January is my favourite month of the year. Yes, it's the new year and it's time to begin the year with renewed enthusiasm and all that, but mostly because it's award season. And even though I might pseudo-intellectually admit that, "Please...who watches those?" I actually do watch those - all of those - and, well, I enjoy them too.
I do hope that we will be treated to something a bit different this year in terms of the show format. Most - no, make that all of the award functions look like the script of a done-to-death formula film. So this is my must-have list for "Bollywood" Award function night:
- Two tuxedo-clad male hosts (because women toh funny ho hi nahi sakte na...)
- One of the tuxedo-clad hosts maybe Shah Rukh Khan, in which case he will also crack self-deprecating little jokes about his own questionable choice of films
- At least two-three jiggly item number dance performances by - take your pick - Kareena, Priyanka, or if you're really lucky, Katrina
- One awkward dance performance by Salman Khan
- One "comeback" performance by some yesteryear diva like Sridevi or Karisma Kapoor, depending upon whose film is releasing that year
- One Best Actor Award to - none other than - hold your breath - hold it in some more - drumroll - Shah Rukh Khan
Bas, once you have all these elements in, you have the perfect award show, with high TRPs and sponsors with deep pockets. So, January is obviously a lot of other people's favourite months too.
I do have my wishlist for this year's awards though. 2012 was an exciting year for Hindi films, with several watchable movies releasing that year. The Best Actor award should go to Irrfan Khan for Paan Singh Tomar, or even Nawazuddin Siddiqui for Gangs of Wasseypur. Best Actress, no doubt, Sridevi for enthralling us in the subtle yet effective English Vinglish. Best Director, this one's tough. Anurag Kashyap for Gangs, or maybe someone unexpected and new like Gauri Shinde for English, or Shoojit Sarcar for the hilarious Vicky Donor. Best Film - that one's again tricky - how about English Vinglish again, though this is the most debatable one according to me.
Whether fresh and surprising, or cheesy and boring I know I'll be glued to the television enjoying the awards anyway!
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