REVIEW: Are SRK-Saif losing it?!
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On Sunday night, all soaps and re-runs were put on the back burner as Bollywood dominated the small screen. The Indian audience after years of being subject to slipshod live telecasts, awkward camera movements and comperes fumbling for words when teleprompters go on the blink were treated to a slickly edited, well-scripted award ceremony which probably created higher TRP’s for Sony than anything they have put on air in the recent past.
One of the MCs for the evening Karan Johar had lost his voice. This resulted in his sections being cut down and gave Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan the opportunity to take potshots at one and all in the industry.
For once, the seating was managed beautifully; people were not seated around one table and the audience was spared unnecessary hugging, kissing and backslapping which ensues once the award is announced.
But even as the show scored on all technical points and about two-thirds of the show relied in great humour, there were certain segments, which were really crass, vulgar and done in bad taste. And the omissions and inclusions were so significant that the connections and ramifications of Bollywood become apparent at a glance.
Neil Nitin Mukesh did not win the best debut even though he was nominated for the same. But he was given a chance to perform at the awards not Ranbir Kapoor. After all, that is only to be expected considering Neil's grandfather Mukesh delivered Yash Raj's biggest hit numbers such as Main Har Ek Pal and Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein…
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The show was kick ass.. Cmon ppl grow up...
saif and srk rocked with their humor..
Brilliant show srk and saif.... This was the best filmfare awards function ever - free from all the boring dramas, this was witty and engaging....
Srk and saif need a spanking of a lifetime. They have gone beyond all limits of decency.
He made fun of farah khans triplet that was born for 2 weeks ago,he made fun of ashutosh jodha-akbar and he made fun of karan johar(his best friend).It was good at sanjay,he tried to turn the people against king khan before the release of saawariya and oso when he said who is srk to say that he can crush everyone but let me tell you something srk is the face of bollywood,well lets say he is the industry!People sayed ab was one man industry,well let mee tell you what a man industry is,it is you decide what is hit and flop.The bachans did not had a single hit since the war came out against king khan,saawariya became flop of his attitude against king king khan!It did not effect srk a single thing cause his 2 movies became the most grossing of 2007(oso holds the record)
Sanjay leila bhansali should grow up... One should have the heart to digest.. And tolerate a joke. He acted like a cry-baby. He is not a sport. He is a small man. He could deliver hits only with stars (like salman or shahrukh... And then saawariya flopped on the face. He does not seem like a genuine person. He cheated sony of crores... Its they who faced the loss !). This guy looks smooth but is sinister.
Shahrukh or saif better understand one thing , it doesnt take much time to come crashing down from the top. Anything which flies on top has to come to the ground zero. One major mistake srk has already done is ipl and another major flop from his side will ensure the same.
Damsel,
very well said (referring to your last comment for this post on march 5th)... You've said what i wanted to say and probably have said it more aptly than i would have!! Great job!
As for the one who's written this article, i'd say that if, in srk's hosting, you found some comments smeared with grudge against vidhu vinod chopra or bhansali, where were you when the two latter guys were going all out against srk - one when his film was facing competition for the oscar entry and the other one went the whole hog at srk during the release of his film saawariya? If you're a true journo or a writer, you should be able to take a balanced view and not use this article and web site as a source to bring out your personal prejudices against srk, whatever they may be.... Your title for this article itself shows that you're skewed towards srk, albeit on the negative side (you said - "are srk-saif losing it?! At the recent awards ceremony the stars took crass behaviour to a new low!").... Well, if the show was that bad, why did all the live as well as tv audiences stay glued to their seats giving sony the highest trps they've got in years? Audiences are the best judge of what they like and don't. Only if they like something will they spend time or money on it. And it's now more than clear that audiences shower both aplenty on srk!!
so get real and accept the reality staring at your face....
It was simply the best filmy award function hosting i've seen in years.... Srk and saif did a brilliant job. They had audiences shed tears of joy watching the duo in their essentials - wit....
and it's also fun to see the big stars be a little real and let their guards down which is what srk and saif did. Especially srk. Saif seemed a little guarded... Actually srk literally stole the show.... His hosting was quite restrained i must say else given his wit and intelligence, he'd have given audience much more....
no wonder the trp for sony during the awards' function were the highest ever they gotten in the last few years!!
Well i truly enjoyed the jokes.Normally all the award functions are v predictable and boring.But this one was diff, i guess being public figures these film people must be used to such jokes and srk and saif's compering did make us laugh and thats what matters...I hope they repeat this every yr..Too much of goody-ness is bad,i like srk's sarcasm,hes like chandler bing...