63rd National Film Awards: Finally An Indian Jury Gets Everything Right!!!

The presiding jury of 63rd National Film Awards can be termed one of the most judicious in recent memory. Awarding Rajamouli's Bahubali the best film might seem a contentious decision at first glance but I know for a fact that sometimes sheer scale of a movie trumps everything else in sight. This was our AVATAR and though Oscars snubbed it big time in 2009 for that greasily war drama 'The Hurt Locker', our jury braved its decision to perfect timing. Awarding Bachchan Sahab the best actor award has to go down as a decision as brilliant it could get. His role reminded me of the character played by 'Alan Arkin' in that Indie Phenomenon of the last decade, 'Little Miss Sunshine'. I strongly believe that TIME has finally arrived to perfection to match Bachchan Sahab's enormous talent. Tanu weds Manu Returns is gotta be the most satisfying romantic comedy film of last 10-15 years and Kangna Ranaut's Tanu was simply taken to the round 15 of a super heavyweight bout by Datto. I loved Datto. I really did and Kangna absolutely nailed this character. I am glad that Kangna Ranaut of Datto loses to Kangna Ranaut of Tanu only in the movie. If there had been any other actress doing the same to Datto, I would have been simply devastated.

And these three big awards thus celebrated the legacy of Indian Movies in as rightful a manner as would have been otherwise possible. Kudos to jury!!!

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