Filmfare Awards trivia

Posted by Simranjeet @ 8:43 pm February 29, 2008
Filed Under Actors, Actresses, Filmfare, Trivia

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If there are casting coups which directors try for all the time, then there are certain things which can happen only at Filmfare Awards.

The year was 1999, and at the 44tn Annual Filmfare Awards - 1999, Kajol was the eye of the storm. She had just delivered her nth hit in Karan Johar’s Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and along with Shah Rukh Khan winning the Best Actor award for KKHH, she too was declared the Best Actress. Wearing a light brown ensemble, she was shimmering with her soon to be bridal status, as she was to marry Ajay Devgan a few days later. And it was a moment which everyone saw with bated breath, as Shah Rukh Khan hugged Kajol, virtually for the last time, as speculation of the SRK-Devgan feud was at an all time high. Needless to say, the picture was at the front page of each national daily, the following morning.

But if there are sights which enthrall you for years to come, then there are other things which can make it not so rocking. Last year, when the Filmfare Awards guest list was trimmed heavily pertaining to the number of seats in Yash Raj Studios, sisters Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor were forced to sit behind, guess who… Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, as these were the only two seats that were vacant by the time the Kapoor sisters came to find some. Karisma was once the fiance of Abhishek, and the relations went sour after the break off during engagement, with Kareena Kapoor rumoured to have been badmouthing Jaya Bachchan to one and all, and blaming her for her sister’s broken alliance. Abhishek and Aishwarya married a few days later!