Filmfare Awards 2009 – Picks

The Filmfare nominations for 2009 have been announced. With so many awards happening, one doesn’t know which one is really credible. But since Filmfare has been the longest standing, personally I consider them to be more like the Oscars of India (well almost!). Anyways, the list is out and the nominees must now be praying that they can take the black lady home.

My picks for the awards are marked in red (and italicized) below. Am no Nostradamus honey, so don’t hold anything against me!!!

BEST FILM

Dostana
Ghajini
Jodhaa Akbar
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
Rock On!!

BEST DIRECTOR

A.R. Murugadoss – Ghajini
Abhishek Kapoor – Rock On!!
Aditya Chopra – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Ashutosh Gowariker – Jodhaa Akbar
Madhur Bhandarkar – Fashion
Neeraj Pandey – A Wednesday!

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Aamir Khan – Ghajini
Abhishek Bachchan – Dostana
Hrithik Roshan – Jodhaa Akbar
Akshay Kumar – Sinng Is Kinng
Shah Rukh Khan – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Naseeruddin Shah – A Wednesday!

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Aishwarya Rai – Jodhaa Akbar
Anushka Sharma – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Asin Thottumkal – Ghajini
Kajol – U Me Aur Hum
Priyanka Chopra – Fashion

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

Abhishek Bachchan – Sarkaar Raj
Arjun Rampal – Rock On!!
Pratik Babbar – Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
Sonu Sood – Jodhaa Akbar
Tushaar Kapoor – Golmaal Returns
Vinay Pathak – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

Bipasha Basu – Bachna Ae Haseeno
Kangana Ranaut – Fashion
Kiron Kher – Dostana
Ratna Pathak Shah – Jaanu Tu… Ya Jaane Na
Sahana Goswami – Rock On!!

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)

Farhan Akhtar – Rock On!! – Socha Hai
KK – Bachna Ae Haseeno – Khuda Jaane
KK – Jannat – Zara Si Dil Mein
Rashid Ali – Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na – Kabhi Kabhi Aditi
Sonu Nigham – Jodhaa Akbar – Inn Lamho Ke Daaman Mein
Sukhwinder Singh – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi – Haule Haule

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)

Alka Yagnik – Yuvvraaj – Tu Muskura
Neha Bhasin – Fashion – Kuch Khaas Hai
Shilpa Rao – Bachna Ae Haseeno – Khuda Jaane
Shreya Ghoshal – Singh is Kinng – Teri Ore
Shruti Pathak – Fashion – Marjaawa
Sunidhi Chuhan – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi – Dance Pe Chance

NOMINEES FOR BEST LYRICS

Abbas Tyrewala – Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na – Kabhi Kabhi Aditi
Gulzar – Yuvvraaj – Tu Meri Dost Hai
Jaideep Sahni – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi – Haule Haule
Javed Akhtar – Jodhaa Akbar – Jashn e Bahara
Javed Akhtar – Rock On!! – Socha Hai
Prasoon Joshi – Ghajini – Guzarish

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR

A R Rahman – Ghajini
A R Rahman – Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
A R Rahman – Jodhaa Akbar
Pritam – Race
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – Rock On!!
Vishal-Shekhar – Dostana

Ghajini Review

Ok, so I am back after a break. And what a break it has been.

 

I attended the premiere of Ghajini, in PVR. Much anticipated, much awaited, movie this. Ok let me give you the bd news first. I didn’t enjoy the movie. I guess after Kismat Konnection, this is the movie where I was waiting and waiting and waiting for the interval. And the same applies for the climax. This is one loooooooong movie. Boring, no. Uninspiring yes!

 

So what wrong with this movie? Well, it still hasn’t got over the Southie hangover. The villain’s reason to exist and reason to believe are both weak. Its just a late eighties/early nineties movies where the villain has some lousy chamchas with him for no apparent reason. And he has no reason to be bad. The plot itself doesn’t convince the viewer on why he kills the heroine. The fights are good, but too long. And too many. The girl, Asin, makes an impressive debut, but cannot be above . Jiah Khan is not convincing at all. (Maybe that’s the reason why Aamir didn’t use her in the marketing). And the music is horrible save for the Guzaarish number. Beheka is wonderfully choreographed. The songs are jerky and spring up in the narrative like a jack in the box.

 

And what’s right with the movie? Aamir Khan, and nothing else. One man can really make justice to any role and that is him. He stands out tall in this violence marathon. His change from a shy tycoon to an amnesic is phenomenal. He makes the unmovable hero, fighting 20 goons believable, with that perfect physique. (A far cry from the old movies, where we had spindly bodied paunchy heroes; jumping over goons like a circus monkey to some funny music!!)

 

But finally, go watch Ghajini. For Aamir. For the intensity and perfection that he brings to the role. And see the wonders he does to this shamble of a film.