Satish Kaushik

The popular awards are worthless and useless. They are big marketing events with no substance. A glaring omission was my film "OMG - Oh My God!" which didn't get any nominations in the popular awards. And there are innumerable such sins of omission. Awards are as useless as a tail on a teddy bear. Image result for paresh rawal Subhash Ghai: Popular awards lost their credibility long ago when they were turned into star-studded stage shows and commercial events for television channels. Filmfare was the first awards function to turn commercial when they tied up with a gutka brand. The rest followed. Earlier, all the awards were for excellence and not for commercial branding. Unlike the Oscars, which we still respect for maintaining authenticity, I attend our popular awards in the spirit of a festive gathering. I only feel excited when I see the awards for best debutants. That means we have new talent coming in. Image result for subhash ghai Saurabh Shukla: There are too many awards. And an excess of anything leads to boredom. If you eat too much chocolate, the craving is replaced by nausea. You can't get excited about Holi if you had to play it seven times a year. Awards are a celebration of talent. If you have too many choices they are no longer exciting.