Satish Kaushik Talks About Bollywood Ruling National Awards This Year
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Tuesday, 29th Mar 2016, 2:44 PM IST Yesterday, the National Awards were announced and most of the awards have been given to Bollywood films. A lot of questions have been raised on it. Satish Kaushik, who headed the jury for the 63rd National Awards, recently spoke about it. Satish said, "There were so many outstanding films from all across the country in different languages. In Marathi for example we had a tough time choosing the one best film. We finally chose Makarand Mane's ‘Ringan’." But it was Bollywood that ruled National Awards this year. "And why not? The jury is being questioned for giving so much prominence to Hindi cinema this time. But the National Awards are supposed to honour excellence, not regionalism. We felt this time Hindi films were truly at the peak of creativity. This has been one of the best years for Hindi cinema," he said. The actor-director further stated that it was tough deciding the Best Director between Sanjay Leela Bhansali and S.S Rajamouli. He said, "It was a tough call. ‘Bahubali’ and ‘Bajirao Mastani’ were neck to neck. But we felt Bhansali had an edge. His end-product was superior to Rajamouli's film. Bahubali is no doubt an epic achievement. It is the first Indian film to put our cinema on a par with Hollywood. But we felt in terms of detailing, drawing out etched performances from each actor and the sheer breadth of the images and emotions ‘Bajirao Mastani’ had an edge." According to the grapevine, there were a few issues about honouring Amitabh Bachchan yet again with the National Award for Best Actor. Satish said, "Bhai, yeh kya baat hui? Just because he has received awards for 40 years there is no reason to honour him? One can't put a full stop on excellence. The National Award jury felt that Mr Bachchan's portrayal in ‘Piku’ of the irritable Bengali gentleman was unique and exceptional. We had to honour him and him only." Talking about honouring Kangana, he said, "Her portrayal of the Haryanvi hockey player Datto in ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’ has become an inspiration for thousands of Indian girls from small towns who are not sophisticated and savvy. But have a dream. Her performance epitomizes that dream." "We have also honoured Kalki in ‘Margarita With A Straw’ for the same reason. Her performance is inspiring. As for those who are saying Ramesh Sippy and I have favoured Bollywood I've one thing to say. We've favoured excellence. Not geography," he added. Now you can enjoy ad-free experience by downloading India’s first Box Office mobile app from here –Android: http://bit.ly/BOCapsuleMobileApp and iOS: bit.ly/BOCapsuleiOSApp | |||