50 years of filmfare awards |
50 years of filmfare awards |
Pradeep |
Aug 4 2004, 09:41 PM
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Found this lovely articles on filmfare. The articles contain rich images from the past awards. Since I cannot create the virtual feel here, I've got these articles scanned into PDF format.
The text part I am pasting it on the forum, so that we can look it up later during search. Starting from the 50s... going for Gold. Next year, the Filmfare Awards will celebrate 50 years of history and drama, winners and legends. We kick off the countdown to 2005 with a decade-by-decade look at the ballad of the black lady. Year 1954 'The whole purpose of the Filmfare Awards project is to make the public nationally conscious of, and interested in, the indigenous film industry. It is imperative that the picture-going public be helped to realise the Indian Film Industry's tremendous national significance. At the same time, the Film Industry itself must be made aware of its public, which stands as ultimate judge over its products.' Thus was announced the entry of the beauteous black lady on March 21, 1954. Amazing how true the words ring even today, in a vastly different context of globalisation and the film industry having obtained industry status. The acknowledgement of the power of the public vote, of course, remains the cornerstone of the Filmfare Awards. The first ladies The first event began with just five awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Song. The winners? Bimal Roy bagged the first two trophies for Do Bigha Zameen, then came Dilip Kumar for Daag, Meena Kumari for Baiju Bawra and Naushad for Tu ganga ki mauj in Baiju Bawra. Compering notes Star performances have always been the highlight of the Filmfare Awards. There were seven that year—Vyjayanthimala, Mohammed Rafi, Talat Mehmood, Kamini Kaushal, Nalini Jaywant, Satyavati and Geeta Roy (who later became Geeta Dutt when she married Guru Dutt). And the compere for the evening was the incomparable David who continued to do so for many years. From 1954's David to 2004's Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan, humour rules! Reader reaction Fittingly, the first ceremony was held in a movie hall—Mumbai's Metro cinema (oh, for those smallis- beautiful days). The awards were chosen on the basis of a popular poll conducted by the magazine. Four Filmfare readers, picked by a lucky draw from among those who participated in the poll, came up on stage to present the trophies to the winners. Attached File(s) Going_for_Gold_50s.pdf ( 676.54 k ) Number of hits: 185 by members kuch bhi nahin hai tera mol, boli na badi bol, khilona tu maati ka...
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Pradeep |
Aug 6 2004, 09:10 PM
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Year 1962
Ice cream and chandelier earrings Ashok Kumar, who'd recently received the Padma Shri, was given a Special Filmfare for outstanding contribution. Told about it, Dadamoni got so excited that he called for an ice cream. His explanation: "When you're heated up, ice cream is the handiest thing to restore you to normalcy." Two other award winners who could have used a bit of that ice cream were Vyjayantimala and Nirupa Roy, who found themselves on stage in identical pink saris and chandelier earrings! Other moments: Mehmood took the stage for an uproarious comic interlude, Johnny Walker delighted the audience by mimicking a madari. Asha Parekh performed three dance numbers spread over three parts of the evening—a Rajasthani dance, a colourful dhoban dance and a classical number. On the awards front, Ganga Jumna won three trophies—Best Actress for Vyjayantimala, Best Dialogue for Wajahat Mirza and Best Cinematography for V Babasaheb. Raj Kapoor won two awards, for Best Actor and Best Picture, for Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai. However, the Best Director Award went to B R Chopra for his racy direction in the courtroom thriller Kanoon. kuch bhi nahin hai tera mol, boli na badi bol, khilona tu maati ka...
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