. On cue, the cameramen panned straight to Ash.
Apart from the main sponsors, the 51st Fair One Filmfare Awards were supported by Airtel, Aaj Tak, Cafe Coffee Day, Intercontinental The Grand, McDowell's No 1 Mineral Water, Bright Advertising, Harshaan Travels, Mystical Radiance, 360 Degrees and G S Entertainment.
IN MEMORIAM:
A number of Hindi film stalwarts who passed away in the last year were remembered. From Parveen Babi and Sunil Dutt to Laxmikant Berde, Ramanand Sagar, Harmesh Malhotra, Amrish Puri, Pranlal Mehta, Pramod Chakraborty, Ismail Merchant, and Nadira, who passed away earlier this year. It was Bollywood's moment to stop and look back—Mud, mud ke dekh, mud mud ke.
WHITE WASH:
So what if Black won the day? White still shone forth. Don't forget, Simi was there, so was Jeetendra, and Sudhir Mishra (with his white locks), and Will Smith in a white suit.
LIKE THAT ONLY:
Tabu, who was called on stage, was her usual unaffected self, egging Jaaved Jafferi on to some mimicry. Nothing tickles like caricature, as was obvious from the gusts of laughter that takeoffs on former comedians Johny Walker, Keshto Mukherjee and Utpal Dutt triggered. The loudest laugh came when Jaaved mimicked his father, comedian Jagdeep. "Tabu,'' he said in falsetto, "Let's go to Mount Abu.'' Even the normally stern Jaya Bachchan cracked up.
SING SONG:
A special mention must also be made of the comedian's superb mimicry of Bollywood's playback singers. No one was named but we all know Anu Malik when we hear him (even at one remove).
Hollywood star Will Smith congratulates Rani Mukherjee on winning the Best Actress award while Amitabh Bachchan receives the Best Actor award. Both were honoured for their performances in Black
THE BIG 4
BEST ACTRESS
Rani Mukherji
BEST ACTOR
Amitabh Bachchan
BEST DIRECTOR
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
BEST FILM
Black
BEST ACTRESS
Rani Mukherji
BEST ACTOR
Amitabh Bachchan
BEST DIRECTOR
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
BEST FILM
Black
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