With the Karbonn Mobiles 17th Annual Star Screen Awards set to celebrate the best of 2010 on January 6, here’s a look at how its last edition hailed diverse talents and stories that came out of Bollywood
While the rest of the world begins its countdown to the New Year, cinephiles in India will be counting down to the first film awards ceremony of 2011 — the Karbonn Mobiles17th Annual Star Screen Awards on January 6. With the Bollywood landscape having evolved further since the last Star Screen Awards — meatier plots, unusual casting decisions and a steady inflow of new blood — hopes are high that this edition will prove to be just as exciting as the last one on January 9, 2010. Bollywood’s increasing appetite for drama and experimentation was rewarded on this glittering platform, which sets the tone for other such events to follow.
In many ways, last year was a landmark year for the Hindi film industry. Ordinary people, their struggles and aspirations, found greater space than ever before on the celluloid screen. This was reflected in the words of director Rajkumar Hirani when he picked up his Best Director trophy for 3 Idiots. “I dedicate this award to those teachers who teach from the heart rather than from the book.” As the 16th Star Screen Awards proved, this was a sentiment that had the movie-going public’s wholehearted approval. The biggest winner of the evening, 3 Idiots, with 10 awards, was a movie that discussed the average Joe’s struggle in a world that defined happiness in terms of material success. Paa, which won major acting honours, celebrated the joie de vivre of an ailing child, and the dark horse, Kaminey, pitted two brothers — a stuttering social worker and a lisping goon — against each other and some truly random twists of fate. None of these movies had a larger-than-life hero figure who could show the way or rescue the distressed. As Shahid Kapur pointed out, it was the end of the Perfect Hero. Clearly the public thought so too, as it rewarded Kapur with the Best Actor award in the popular category.
While the rest of the world begins its countdown to the New Year, cinephiles in India will be counting down to the first film awards ceremony of 2011 — the Karbonn Mobiles17th Annual Star Screen Awards on January 6. With the Bollywood landscape having evolved further since the last Star Screen Awards — meatier plots, unusual casting decisions and a steady inflow of new blood — hopes are high that this edition will prove to be just as exciting as the last one on January 9, 2010. Bollywood’s increasing appetite for drama and experimentation was rewarded on this glittering platform, which sets the tone for other such events to follow.
In many ways, last year was a landmark year for the Hindi film industry. Ordinary people, their struggles and aspirations, found greater space than ever before on the celluloid screen. This was reflected in the words of director Rajkumar Hirani when he picked up his Best Director trophy for 3 Idiots. “I dedicate this award to those teachers who teach from the heart rather than from the book.” As the 16th Star Screen Awards proved, this was a sentiment that had the movie-going public’s wholehearted approval. The biggest winner of the evening, 3 Idiots, with 10 awards, was a movie that discussed the average Joe’s struggle in a world that defined happiness in terms of material success. Paa, which won major acting honours, celebrated the joie de vivre of an ailing child, and the dark horse, Kaminey, pitted two brothers — a stuttering social worker and a lisping goon — against each other and some truly random twists of fate. None of these movies had a larger-than-life hero figure who could show the way or rescue the distressed. As Shahid Kapur pointed out, it was the end of the Perfect Hero. Clearly the public thought so too, as it rewarded Kapur with the Best Actor award in the popular category.
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