NEW DELHI: Filmmaker Sajid Khan’s 2014 film Humshakals is leading the seventh annual Golden Kela Awards with five nominations, while Prabhudheva’s Action Jackson has bagged four nominations. The awards are a Bollywood version of the Golden Raspberry Awards, which take place in the United States. This year, the Golden Kela Awards will honour the worst films released during 2014.
Multi-starrer comedy film Humshakals, which stars Saif Ali Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Bipasha Basu, Ram Kapoor, Tamannaah Bhatia and Esha Gupta in pivotal roles, is nominated for ‘Worst Film’, ‘Worst Director’, ‘Worst Actor’, ‘Most Atrocious Lyrics’, and the ‘Baawra Ho Gaya Hai Ke’ awards.
The Ajay Devgn- and Sonakshi Sinha-starrer action-masala film Action Jackson is also nominated for the ‘Worst Film’, ‘Worst Director’, ‘Worst Actor’ and ‘Worst Actress’ categories. Apart from Humshakals and Action Jackson, other films in the ‘Worst Film’ category are Salman Khan’s Kick, Hrithik Roshan’s Bang Bang and Shah Rukh Khan’s Happy New Year.
Saif and Ajay are competing in the ‘Worst Actor’ category against Arjun Kapoor (Gunday), Salman (Kick) and, surprisingly, Rani Mukerji for her tough police-officer role in Mardaani. In the ‘Worst Actress’ category, the contenders are Katrina Kaif (Bang Bang), Sonam Kapoor, Tamannah (Entertainment), Jacqueline Fernandez (Kick), and Sonakshi (Action Jackson, Lingaa and Holiday).
Humshakals director Sajid is vying for the Golden Kela in the ‘Worst Director’ category along with Prabhudheva (Action Jackson), Rohit Shetty (Singham Returns), Sajid Nadiadwala (Kick), Sohail Khan (Jai Ho) and Siddharth Anand (Bang Bang).
The hit numbers of 2014, such as Sunny Sunny (Yaariyan), Yaar Na Mile (Kick), Baby Doll (Ragini MMS 2), Galliyan (Ek Villain), and Tu Meri (Bang Bang) have been nominated for the most irritating song that has been played endlessly on TV or radio. In the ‘Most Atrocious Lyrics’ category, Sameer for Caller Tune (Humshakals), Shabbir Ahmed for Ice Cream (The Xpose), Yo Yo Honey Singh for Sunny Sunny (Yaariyan), Vishal Dadlani for Tu Meri (Bang Bang), and Mayur Puri for Johnny Johnny (Entertainment) have been nominated.
The ‘Worst Debutant’ category includes Tiger Shroff (Heropanti), The Xpose Girls (The Xpose), Mishti and Kartik Tiwari (Kaanchi), the cast and crew of Yaariyan and Daisy Shah (Jai Ho). For ‘Baawra Ho Gaya Hai Ke’ award, Raj and DK (Happy Ending), Abhishek Sharma (The Shaukeens), Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Kick), Ram Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan (Humshakals), and Shashanka Ghosh (Khoobsurat) are in competition.
In quirky category ‘RGV Ki Aag’ award for the ‘Most Pointless Remake/Sequel’, the films nominated are Shaadi Ke Side Effects, Ragini MMS 2, Singham Returns, Bang Bang, Khoobsurat, The Shaukeens, Bhoothnath Returns, and Hate Story 2. For the ‘Why Are You Still Trying’ award, Sonam Kapoor, Jackie Bhagnani, Himesh Reshammiya, Subhash Ghai, Ayushmann Khurrana, and Yami Gautam have been nominated. The Golden Kela Awards ceremony will take place at the India Habitat Centre on March 14.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 19th, 2015.
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