It
is that time of the year when the
good movies are separated from the
rest; the nominations for the Screen
awards have been announced. There
are no major surprises; all movies
which were major box office grosser
find a place in the nominations. Almost
all the big stars have at least one
major award to hope for.
But
the clear frontrunners seem to be Rang de Basanti
and Lage Raho Munna Bhai, both of which have been
nominated in all major categories. Other prominent
movies in the nominations include Omkaara, Kkrish,
Dhoom 2, Fanaa and a few others. The real surprises
of the nominations have been Khosla Ka Ghosla,
Dor and Vivaah. Don and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna
had to be satisfied with one nomination each.
While
the Best movie nominations include RDB,
Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Omkaara, Kkrish and
Vivaah; there were major changes in the
Best Screenplay nominations. The only common
factors were RDB and Munna Bhai, the others
nominees are Gangster, Malamaal Weekly and
Pyar Ke Side Effects, most of these were
not expected to find places especially in
this category.
The best story category has further changes
with Gafla and Khosla Ka Ghosla replacing
Malamaal Weekly and Pyar Ke Side Effects.
In the acting department, the race for the
male lead actor award is between Aamir Khan,
Ajay Devgan (Omkaara), Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay
Dutt and surprise entry Shahid Kapoor.
For
the Best Supporting actor category, the race is
between Amitabh Bacchhan (KANK), Nana Patekar
(Taxi No.9211), Arshad Warsi (Munna Bhai) and
three boys from RDB, Sharman Joshi, Atul Kulkarni
and Kunal Kapoor.
Now the big surprise, Shahrukh Khan and Saif Ali
Khan find themselves nominated in the best negative
role category for their performances in Don and
Omkaara respectively. Also nominated is Aamir
Khan (for the terrorist of Fanaa) along with Shiney
Ahuja (Gangster) and Esha Deol (Ankahee).
In the best actress category, Aishwarya Rai finds
herself nominated after a long time for Dhoom2,
Bipasha Basu for Corporate (along expected lines),
Amritha Rao for Vivaah, Ayesha Takia for Dor,
Kajol for Fanaa and Kareena Kapoor for Omkaara.
Keep visiting this space as the list is populated
for the technical categories too.
