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Subhash K Jha (DNA; April 5, 2016)

It is that time of the year when after all the popular awards have gone to the same set of actors and technicians over and over again, the Golden Kela awards comes along to award the worst cinematic achievements of the year. Shah Rukh Khan bagged the award for the Worst Film (Dilwale). And from what one gets to hear from sources, Shah Rukh is game to personally receive the award, if asked

Says a friend of the actor, “Shah Rukh has never shied away from laughing at himself. Even during the promotion of Dilwale he did spoofs and stand-ups on his own film.” It is generally believed that when it comes to themselves, Bollywood-wallahs have no sense of humour. A fact corroborated by Jatin Varma, founder and organiser of the Golden Kela awards, who informs that in its eight years of existence the only Golden Kela award winner sporting enough to accept is Sonam Kapoor. If Shah Rukh Khan actually came forward to receive his award, it would set a new precedent in self-deprecatory awards in Bollywood where each year hordes of awards functions humour and flatter the stars with redundant and ridiculous awards.

Enlarge Image‘These are reality-check awards for us’
When told that Sanjay Leela Bhansali has won the ‘Manoj Kumar’ award for ‘historical accuracy’ in Bajirao Mastani, the director who has been collecting awards galore this year for the same film, laughed heartily and commented, “These are reality-check awards for us. We should not take them to heart. In Hollywood big stars and directors attend the Raspberry awards (the awards to honour the worst achievers) in the same season as the Oscar awards. Why can’t we do the same?”

Meanwhile...Shimit and SRK to come together after nine years?
Enlarge ImageShah Rukh Khan and Ranveer Singh will be coming together for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next production and the word in B-Town is that it will be directed by Shimit Amin. Shimit has earlier directed SRK in 2007 (Chak De! India) and his last film was Rocket Singh: Salesman Of The Year (2009). It will be interesting to see him directing Shah Rukh and Ranveer together. Hope it is a happier experience compared to when SRK and Varun came together.