And the award goes to…

Here we go. Arjun Rampal wins National award for his excellent role in ‘Rock On’. Instead of getting into a coma, this made me burst into laughter. There’s no point retaliating some nonsense with a heavy feeling like anger or shock. My problem is not with Rampal’s role or acting, but was he the last person on planet to win this? Rock On by far was so much entertaining to watch and of course the entire crew was perfect. Then why do I even not remember Rampal’s scenes from the movie? Was the impact high enough to reach the level of National award. And then we call it the most respected awards of all times where the judges run out of entries and finally make a desperate choice. I am making these comments on some strong basis. I have always considered National awards as the most prominent awards so far we’ve had in the country. The jury should have highly potential to judge movies from all backgrounds and make a call. If I were to judge, I would surely not be a part of National film awards coz, I don’t think I can’t take up this tough job at all. This has always been something beyond my comprehension and dare not to comment against it. Why did I do so now? Selection process has gone for a toss that even ignorant person like me can easily pin point the discrepancies.

Padma award to Chatwal (haven’t heard of him before) is considered as major blunder of this year. Of course, anyone would agree to the fact that if you felicitated a person having criminal cases(dropped now) against him, it is bound to degrade the honor which the award stands for. I don’t have a meaty take on this Padma matter, but can’t we have lesser controversies here? Movie awards have the high chance of getting into controversies and that’s purely due to favoritism. Padma awards on the other hand, demands some accountability. If we’re striving so hard to deliver that, are we really thinking of resolving bigger issues?

P.S: Arjun Rampal rocks! and he’s done a good job in ‘Rock On’.

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