The Entertainment industry awards season is here. The first set of awards, Star Screen Awards, is already over and done with and more will follow in the coming days. Every year without fail the award functions are held recession or no recession. Some awards disappear and reappear and some continue. There was a time when I would look forward to the awards and stay up till late in the night.
Not waiting for the newspapers next morning. And always believed that it was telecast LIVE. But slowly it became clear that it was all stage managed. It was meant to keep everybody happy.
When Aamir Khan refused to attend these ceremonies and rightly so and was no where in the nominations either, the tamasha became more clear. This when he was doing the routine stuff (not the class stuff he is doing these days) and successful films. The whole process is a big sham. Someone who has done good job but does not fit into the popular category is compensated with a Critics award.
Unlike Oscar awards the awards in India are either property of publishing house or TV channels. So someone not in good books of the channel or the media house will not be even considered. So the awards are not free and fair.
The less said about the performance in these ceremonies the better. Every year the usual suspects perform. We have seen Katrina Kaif enough on channels singing Sheila Ki Jawani and she is back again performing on the same song. The performance is not as good as the original song (it did not save the film either). This year I think it will be Suraiyya from Thugs of Hindostan. But since the movie has flopped, will she be asked to perform? May be yes on a medley of Zero and TOH songs.
We need awards that are independent. I as a viewer would like to believe the awards are given to deserving people and not to people who confirm their presence to get the award.