The FILMFAIL Awards 2008

Year 2008. A year that gave us quite a lot of good films, some of them setting new trends in filmmaking. A year that produced a lot of new comers who made their presence felt in the industry. It was also a year that had many mind blowing movies made by some amazingly talented people but unfortunately they went unrecognized and were unduly criticized. Today we are going to celebrate those underrated movies that duly need to be recognized.

So lets get on with our FILMFAIL Awards 2008!

First up is the Technical Awards.

First award is for Best Story. The nominations are

-Tashan

-Kismet Konnection

-Golmaal Returns

And the award goes to

SINGH IS KINNG

Hats off to the director and writer Anees Bazmi for writing such a heart wrenching story with such amazing comedy. I really wonder how the hell could he have had three consecutive hit movies – No Entry, Welcome and this. Anyways, moving on

We also have a special award for Best Original Story.

The award goes to

GOD TUSSI GREAT HO!

Next is the award for Best Choreography

The award goes to

LUCKY BOY – Bachna Ae Haseeno

Well, I don’t really want to say anything about this so lets just move on.

Award for Best Special Effects

The Winner is

THODA PYAAR THODA MAGIC.

The makers definitely deserve an award for using state-of-the-art graphics and special effects that made an already brilliant movie even more enjoyable.

Award for the Best Background Music

The award goes to

PHOONK

No surprises here. The only thing that tried to scare us was the background score. So they deserve an award for this.

Next, the award for the Best Action

Without much ado, the award goes to

TASHAN

The award is given only for the Akshay Kumar entry scene. Simply the best.

Award for Best Costume Design

We even have nominations for this award. They are

-Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (Rani’s costumes)

-Kidnap (For whatever little Minisha wore)

-Love Story 2050 (Only for the aliens, for nothing else)

The award goes to

DRONA!

Well, it had to get one. C’mon, a Super Hero in a Sherwani is such a unique idea! Award-winning idea!

Let us now move on with the Music Awards.

First up is the award for Best Playback Singer.

The award goes to, without any nominations, without any categories of male/female –

HIMESH RESHAMMIYA

Obviously guys, he deserves it! Tandoori Nights, Lut Jau, Hurry Om… oh and the much hyped Ek Haseena Thi – the only song which he apparently hasn’t sung from his nose (which however didn’t sound any different to us) See, he deserves it.

Best Lyrics

The award goes to

ZARA ZARA TOUCH ME TOUCH ME – Race

What stupendous lyrics! Zara zara touch me touch me zara zara kiss me kiss me – Bravo!

Best Music

DRONA

Well, there was competition I must say. But Drona takes away all the glory. Especially that Oop oop cha song takes the credit.

Let us now accolade the new comers who try to make their mark in the previous year.

Most Promising Debutant Male

This is tough. Really tough. So I ve decided we ll have two of them.

The first award goes to (I m sure most of you would ve guessed by now)

HRITHIK ROSHAN –err—I mean—HARMAN BAWEJA

for emulating Hrithik in every which way (except of course acting, unfortunately)

The next award goes to

MIMOH CHAKRABORTY

He deserves one simply because he thinks being Mithun’s son is sufficient to get one. Also for being a part of one of the most forgettable films of the year – Jimmy.

Most Promising Debutant Female

The Winner is

SHRIYA SARAN

Sadly, this damsel was “promised” the most amazing debut in an astonishingly brilliant movie called Mission Istanbul. She gets one simply for her sheer belief that this was going to be her big break in Hindi cinema.

And now, we have a special award. This award is for the most stylish person of 2008. this award is for those actors, who with their wonderful dressing sense, made their style statement.

We call it, The Style Icon 2008

The award goes to

VIDYA BALAN

For giving the world the most incredible style tip. Cut your hair short to make you look younger (I mean thinner). So why exercise, work out and all that hard work to attain size 0, just go chop em off!

Next we have an award for Best Actor in a Comic Role

The award goes to

ASHWINI KALSEKAR – Phoonk

If you haven’t got it, she s the black magic lady who keeps laughing menacingly all through the movie which made us laugh on what we actually were supposed to get scared!

Best Actor in a Negative Role

The winner is

SAIF ALI KHAN - no – AKSHAYEE KHANNA - no – ANIL KAPOOR - no – BIPASHA BASU - no – KATRINA KAIF. Oh God this is so confusing, no one knows who played the negative role! So, lets just give the award to the movie itself – RACE!

Now its time for us to celebrate a filmmaker for his Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema. Its time for the Lifetime Achievement award.

And the award goes to

RAM GOPAL VERMA

He so needs this award. So please Mr. RGV, accept this award and start making plans for your retirement. We promise you we will not miss your movies.

Lets move on to the main section.

The first award is for the Best Film.

The nominations are –

-Karzzzz

-God Tussi Great Ho

-Tashan

-Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic

-Chamku

-Golmaal Returns

And the winner is

ROADSIDE ROMEO

The reasons for giving the award are

-Its produced under Yashraj Banner (and they paid me but that’s not the reason, no)

-Its directed by Jughal Hansraj (this was his last resort – from hero to side hero to cameo to now romeo)

-It is meant for kids (we have a soft corner for such movies you know)

-and finally, it has for its credit the worst opening ever for any Yashraj movies.

So we have to give an award!

Hmm, moving on

Best Director Award

The nominations are

-Anees Bazmi (Singh is Kinng)

-Ganesh Acharya (Money Hai To Honey Hai)

-Vijay Krishna Acharya (Tashan)

-Goldie Behl (Drona)

The award goes to

HARRY BAWEJA for Love Story 2050

He is actually writing a book – How to Launch your (not-so-talented) Son (alternatively called – How to Lose Big Buck). A must buy. And a must award.

Best Actor Female

Nomiantions –

-Rani Mukherjee (Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic)

-Ayesha Takia (Sunday, De Taali)

-Priyanka Chopra (the list is too long, but 4 flops, 2 hits)

The award goes to

KATRINA KAIF

She simply gets an award for being a part of 4 big budget movies, with two of them being hits (Race and Singh is Kinng), for making more money than any other actress even without acting. Kudos to her. That’s a rare talent really.

And now finally,

Best Actor Male

The nominations are

-Himesh Reshammiya (Karzzz)

-Abhishek Bachchan (Drona)

-Viveik Oberoi (Mission Istanbul)

The Winner is

GOVINDA for Money Hai To Honey Hai.

He apparently plays a 20-something guy in the movie. Now you know why he wins the best actor award right?

Before I sign off, we have a special award this year for the Most Outstanding Blog of the Year. This award was constituted especially because our fraternity has got into this new trend of blogging, and we reward new trends. So, the award for the Most Outstanding Blog of the Year goes to, no surprises here

Aamir Khan and his kutta blog!

And since Aamir doesn’t believe in awards we would like his kutta Shahrukh to receive the award on his behalf.

Its time for me to sign off here. Thank you everyone. See you next year. Chao.