Filmfare Awards 2006

Looks like Bollywood is bereft of any versatality in talent - or as the Film(unfair) 2006 Awards seem to suggest. Ridiculously enough, all the awards from technical to critics to popular have been given to Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hollywood-ish and melo-dramatic rendition of a story inspired by the life of Hellen Keller - 'Black'. Undoubtedly technically compelling and subject-wise not run-of-the-mill, but a tad over-hyped - surely 'Black' was not the only colour present in Bollywood in 2005 - other movies like 'Iqbal', 'Parineeta', 'Hazaaron Khawashein Aisi', even the entertaining 'Salaam Namaste' for its refreshingly bold portrayal of modern-day youthful sensibilties too deserved some notice.