Happy birthday to AR Rehman.

The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to AR Rehman, on 6th January, 2013. AR Rehman had remained a master composer in Indians films for more than 15 years. He received Oscar Award for his epic composition “jai ho” in the film Slumdog Millionaire. He is considered probably the best composer of the country at this time. His variety and versatility had been exhibited with the landmark tunes given in films like Roza, Saathiya, Taal, Bombay, etc. Successful songs under his composition include “sathiya, sathiya” sung by Sonu Nigam in the film Saathiya, “dil hai chotasa choti si asha”, “roza janeman” in the film Roza, “tuhi re” sung by Hari Haran in the film Bombay, “maiya maiya” in the Guru. He had received 7 filmfare awards for the best composer only next to the genius musical duo Shankar Jaikishan who had won it 9 times. The other composers like Shankar – Ehsan – Loy, Vishal Shekhar, Anu Malik, Pritam have special regard for the versatile composer AR Rehman. He created a separate image for himself inspite of strong competition fro the above mentioned composers. In 2008, AR Rehman gave landmark tunes in most of the films. He was sublime in the film Jane Tu Yaa Jane Na. All the songs “pappu cant dance sala”, “kabhi kabhi aditi”, impressed the teenagers with the catchy numbers. He was totally different in Subhash Ghai’s venture Yuvvraaj. Gulzar wrote the lyrics of the film and the combination of Subhash Ghai, Gulzar and AR Rehman created magic. The songs “tu muskura”, “shano shano”, “mastam mastam” sung by Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal and other popular singers had created a lasting impact inspite of the mediocre business of the film. In fact AR Rehman compelled Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor and others to work harder for giving lips in the songs created for the respective film. AR Rehman was even brilliant in Amir Khan’s film Ghajini. Although the film was related to the revenge that was taken by Amir Khan after his girlfriend was killed by his enemies. Sonu Nigam’s song “hai guzarish” stormed the bollywood audience even before the release of the film. AR Rehman had been so versatile that his music in one film never matched with the music of the other film. His composition in the film Dil Se, titled “chal chaiya chaiya” sung by Sukhwinder Singh and picturised on Shahrukh Khan was totally different from the composition in the film Taal, titled “ishq bina kya jeena”, picturised on Aishwarya Rai. Again his composition for the film Roza titled “dil hai chota sa” sung by Chitra and picturised on Madhu was totally different from the song “saathiya, saathiya” in the film Saathiya sung by Sonu Nigam and picturised on Vivek Oberoi. He had blended western tune with Indian classical music. He also composed successful music in South Indian films. He had done experiments in the film Dilli 6, with songs like “massakali”, Jane Tu Ya Jane Na with songs like “nazren churana”, etc. AR Rehman received filmfare award in 2012 for his brilliant music in the film Rockstar. All the songs were brilliant. His music in the film Jab Tak Hai Jaan in 2012 had also been very popular. The viewers expect him to make more experiments in Indian films in the years to come.

Vidya Balan won the best actress award again in Filmfare Awards 2012.

Vidya Balan won the best actress award again in Filmfare Awards 2012.

Actress Vidya Balan had got the recognition she deserved. After winning Zee Cine Awards for the best actress for both popular category and jury category she won the filmfare award 2012 also for the performance in the film Dirty Picture.

In the male category, Ranbir Kapoor won the filmfare award for the best actor for the performance in the film Rockstar. He won it against the other nominees Salman Khan in Bodyguard and Shahrukh Khan in Don 2.  Composition of music in the film Rockstar earned AR Rehman his filmfare award for 2012.

                  Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan

Zoya Akhtar won the best director award for the film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. Rani Mukherjee won the best supporting actress award for her performance in the film No One Killed Jessica. Farhan Akhtar won the best supporting actor award for the performance in the film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. Mohit Chauhan won the best singer male award for the song “jo vi mai” in the film Rockstar. Usha Utthup and Rekha Bhardwaj won the best singer female award for the song “ankho se” in the film Saat Khoon Maaf. Aruna Irani received lifetime achievement award for her contribution in hindi cinema.

It is strange that Bodyguard was not considered for awards inspite of the film doing business worth 160 crores. Neither Salman Khan won the best actor award, nor Kareena Kapoor won the best actress award, nor Shreya Ghoshal won the best singer award for “teri meri” song, nor Siddique received the best director award. Ranbir Kapoor and Shahrukh Khan hosted the award.

Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan won best actor and actress awards in Zee Cine Awards 2012.

Vidya Balan Ranbir Kapoor won the best actor (popular) category award in Zee Cine Awards 2012, for his performance in the film Rockstar. He won the award as against Salman Khan in Bodyguard and Shahrukh Khan in Don 2. Shahrukh Khan won the best actor (jury) category award for his performance in the film Don 2. Salman Khan was again ignored for awards inspite of giving greatest blockbuster Bodyguard in 2011. Vidya Balan won the best actress award in Zee Cine Awards 2012, for her brilliant performance in the film Dirty Picture in both the popular category and the jury category. She is winning awards everywhere. Imtiaz Ali won the best director award for the film Rockstar. AR Rehman won the best music director award for his brilliant performance in the film Rockstar. Shreya Ghoshal won the best female singer award for the song “saibo” in the film Shor in City. Mohit Chouhan won the best male singer award for the song “job hi mai” from Rockstar. The song “ishq sufinana” from Dirty Picture had been adjudged as the best song of the year. Siddque got the award for the best debut director for the film Bodyguard. Dirty Picture, Rockstar and Bodyguard got most of the awards. Shahrukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra hosted the awards ceremony held in Macau on 21st January, 2012.

It is very strange that Kareena Kapoor did not even get a nomination in Filmfare Awards 2012.

                                          Kareena Kapoor.

It is very strange that Kareena Kapoor did not even get a nomination in Filmfare Awards 2012.

There was a time when filmfare awards had a lot to do with public sentiments. In 1964, the biggest blockbuster was Sangam. During that year the filmfare award for the best actress went to Vaijayantimala for Sangam. In the same year, Raj Kapoor won the filmfare award for the best director for his work in the film Sangam.

The days had changed. The meaning of awards had also changed. In 2011, the biggest blockbuster was Bodyguard. To everyone’s surprise Kareena Kapoor did not get even a nomination of best actress award in filmfare 2012. From 2009, Kareena Kapoor had featured in successful films opposite the superstars, Amir Khan in The Three Idiots, Salman Khan in Bodyguard and Shahrukh Khan in Ra One. Both Ra One and Bodyguard had been released in 2011, and the performance of Kareena Kapoor in both these films was per excellence. It is another case that Vidya Balan had given an excellent performance in the dirty picture and may be the biggest candidate for the best actress award. But if the competition is between Vidya Balan and Kareena Kapoor, it makes sense. But the competition is between performance in flop films like Mahie Gill in Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster and Priyanka Chopra in Saat Khoon Maaf, it makes no sense.

The male category is a bit better. But the fight should be between Salman Khan in Bodyguard, Ajay Devgan in Singham and Shahrukh Khan in Don 2. Ranbir Kapoor had won the best actor award in Colourscreen, so may win the filmfare also.

The best music director nominees are horrible altogether. The film Ready became successful due to popular music of Pritam. Pritam did not get a nomination even. Same is with the case of Himesh Reshammiya in Bodyguard. It is very obvious that AR Rehman is going to win the award, as the nominations are absurt with candidates like Ram Sampat in Delhi Belly, Sohail Sen in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.It is even strange that the composer of popular music in film Bodyguard, Himesh Reshammiya never get any nomination. But the singer of the song of that composer gets a nomination, the example is Shreya Ghoshal in the song “teri meri” in the film Bodyguard. The chances are for Mohit Chouhan to win the award for the song “sada haq” in the film Rockstar.

Filmfare awards had lost the genuineness and transparency. It has become just any other awards. Gone were the days when Dilip Kumar winning the best actor award 8 times showed his supremacy over Raj Kapoor, or Shankar Jaikishan winning the best music director award 9 times showed his brilliance over Naushad Ali, Roshanlal Nagrath and others. 

Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan won the best actor and actress Colour Screen Awards 2012.

Katrina Kaif and Shahrukh Khan in Colour Screen Awards 2012. Actor Ranbir Kapoor won the best actor award in Colour Screen Awards 2012 for his brilliant performance in the film Rockstar. It is very strange that Salman Khan did not get the award this time even inspite of giving brilliant performance in the film Bodyguard. Vidya Balan won the best actress award for her brilliant performance in the film Dirty Picture. She deserved the award, but Kareena Kapoor had provided the next best performance in the films Bodyguard and Ra One. Milan Luthria won the best director award for the film Dirty Picture. Saif Ali Khan won the best supporting actor award for his performance in the film Aarakshan. Aditi Rao Hydari won the best supporting actress award for her performance in the film Yeh Saali Zindagi. AR Rehman won the best music director award for his music in the film Rockstar. It is very strange that Pritam did not get a nomination also for his music in the film Ready and Himesh Reshammiya did not get a nomination even for his music in the film Bodyguard. Good music was one of the reasons for the success of the film Bodyguard which did business worth 160 crores. If popular choice actors, actresses, singers, composers, don’t get any award, most of the awards look meaningless. Mohit Chauhan won the best male singer award for the song “phir se ud chala” in the film Rockstar, while Shreya Ghoshal won the best female singer award for the song “ooh lala ooh lala” in the film Dirty Picture.

Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan won Big Star Entertainment awards 2012.

                    Salman Khan in Big Star Entertainment award 2012.

Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan won Big Star Entertainment awards 2012.

Ranbir Kapoor won the best actor award for his performance in the film Rockstar in Big Star Entertainment awards 2012. Vidya Balan won best actress award for her performance in the film Dirty Picture.

Dirty Picture and Singham won the award for the best film in 2012. Salman Khan won the best actor award in an action role for his performance in the film Bodyguard. Amitabh Bacchan won the best actor award in a social role for his performance in the film Aarakshan. Farhan Akhtar won the best actor award in a comic role.

Kareena Kapoor won the best actress award in a romantic role for her performance in the film Bodyguard. Rani Mukherjee won the best actress award in a social role for her performance in the film No One Killed Jessica. Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor won the award for the best onscreen couple for their performance in the film Bodyguard.

The film Ready was adjudged the best comedy film of the year. Bodyguard won the award for the best action film of the year. Rockstar won the award for the best romantic film of the year. No One Killed Jessica won the award for the best social film of the year. Mohit Chauhan won the award for the best singer for his performance in the song Saada Haq in the film Rockstar. Shreya Ghoshal won the award for the best singer for her performance in the song Teri Meri in the film Bodyguard. Himesh Reshammiya and Pritam won the award for the music director for their performance in the film Bodyguard.

More or less all the majority of actors and actresses were rewarded. Even then the best actor award should have gone to Salman Khan for his performance in the film Bodyguard. The best actress award should have gone to Kareena Kapoor for her performance in the film Bodyguard. Ranbir Kapoor won the award for his hard work. But the biggest business was done in the year by the film Bodyguard. In that perspective Salman Khan’s performance was better than Ranbir Singh’s performance in the year 2012.