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‘Himmatwala’ receives worst film title at Golden Kela Awards

NEW DELHI: Box Office returns notwithstanding, Hrithik Roshan’s Krishh 3 and Ajay Devgn’s Himmatwala topped the list of the worst Bollywood films of 2013 in the sixth annual Golden Kela Awards presented over the weekend.

Ajay Devgn(for Himmatwala) and Sonakshi Sinha (for R…Rajkumar) received the Golden Kelas for the second consecutive year in the worst actor category. Ajay had won the award in 2012 for ‘Son of Sardaar’ and ‘Bol Bachchan’ and Sonakshi for the five films she had acted in during that year. Her co-star in R…..Rajkumar won the ‘Why are You Still Trying’ award for the same film.

Himmatwala, remake of the Jeetendra starrer of 1983 which itself was remake of a Telugu film of 1981 also got the ‘RGV Ki Aag’ Award for the ‘Most Pointless re-make/sequel’, and the ‘Worst Film’ award.

Krishh 3 shared the ‘Ra One’ award for the ‘Worst Premise’ along with Dhoom 3, while it also received an award for the ‘Most Atrocious Lyrics’ for Sameer’s ‘Raghupati Raghav’.

Interestingly, Aamir Khan won the ‘Baawra Ho Gaya Hai Ke’ award for Dhoom 3. He got it for the ‘high level of stupidity in stunts and action, playing a ridiculously unnecessary double role and finally for succumbing to the dark side of Bollywood.’

Golden Kela Awards creative head Anant Singh, who also presented the programme, said “Aamir Khan once said that he loves the Kela Awards, because all other awards are rigged. Wonder what he has to say about us now.”

The awards are inspired by the Golden Raspberry awards given in Hollywood – commonly known as the Razzies.

The Kela for the ‘Worst Director’ went to Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Goliyon Ki Raas Leela…Ram Leela.

Actor Vivek Oberoi won the ‘This is too Much Award’ for the four films in which he appeared in 2013 – Krishh 3, Jayantabhai ki Luv Story. Grand Mastie, and Zila Ghaziabad.

‘Aap Yahaan Aaye Kisliye Award’ was given to Uday Chopra and was preceded by a tribute to ‘the late career’ of the actor, ending with the words ‘In memoriam 2000-2013.’

The honour for the ‘Worst Actor (male) in supporting role’ went to Aditya Roy Kapoor for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani – a wake-up call that acting needs a lot more than getting high! ‘The Worst Supporting Actor (Female)’ went jointly to Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandes and Amisha Patel for Race 2. Deepika also won the ‘Dara Singh Award for the Worst Accent’ for Chennai Express.

The most ‘Irritating Song’ award went to ‘Party All Night’ from Boss while the ‘Rajshri Award for Most Regressive Film of the Year’ was bagged by Ranjhanaa.

Tennis star Leander Paes got the ‘Worst Debut’ for Rajdhani Express.

The ‘Aakhir Kyun Award’ went to Priyanka Chopra for the music video Exotic and the ‘Bas Kijiye Bahut Ho Gaya Award’ was given to Sunny Deol.

Anant said, “Himmatwala was named for obvious reasons including over-the-top acting, irritating melodrama, lame jokes, mindless entertainment, and just about everything else!”

Shahid Kapoor was given the award to make him understand that doing lame comedies and using senseless dialogues like “Silent ho ja, nahi to main violent ho jaaonga”, will not make him a superstar.

However amid this morass, some films received the Anti-Kela awards for being the saving graces of 2013. These include Saheb Biwi aur Gangster Returns – for being the only real sequel made last year; Go Goa Gone – for being India’s first ever Zombie Comedy and Stoner Film in one cool package; The Lunchbox – for showing the world that Indian films are not all song and dance, and Shahid – for being the best biopic made by Bollywood in a long time.

Golden Kela founder Jatin Varma and filmmaker Abhishek Sharma also gave away some of the awards, and stand-up comedian Zakir Khan teamed up with Anant to provide the humorous touch to the awards.

March 31, 2014
Golden Kela nominates the most popular for the worst performance

MUMBAI: They are the heartthrobs of Bollywood and their movies were the highest grosser of 2013. But still, they couldn’t impress their critics much. We are talking about Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan, whose movies Chennai Express and Dhoom 3 earned in crores at the Box Office but have been nominated in the sixth edition of the Golden Kela Awards – the Indian version of the Raspberry Awards – that celebrates the worst of Bollywood.

Interestingly, these two are not the only ones facing flak; many top notch actors of the industry are in the list. So while there’s Deepika Padukone for Chennai Express, Sonam Kapoor has been nominated for Raanjhana, and Sonakshi Sinha for R…Rajkumar.

Golden Kela Awards founder Jatin Varma thinks that the movies that released this year gave the jury ample choice for the nominations. “It might be tough for the voters to decide which one was the absolute worst! This time the nominations were especially difficult, because Bollywood spewed out an incredible amount of crappy films and the Indian audience spent a large amount of money on them,” he remarked.

To add spice to the show, a few new categories have been introduced that include special awards like Aakhir Kyun Award, Dara Singh Award for Worst Accent, Bas Kijiye Bahut Ho Gaya, Aap Yahaan Aaye Kisliye Award and Ra.One Award for Worst Premise. These awards will only be announced at the official awards ceremony that will take place on 29 March, 2014 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

The voting lines are opening on 1 February and one just needs to log on to www.goldenkela.com to check out the categories, nominees, updates and cast a vote.

Here’s a full list of the nominations…

Worst Actor (Male)

Ajay Devgn for Himmatwala
Ram Charan Teja for Zanjeer
Imran Khan for Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbaai Dobara
Aditya Roy Kapoor for Aashiqui 2
Ranveer Singh for Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela
Arjun Kapoor for Aurangzeb

Worst Actor (Female)

Shraddha Kapoor for Aashiqui 2
Priyanka Chopra for Zanjeer
Pallavi Sharda for Besharam
Sonam Kapoor for Raanjhanaa
Sonakshi Sinha for R…Rajkumar
Deepika Padukone for Chennai Express

Worst Supporting Actor (Male)

Aditya Roy Kapoor for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Imran Khan for Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola
The Whole Male Cast of ABCD
Sachin Joshi for whatever he did
Sanjay Dutt for Zanjeer

Worst Supporting Actor (Female)

Deepika, Jacqueline, Ameesha for Race 2
Anushka Sharma for Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola
The Whole Female Cast of ABCD
Kangna Ranaut for Krrish 3
Vaani Kapoor for Shuddh Desi Romance

Worst Director

Sajid Khan for Himmatwala
Rohit Shetty for Chennai Express
Rakesh Roshan for Krrish 3
Anand L Rai for Raanjhanaa
Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Ram-leela
Prabhudeva for R…Rajkumar
Apoorva Lakhia for Zanjeer

Worst Film

Himmatwaala
Raanjhanaa
Besharam
Krrish 3
Aashiqui 2
Chennai Express
Ramleela
Dhoom 3

Baawra Ho Gaya Hai Ke

Vishal Bhardwaj for Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola
Tigmanshu Dhulia for Bullet Raja
Ali Zafar for Chashme Baddoor
Aamir Khan for Dhoom 3
Ranbir Kapoor & Abhinav Kashyap for Besharam
Aditi Rao Hydari for Murder 3 & Boss
Sudhir Mishra for Inkaar

Irritating Song

Lungi Dance
Tum Hi Ho
Lat Lag Gayi
Party All Night
Raghupati Raghav
Gandi Baat

Atrocious Lyrics

Raghupati Raghav
Saree Ke Fall Sa
Tamanche Pe Disco
Grand Masti
Boss
One Two Three Four
Ishqyaun Dhishqyaun
Babli Badmaash
Chingum Chabaake

Worst Sequel/Remake

Zanjeer
Chashme Baddoor
Aashiqui 2
Murder 3
Dhoom 3
Shootout At Wadala
Himmatwala
Race 2
Yamla Pagla Deewana 2
Krrish 3
Once Upon Ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara
Grand Masti

Why Are You Still Trying

Preity Zinta for Ishqk In Paris
Sunny Deol for Singh Saab The Great
Prateik Babbar for Issaq
Jkackky Bhagnani for Rangrezz
Vivek Oberoi for Jayantabhai Ki Love Story
Neil Nitin Mukesh for 3G & Shortcut Romeo
Shahid Kapoor for R…Rajkumar

Worst Debut

Girish Kumar
Poonam Pandey
Ram Charan Teja
Sasha Agha
Veena Malik
Leander Paes

January 30, 2014
Dhawan’s Chasme Baddoor rakes in Rs 193 mn in opening weekend

MUMBAI: David Dhavan‘s remake of Sai Paranpye‘s classic Chashme Baddoor by the same name did well in its opening weekend. Patronised by youth, the film has collected Rs 193 million in its first three days.

Sajid Khan‘s Himmatwala, a poor adaptation of the 1983 film of the same name, fared poorly. A shoddy affair, the film collected about Rs 367.5 million for its first week. The film is reported to have dipped further in its second week.

Bipasha Basu starrer horror Aatma collected Rs five million in its second week taking its two week total to Rs 88.5 million.

Court room drama and comedy Jolly LLB sustained well to add Rs 23.5 million in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 302 million.

Mere Dad Ki Maruti collected Rs 12 million in its third week taking its three week total to Rs 113 million.

Abhishek Kapoor‘s Kai Po Che has added Rs four million for its sixth week which takes its six week total to Rs 490 million.

April 8, 2013
Himmatwala gets a lukewarm response at the BO

MUMBAI: Sajid Khan‘s remake of the 1983 hit Himmatwala failed to live up to expectations. With most of the audience and critics dismissing the movie, Himmatwala‘s chances at a thundering box office run seem bleak. Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter were flooded with jabs at the movie and the director with one of the jokes making the rounds in the trade being that Himmatwala is the first film to be titled after its viewer. The film had a weak opening compared to the hype and expectations and the collections fell further over the weekend collecting Rs 283 million for the first three days.

Horror flick Aatma ended its first week with collections of Rs 83.5 million.

Court room drama starring Boman Irani and Arshad Warsi Jolly LLB was steady in its second week adding Rs 91 million and took its 17 day total to Rs 278.5 million.

Another south Indian remake that has backfired in recent times is Jackky Bhagnani satrrer Rangrezz which remained poor in its first week and managed to collect just Rs 61.5 million.
Mere Dad Ki Maruti collected about Rs 25 million in its second week taking its 17 day total to Rs 101 million.

Tigmanshu Dhulia‘s critically acclaimed and appreciated sequel to Saheb Biwi Gangster, Saheb Biwi Gangster Returns collected Rs 7.5 million in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 214.5 million.

Abhishek Kapoor‘s Kai Po Che which has been adapted from Chetan Bhagat‘s Three Mistakes of my Life collected Rs 11 million in its fifth week taking its total collection since releasing to Rs 486 million.

April 1, 2013
Himmatwala : No guts or glory

MUMBAI: Sajid Khan prefers to make entertainers but this time he decided to take a tried-and-tested formula and stick to it by remaking Himmatwala from 1983, which in turn was a remake of a Telugu hit, Ooriki Monagadu (1981). As was the case with the earlier version, this film too has a village backdrop. And instead of a contemporary setting which is how the main, multiplex and overseas audience likes it now, he has opted to keep it a 1983 story. However, by treating it like a spoof, the attempt to revisit the original is hurried and patchy and leaves it in a mess.

Ajay Devgn has returned to Rampur to avenge his father‘s death caused by the village sarpanch, Mahesh Manjrekar, aided by his brother-in-law, Paresh Rawal. Manjrekar is a tyrant who has usurped the land and property of each and every villager and treats them like his slaves. Nobody dare oppose him. Years back he had framed Devgn‘s father, the local priest, and shamed him in front of people to the extent that he committed suicide. A young Devgn‘s attempt to kill him fails. The goons chase him and set fire to his house but he runs away after his mother, Zarina Wahab and sister goad him to.

Devgn grows up in an orphanage in a big city and is informed that contrary to what he believed, his mother and sister are very much alive but in a bad shape. He decides to return to look after them as well as to avenge his father‘s death. Being a Devgn film, the original social musical is turned into an action movie. His skills are already established as a street fighter who brawls for money.

Devgn, on his arrival to the village, starts the clean up first tackling Rawal and then, immediately, neutralising Manjrekar. What is the purpose of carrying on your film once your main villain is humiliated and defeated? None, really, and that is what happens with rest of the film. The villainy is now reduced to comic villains‘ scheming and plotting to little effect.

If Manjrekar is a tyrant, his daughter, Tamannaah, is more so. When Devgn crosses her path, she sends goons after him. Of course, they are no match for this super-powerful man. Next, she lets loose a tiger on him. Things go wrong, and instead of her enemy, she is about to become the tiger‘s prey. Devgn stands between her and the tiger and saves her. Love happens. Songs and dance follow. When you are borrowing a film, you might as well dig a bit more and also take songs from the original. So we have two songs from the earlier Himmatwala. Thanks to Bappi Lahiri‘s racy score, these remain the only good tunes in the film.

Since the villains are already neutralised, the fights are outsourced to a bunch of toughies. Street fighters are brought in to make the climax action-packed but when Devgn can‘t win against this well-armed bunch, who will save the family? It is time to invoke superpower, the Goddess Durga. The tiger, which Devgn had fought and later befriended, returns to chase the villains away. RIP Manmohan Desai.

Himmatwala is badly scripted and the director does not seem to be serious about this film. As one of the dialogues in the films suggests, it is 1983 story so anything goes! That also seems to be director Sajid Khan‘s approach to the film. The climax is stretched. There is nothing much for actors to do. Devgn is happy being Himmatwala with action scenes. Tamannaah is okay. Manjrekar hams it up. Wahab is sincere. Whatever little entertainment the film offers is thanks to Rawal.

Himmatwala will find it tough to sustain after the weekend as despite a holiday today, the opening is below par.

March 29, 2013
Muhurat of Sajid Khan’s Himmatwala to be live on YouTube

MUMBAI: Director Sajid Khan has come up with a unique style of marketing for the remake of Himmatwala, said to be a true homage to the 80s. The director will host the film‘s ‘muhurat‘ live on YouTube on 22 August from Hyderabad.

It is said that when Khan explained the idea to the producers Vashu Bhagnani and Siddharth Roy Kapur, they were bowled over with the idea. Khan felt that this would give Himmatwala further fillip right from the beginning itself en route to the film‘s 29 March release next year. While the entire plan has been formulated backwards, the ‘muhurat‘ to be hosted live is a step taken forward.

While Ajay Devgn, Vashu Bhagnani and other cast and crew members will fly down to Hyderabad for the muhurat, Khan will supervise the necessary logistical arrangements along with UTV to make this as a first of its kinds shoot that ought to act as a trailblazer.

The muhurat of the film would be held at 1 pm on 22 August.

August 20, 2012
Sajid Khan’s Himmatwala to release two days after Holi

MUMBAI: The Sajid Khan-directed Himmatwala, featuring Ajay Devgn and Southern actress Tamannaah, will hit the silver screens on 29 March next year, two days after Holi.

Produced by UTV Motion Pictures and Vashu Bhagnani, the film is the official remake of the 1983 blockbuster by the same name that had Jeetendra and Sridevi in the lead. The film itself was a remake of 1981 Telugu film Ooriki Monagadu.

The first look of Himmatwala is already out and the caption of the poster reads “29th March 2013…..The 80s Will Be Back.”

August 11, 2012
Sajid Khan on to his next venture Himmatwala

MUMBAI: The third outing, Housefull 2 having tasted success in its opening weekend by roping in Rs 45 million, Sajid Khan has moved on to start work on Himmatwala.

It’s an irony that the film starring Jeetendra and Sridevi that revived the trend of remaking South hits is itself being remade with Ajay Devgn in the lead. “Would you believe it, I had watched the Jeetendra hit 36 times, when it opened in the 1980s. I was enthralled by that film. I am maintaining the essence of the film, but re-writing it completely,” Khan said.

The film also titled Himmatwala is being produced by Vashu Bhagnani. Prakash Raj has been signed on to play a pivotal part in the remake.

Khan plans to complete Himmatwal before the year comes to a close.

April 11, 2012