The 55th Idea Filmfare awards have nothing new.

The 55th Idea Filmfare awards have nothing new.

The 55th Idea Filmfare awards nominations 2009 have nothing new. It seems that the nominations that were there in Starscreen Awards and Stardust Awards, the same nominations are made in filmfare.

The film 3 idiots will compete with Dev D, Kaminey, Paa, Wake Up Sid and Love Aaj Kaal for the best film. If 3 idiots fail to win the award it will be an amazement. AR Rehman will compete with Amit Trivedi, Pritam, Shankar Ehsaan Loy and Vishal Bharatdwaj for best composer. It does not matter that Pritam has two nominations and one of his compositions in Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani did great business only due to the great music. AR Rehman will win the award again it seems.

Amir Khan neither attends awards ceremony nor gets the awards. It is strange that his film 3 idiots did business worth 200 crores. Yet the award will go to Amitabh Bacchan for his performance in the film Paa. It has become a prestige issue to give awards only to Shahrukh Khan and Amitabh Bacchan. It does not matter that Ranbir Kapoor has two nominations in the films Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani and Wake Up Sid. Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra’s efforts in the films 3 idiots, New York and Kaminey will go in vain as Vidya Balan will win the award for best actress for her performance in the film Paa. It has become a prestige issue to act with Big B and Abhishek Bacchan in the recent years.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan will compete against Sonu Nigam, Sukhwinder Singh, Mohit Chouhan, Atif Aslam and Javed Ali/ Kailash Kher for the best singer award. Atif Aslam’s song “tu jane na” in Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani was at par with Sonu Nigam’s Shukran Allah in Kurbaan and Sukhwinder Singh’s “dhan tana” in Kaminey. Kavita Seth will compete against Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal, Alisha Chinoy, Shilpa Rao and Rekha Bharatdwaj for the best female singer award.

Rishi Kapoor, Amole Gupte, Boman Irani, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi and Neil Nitin Mukesh had been nominated for best supporting actor award. Dimple Kapadia, Arundhuti Naag, Divya Dutta, Kalki Koechlin and Sahana Goswami had been nominated for the best supporting actress award.
The awards do not prove excellence. Whether an actor or actress wins it or not, as long as they receive appreciation for their work from the audience their work gets rewarded.

Vidya Balan – the new prospect of bollywood.

Vidya Balan – the new prospect of bollywood.

Vidya Balan is the one of the innovative stars of the recent times who have potential for good performances in future. She had impressed the film lovers with her soft performance in the film Parineeta. Parineeta is the story written by Sarat Chandra Chatterji, which was based on the life of Kolkata during the British rule. Although it was a family drama, the events depicted the society of the contemporary period.

Pradeep Sarkar had shown courage to take up such an old subject and the film became successful due to strong performance of Vidya Balan, Saif Ali Khan and Sanjay Dutt. Vidya Balan had shown the submissive soft character of the middle-class bengalies existing at that period of time. The music of the film was successful with songs like “piyu bole, piya bole,” the Moulin Rouge song, etc.


Vidya Balan impressed the viewers with her performance in Lage Raho munnabhai as well. The film shows how Sanjay Dutt, who was known for criminal activities with his group of men who helped rich businessmen for doing unlawful work, was motivated by Gandhigiri, and the character of Vidya Balan had significant impact on his transformation. She helped the old persons in the society who were neglected by their children to live together in an old age home and kept them in good spirit with love, fun and light activities.

She conducted radio program and her way of addressing the audience by saying good morning Mumbai had become a trend setter for radio-jockeys across the country. The romantic song in the film “pal pal” sung by Sonu Nigam and others had created a long-lasting impact. She had also done well in the film Eklavya, along with Big B, Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali khan.


Last year she had acted in a role of ghost in the film Bhool Bhoolaiya, opposite Akshay Kumar, where it was shown that the soul of singer had entered her body and she was killing other persons whenever that soul compelled her to commit such an act. Akshay Kumar had cured her at the end of the film after studying the inner mind of the character. Although these stories are not believed by majority of the audience but the suspense in the film was kept intact by the director throughout the film.

Vidya Balan had shown her capability to act in different roles in her short career till date, and the audience expects powerful performance from her in the coming days.

Article By: Supriya Chatterji.