IIFA 2010 Nominations...How Exciting!

Here are the nominations for this year's IIFA Awards, which will be hosted in the beautiful city of Colombo in Sri Lanka: 
I can't wait for 2011 when IIFA is hosted in Canada...I'm will be outside stalking Akshay!!! I can't wait!


(In BOLD are my picks to win)


Best Film 
Vidu Vinod Chopra - 3 Idiots 
Boney Kapoor - Wanted
Anurag Kashyap & Ronnie Screwvala - Dev D
Vishal Bharadwaj & Ronnie Screwvala - Kaminey
Sunil Manchanda & AB Corp - Paa

{This Category is already a given}




Best Direction
Rajkumar Hirani - 3 Idiots 
Anurag Kashyap - Dev D
Ayan Mukerji - Wake Up Sid
Vishal Bharadwaj - Kaminey
Imtiaz Ali - Love Aaj Kal
R.Balki - Paa 



Performance in a Leading Role (Male) 
Aamir Khan - 3 Idiots
Amitabh Bachchan - Paa 
Saif Ali Khan - Love Aaj Kal
Salman Khan - Wanted
Shahid Kapoor - Kaminey
Ranbir Kapoor -Wake Up Sid 


{Some please explain to me, WHY is Abhay Deol not nominated in this category!!!}




Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
Kareena Kapoor - 3 Idiots
Priyanka Chopra - Kaminey
Deepika Padukone - Love Aaj Kal
Vidya Balan - Paa
Mahie Gill - Dev D 



Performance in Supporting Role (Male)
Sharman Joshi - 3 Idiots
Irrfan - New York
R. Madhavan - 3 Idiots
Abhimanyu Singh - Gulal
Abhishek Bachchan - Paa
Rishi Kapoor - Love Aaj Kal 


Performance in Supporting Role (Female) 
Kalki Koechlin - Dev D
Arundhati Naag - Paa
Divya Dutta - Delhi 6
Supriya Pathak - Wake Up Sid
Kirron Kher - Kurban 


Performance in a Comic Role
Omi Vaidya - 3 Idiots 
Ajay Devgn - All The Best
Johny Lever - De Dana Dan
Govinda - Life Partner
Sanjay Dutt - All The Best 


Performance in a Negative Role
Boman Irani - 3 Idiots 
Amol Gupte - Kaminey
Prakash Raj - Wanted
Kay Kay Menon - Gulal
Arya Babbar - Jail



Music Direction 
Shantanu Moitra - 3 Idiots
A.R.Rehman - Delhi 6
Pritam - Love Aaj Kal
Amit Trivedi - Dev D 
Vishal Bharadwaj - Kaminey



Best Story
Abhijat Joshi,Raj Kumar Hirani & Vidu Vinod Chopra - 3 Idiots 
Ayan Mukherji - Wake Up Sid
Anurag Kashyap & Vikramaditya Motwane - Dev D 
Imtiaz Ali - Love Aaj Kal
R.Balki - Paa 
{I really want Dev D to win, but I think the whole night is gonna belong to 3 Idiots}




Best Lyrics
Swanand Kirkire - 3 Idiots
Prasoon Joshi - Delhi 6
Irshad Kamil - Love Aaj Kal
Gulzar - Kaminey
Amitabh Bhattacharya - Dev D 



Playback Singer (Male) 
Shaan - Behti Hawa Sa Tha Who (3 Idiots)
Mohit Chauhan - Masakali (Delhi 6)
Sonu Nigam - All Izz Well (3 Idiots)
Atif Aslam - Tu Jaane Na (Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Aaj Din Chadiya (Love Aaj Kal) 
Sukhvinder Singh & Vishal Dadlani - Dan Te Nan (Kaminey)



Playback Singer (Female) 
Shreya Ghoshal - Zoobi Doobi ( 3 Idiots)
Kavita Seth - Ek Tara (Wake Up Sid)
Rekha Bharadwaj - Sasural Genda Phool (Delhi 6)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Chor Baazari (Love Aaj Kal)
Shilpa Rao - Moodi Moodi (Paa)
Tulsi Kumar - Hafiz Khuda (8X10 Tasveer)

Confessions Of An Abhay Deol Enthusiast ...

So like I promised...here's my review of Road, Movie and while i'm at it a review of Dev D. too!

I'm not really sure what I love about Abhay Deol, he just has this way about him that I really enjoy watching on screen whether it's his films or his interviews.  After reading a fantastic review of Dev D. I knew I had to see it for myself.  Being a fan of Shahrukh's 2002 version of the Devdas story I was a bit apprehensive as to how a modern version of the story would play out.  Based on the promos there would be a lot sex, drugs, and Rock & Roll.  So I was, but then I wasn't interested in watching when it was out in theaters.

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Dev D.

So, after reading some blog posts on the film I knew I had to see it, it was the best decision I ever made.  From that opening scene I was completely engulfed in this new world of Dev D., not that his world is different from my world but going into the film I was waiting to compare it to the 2002 version, but I was wrong to even assume that.  This is so far from that version, that there can't really be a comparison.

This film was the one that made me fall in love with Abhay, those familiar with the Devdas story will be pleasantly surprised  at this take on a classic love story.  I loved how much the music played such an integral part in the film.  Now, I know that in Bollywood films music are an integral part of a film but this was very different, this is one of the best soundtracks i have come across in a long time.  I was so glad the music director Amit Trivedi won the Filmfare award for Best Background Score and the R.D. Burman award.

One last important detail I must mention is the new talent introduced in the film, i'm talking about Kalki Koechlin and Mahi Gill, but the girl who really stands out is Kalki.  WoW!!! I can't wait to see what else she becomes involved in.  This girl deserved all the praise she got for her performance it was stunning!

 Intermission

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Road Movie

I was so happy I actually got a chance to watch this film at this years' Indian Film Festival in Hollywood.  The theater was sold out, which was good for the makers of Road, Movie.  I was really surprised, but then again this film has been selected to play in various film festival around the world, the most recent being the Berlinale Film Festival.

Already being an Abhay fan girl I already kinda knew I would enjoy the film.  But it truly was a good film, i miss those kinds of films in which a character decides to leave everything behind and just go...with no real destination, it's just a fascinating concept.  Maybe it's just one of my secret fantasies to just leave my house or where I live, and leave my job, the people i know, and just everything. Whoa!

Overall, the film was very entertaining, Abhay has a knack for playing jerks.  The premise of the film is that of Vishnu {Abhay Deol} who grows restless with each passing day and his lack of purpose in life while working for his fathers failing hair oil business.  He then gets a chance to drive a truck, which he later discovers to be a touring cinema truck, to an antique museum.  

He then encounters an orphan, a mechanic, and a wandering young woman who help him in his journey, a journey of self discovery you could call it, in which he if able to get to his destination and eventually start a new life.

I absolutely loved the music for this film, some of the songs that truly stand out is the enchanting kaisi tanhai and fun revamped tel malish beautifully performed  by Sylvia Gordon.