The two words that shocked the star-studded arena at Screen Awards 09 were shown repeatedly to garner TRPs in the run up to its telecast. What I write further, is purely from an audience point of view.
Ashutosh Gowarikar pulling up Sajid Khan for his over-the-top mockery in the name of humour. And Sajid reacting by saying, ``No one's father can stop me.'' One cannot expect every member in the audience to enjoy your humour, but to hit back at someone who in all anger, has objected to your unsavoury remarks!
His humour is good no doubt. Not when he takes the liberty to poke fun at other people's work non-stop. Ditto with Farah. She said in an interview that people should judge the spat after watching the show. And she was right.
More reason to get irritated with her brother's obnoxious sense of entertainment emerged. No one is a saint. But imagine you have sweated yourself out, dreamt your dreams, put up a piece of work on display and even received a verdict for it - be it a piece of art, published print work, or even a film. You go to collect a prize, an award or even a certificate and what do you get? The host poking fun at you, your work and at others. That he or she pokes fun at himself or herself is not a great consolation.
Humour needs humility to begin with. Humility to make people laugh while you have reason to cry. The least Sajid could have done to calm Ashutosh's temper was not to interrupt while he was having his say, and simply accepting the man's remarks at least on the dais. The most irritating of those Sajid moments was when he perched himself on Ramesh Sippy, and went around begging people for money.
For more reason than one, even if I have my own reservations about how Ashutosh Gowariker went about his work with historical inaccuracy in Jodhaa Akbar, I did feel he had reason to feel incensed.
Making fun of Neeraj Pandey's dressing sense! It is rude to say the least, to make fun of someone's dress at a public ceremony, Neeraj Pandey's chewing gum showing his attitude apart. The recipient who came back to the stage for another award threw in a line, that he may have to buy clothes now, looking at Sajid.
As for the performer-director Sajid Khan, he took the liberty to poke fun at most nominees, but when it came to facing the consequences, he was not willing to, in the right spirit. Damage control by Farah was no big deal.
Needless to say, even without saying a word, the applause that the audience gave Ashutosh Gowariker was enough to prove its point, much louder than when Sajid hit back. And the director did walk away with the top honours. Despite Sajid.
2 comments:
I completely agree Sandhya. This year's screen award in particular was cheap is what I thought. It really becomes difficult to watch this with your entire family if you wish to with the kind of comments and mimics done by Sajid Khan. I think there are other better ways to gain popularity.
Totally agree with you Radhika! Inspite of the 'infamous slapstick' humour of Sajid Khan, it was Ashutosh who walked away with all the accolades!
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