Racist Oscars 2008 - The winners
Tadka question - What happens when an Indian film-maker gets top nominations in the Oscar Awards? Read on, to find the answer, including the one to the title of this article.
Close on the heels of the Filmfare Awards taking place on the 23rd of this month, their American counterpart the Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars came to a grand finale today. There was no sign of Mira Nair’s The Namesake in any of the nominations, asserting the fact that Oscars turn colour blind when it comes to movies from directors of primarily non-English speaking nations. More over, Indian film maker Shekhar Kapoor’s Elizabeth: The Golden Age, won only one award, that too in the most forgettable categories: Best Costume Design. This comes years after Shekhar Kapoor was meted out the same treatment, when his first part of the Elizabeth series, won just one, and yet another forgettable Oscar award, in the category Best Make-up, Jenny Shircore, (1998). 10 years and nothing changed! On the other hand, India had already destroyed it’s chances of getting the award in The Best Foreign Language Film category, by sending Eklavya: The Royal Gaurd as it’s official entry, leaving aside gems like Taare Zameen Par, Chak De! India and even Dharm.
Meanwhile, here’s a list of the winners at this year’s Oscars, the 80th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS -
BEST PICTURE
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN - SCOTT RUDIN, JOEL COEN AND ETHAN COEN
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS - THERE WILL BE BLOOD
BEST DIRECTION
THERE WILL BE BLOOD - JOEL COEN AND ETHAN COEN
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE
MARION COTILLARD - LA VIE EN ROSE
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
JAVIER BARDEM - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
TILDA SWINTON - MICHAEL CLAYTON Read more
Filmfare Awards trivia
Tadka trivia
Yesterday we told you about how Hrithik Roshan’s first nomination at the Filmfare Awards was a double whammy. And his favourite co-star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan also did something similar, but not with the same results.
Aishwarya Rai has won three Filmfare Awards till now:
Best Actress - Jeans, Tamil, 1998 (Filmfare Best Actress Award South)
Best Actress - Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, 1999
Best Actress - Devdas, 2002
In 2000, she was nominated in the same category for both Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), and Subhash Ghai’s Taal (1999), the two movies which gave her career a great leap and stamped her arrival. Aishwarya arrived at the 45th Filmfare Awards- 2000, sporting large goggles and a plaster in left hand, which left tongues wagging and claiming that she was beaten by ex-lover Salman Khan, a reason she was hiding her blackened eyes, and also that she was pushed by him down the stairs, a reason for her plaster. Her only reply was - “I am a former Miss World. Do people expect me to bear all this?”. After being presented the award by Sridevi, she posed for photographers, wearing a million dollar smile, along with a vindicated Sanjay Dutt, who won the Best Actor award for Vaastav.
Later, in the year 2001, she was nominated in the Best Actor In A Lead Role Female category, for her work as a rape victim in Satish Kaushik’s Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai, (2000) and in the Best Supporting Actor Female category for her work as a ghost lover of Shah Rukh Khan in Aditya Chopra’s Mohabbatein (2000). This year she lost to Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met), pitted against her, for her strong-willed-wife role in Mani Ratnam’s Guru.
7 days to go… don’t miss the 53rd Annual Filmfare Awards-2008, on Sony Entertainment Television, 2nd March, 8:00 p.m.
Lyrics - song ‘One two three’ (title song) from the movie One Two Three
Movie – One Two Three
Cast – Sunil Shetty, Tusshar Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Upen Patel, Esha Deol, Sameera Reddy, Tanisha Mukherjee, Neetu Chandra, Sharat Saxena
Director – Ashwani Dhir
Music Director – Raghav Sachar
Song – One two three
Lyrics – Aditya Dhar
Singer – Kunal Ganjawala, Raghav Sachar
Tadka question - What does, the now officially musical genius Raghav Sachar do, when he is roped in for yet another movie? Prove that he is gonna make you enjoy the songs for one long time. Read on to view the lyrics and the song analysis 
(one two three)
listen to the mantra: one two three
ahh! yeah!…
(one two three)
one two three
one two three
duniya mein aana hai free
duniya se jaana hai free
dekh tamaasha duniya ka
bilkul free
bilkul free
free… yeah…
one two three
one two three
one two three
n one two three (one two three)
tedhi medhi, medhi tedhi
duniya ki abcd
arre, sau sau mausam jhele hain
har paudha ban-ne ko tree
ho… saiyaan chod ke na jaa
dil tod ke na jaa
saiyaan chod ke na jaa
dil tod ke na jaa
tujhko meri, haan meri, jawaani ki kasam Read more
53rd FILMFARE AWARDS 2008 - THE WINNERS!
AND THE WINNER IS…
POPULAR AWARDS
BEST ACTOR MALE
SHAH RUKH KHAN - CHAK DE! INDIA
BEST ACTOR FEMALE
KAREENA KAPOOR - JAB WE MET
BEST DIRECTOR
AAMIR KHAN - TAARE ZAMEEN PAR
BEST FILM
TAARE ZAMEEN PAR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR MALE
IRRFAN KHAN - LIFE IN A METRO
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEMALE
KONKONA SEN SHARMA - LIFE IN A METRO
BEST MUSIC
A R RAHMAN - GURU
BEST LYRICS
PRASOON JOSHI - FOR THE SONG ‘MAA’ OF THE MOVIE TAARE ZAMEEN PAR
BEST PLAYBACK SINGER MALE
SHAAN - FOR THE SONG ‘JAB SE TERE NAINA’ OF THE MOVIE SAAWARIYA
BEST PLAYBACK SINGER FEMALE
SHREYA GHOSHAL - FOR THE SONG ‘BARSO RE MEGHA’ OF THE MOVIE GURU
TECHNICAL AWARDS
BEST ACTION
ROB MILLER - CHAK DE! INDIA
BEST ART DIRECTION
SAMIR CHANDA - GURU
BEST BACKGROUND MUSIC SCORE
A R RAHMAN - GURU
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
SAROJ KHAN - FOR THE SONG Read more
Golden hits’ lyrics - song ‘Kitna pyaara wada hai’ from the movie Caravan
Movie – Caravan
Cast – Jeetendra, Asha Parekh, Aruna Irani, Helen, Madan Puri
Director – Nasir Hussain
Music Director – R.D. Burman
Song – ‘Kitna pyara wada hai’
Lyrics – Majrooh Sultanpuri
Singer – Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi
Tadka spice - Ever felt mushy after hearing a song which talks about the love filled gaze of a lover? If not, then this song is gonna do for you, what many others might never have done. Enjoy the lyrics and ther song analysis!
oh sohniye, maar sutteya…
kitna pyaara waada…
kitna pyaara waada hai, in matwali aankhon ka
iss masti mein soojhe na, kya kar daalun hai
mohe sambhaal…
o saathiya, o beliyaa…
kitna pyaara waada hai. in matwali aankhon ka
iss masti mein soojhe na, kya kar daalun hai
mohe sambhaal…
ho ujaala, ya andhera…
kahin na chhoote, haath mera…
koi mera na, tere bin…
piya nibhaana, saath mera… Read more
Filmfare Awards trivia
Tadka trivia
Hrithik Roshan has made Filmfare history like no other industrywalla! When he made his debut in 2000 with dad Rakesh Roshan’s Kaho naa…Pyaar Hai, he went on to win not one, but two awards at the 46th Annual Filmfare Awards - 2001, in the categories Best Newcomer (Male) as well as winning the popular award of Best Actor, pipping Shah Rukh Khan nominated for Mohabbatein, Anil Kapoor for Pukar, Sanjay Dutt for Mission Kashmir (he starred in this one too), and himself as well, in his second nomination, for Fiza.
After this he made a few forgettable films. Even though he gave them his 200%, but that didn’t work as well at the BO and he was written off as a one film wonder. He resurfaced as the most powerful performer in 2003, when his Koi…Mil Gaya sent the nation and especially it’s kids in a tizzy. At the 49th Filmfare Awards-2004, he once again won two awards, again for the same role, this time being Best Actor in the popular category and Critic’s Choice Best Actor! This time he beat Shah Rukh Khan again, nominated for Kal Ho Naa Ho, Ajay Devgan for GangaJal, Amitabh Bachchan for Baghban and Salman Khan for Tere Naam. And so he not just proved that he was the best, but made history as well.
Last year, at the 52nd Filmfare Awards-2007, he won the Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male) award, for his superb act in Dhoom:2 - Back In Action! And with Jodhaa Akbar already having made a mark, he will give others a tough competition next year too!
8 day to go… don’t miss the 53rd Annual Filmfare Awards-2008, on Sony Entertainment Television, 2nd March, 8:00 p.m.
Lyrics on demand - english translation of the song ‘Show me your jalwa’ from the movie Aaja Nachle
Movie - Aaja Nachle
Cast - Madhuri Dixit, Konkona Sen Sharma, Akshaye Khanna, Kunal Kapoor, Divya Dutta, Ranvir Shorey
Director - Anil Mehta
Music Director - Salim-Sulaiman
Song - Shoe Me Your Jalwa
Lyrics - Jaideep Sahni & Piyush Mishra
Singer – Richa Sharma, Kailash Kher & Salim Merchant
Tadka reader Raj requested the translation of this song. Enjoy!
oye bulbull… ha!
bol bol bol bol bulbul bulbul
bol bol bol bol bulbul bulbul
bol bol bol bol bulbul bulbul
bol bol bol bol bulbul bulbul
aa haan haan haan haan haan…
kahin sharam varam mein chippi hon…
aisi khoobiyaan
(somewhere in your coyness might be that talent…)
kahin naram garam mein thaami hon…
aisi khoobiyaan
(talent, that plays hide and seek in your daily chores…)
kahin chaal dhaal mein dabbi hon
(hidden somewhere in your walk, and mannerisms…)
kahin josh wosh mein dekhi hon
(seen somewhere in your energetic bursts…)
kahin chaal dhaal mein dabbi hon
kahin josh wosh mein dekhi - aisi khoobiyaan
zamaane ko, bidaa karde..
(which has the power to bid this world goodbye…)
tujhe sabse, judaa karde..
(and which can detach you from each and every thing…)
ho…aa dikha re humein teri khoobiyaan
(so c’mon, show me that talent in you…)
ho teri khoobiyaan…
(that talent, my dear…)
ho teri khoobiyaan…
haan teri khoobiyaan…
(yes, your talent, dear one…)
ho loot lengi humein Read more
Filmfare Awards trivia
Tadka trivia
At the annual Filmfare function in 1985, the chief reporter of Filmfare, V S Gopalakrishnan, was briefed by The Times Of India heads, that the show was supposed to promote Indian culture and should have a performance from a young industrywallah, who would set everybody’s feet tapping.
This is when Govind Ahuja came through, and used to learn all the right breakdance moves for sixteen hours at a stretch, that too by travelling every day from Virar. And when V S was asked with all the doubt by his team, about who this Govinda was, his only answer was, “He dances like a dream”. And thus started the journey of a young lad, whom we know by the name of Govinda today!
Amrita Arora to give JLo a run for her money!
Well no one would have expected such a statement by a Bollywood babe, but Amrita Arora has said something which will not just surprise, but excite everyone too.
The sultry siren has just completed shooting a sizzling number for Ravi Chopra’s next movie and has been so happy with the output that she has gone on to claim that she is gonna give Jennifer Lopez a run for her money. And considering the fact that Amrita Arora’s abs are a sought-after thing in Tinselville, the statement comes across as not too shocking.
Amrita Arora’s mid-riff has been popular in moviedom for quite some time now. Apparently, the sizzling gene runs in the family. Read more
Filmfare Awards trivia
Tadka trivia
In the year 1995, a new award category was introduced for the first, as well as the last time itself. The category was Best Costume Designer, and the only ever such Filmfare award was given to Manish Malhotra, for his work on Urmila Matondkar’s clothes in the movie Rangeela. Though many costume designers like Neeta Lulla, and the duo Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla have become known names in the Indian Film Industry, this award was never ever given to anyone else. Manish Malhotra is the only designer in thw world, who can claim to have won an award which, probably, no one will ever get again. Beat that!
