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Kareena Kapoor and Kambakht Ishq win awards for worst of Bollywood in 2009
NEW DELHI: ‘Kambakkht Ishq’ which starred some Hollywood personalities, has been voted the worst film of 2010, wits its heroine Kareena Kapoor being voted the worst actor in the Second Annual Golden Kela Awards held over the weekend.
Actor Harman Baweja and director Ashutosh Gowariker won the worst awards in their respective categories for the film “What’s Your Rashi”.
Interestingly, Hollywood stars Sylvester Stallone and Denise Richards won the ‘Bawra Ho Gaya Hai Ke’ award for ‘Kambakkht Ishq’. The avant garde filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar won the ‘Bas Kijiye Bahut Ho Gaya Award‘, asking him to stop making films.
The Golden Kela Awards are generally patterned on the Razzies, the awards for the worst of Hollywood. About 3,00,000 people voted online for their ‘favourites‘ this year.
But the main attraction of the evening was Chief Guest Cyrus Broacha, who was awarded the Cyrus Broacha Memorial Award, on which he said, “It‘s great, I‘m thrilled …I hope to win this award every year “.
Rani Mukerji and Shahid Kapoor won the worst pair award for ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’, which also won the awards for the most ‘Original‘ Story as it is based on “She‘s the Man”.
The Worst Supporting Male and female actor awards went to Ranvir Shorey and Deepika Padukone (in her role as ‘Meow Meow’) in ‘Chandni Chowk to China’, which also won the Insensitivity Award.
Jackie Bhagnani in ‘Kal Kissne Dekha’ and Shruti Haasan in ‘Luck’ won the world newcomer awards for male and female respectively.
The Most Irritating Song was ‘Love mera hit hit’ (Billu) while the most Atrocious Lyrics were ‘Love me love me’ (Wanted).
The Lajja Award for Worst Treatment of a Serious Issue went to Kabir Khan and Aditya Chopra for ‘New York’. The Dara Singh Award for Worst Accent was given to Abhishek Bachchan for ‘Dilli 6’, while his starrer with father Amitabh Bachchan got the Black Award for Emotional Blackmail.
Taran Adarsh was named for the Critic‘s Award, while Fox got the award for ‘When Did This Come Out’.
Reacting to his award on twitter, Abhishek said “Another milestone in my career. I won the golden kela award 4 worst accent in Delhi 6. Chalo at least delhi 6 won something. I‘m overjoyed!!”
John Wilson, Founder / Head RAZZberry of the Razzies, said: “If our having given Sylvester Stallone 30 nominations and 10 statuettes in the course of our history, and also having awarded Denise Richards a Worst Supporting Actress dis-honor for ‘The world is not enough’ played a part in the two of them sneaking off to India to continue their bad film-making careers, please accept our most sincere apologies. Our intentions were for Stallone and Richards to be punished — not Indian movie-goers!”
Jatin Varma, Organizer of the Golden Kelas, said: “More and more people are joining our ranks every year to get back at Bollywood. This year, 300,000 people voted. Next year we hope to touch the 3 billion mark set by 3 Idiots.”
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Hansa Entertainment launched to produce across OTT, TV and film
New venture from R K Swamy Hansa Group eyes multi-language stories for digital-first audiences.
MUMBAI: Hansa Entertainment has just stepped into the spotlight because when a legacy media house decides to script its next act, even the credits get excited. Hansa Entertainment Private Limited has been incorporated to develop and produce original programming across digital, television, OTT platforms and theatrical features. The company will create short-running series, long-running series and original films for OTT, alongside standout theatrical ventures. It will also launch a podcast platform called Hansa Spotlight and produce content for the fast-growing vertical drama format. Stories are initially planned in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali and Kannada.
The venture is founded by Sruti Swamy and Siddharth Swamy, drawing on the rich legacy of Hansa Vision and the broader R K Swamy Hansa Group. Sruti brings creative expertise with a master’s in architecture, interiors and design from Milan and a postgraduate degree in business management from the Indian School of Business. Siddharth contributes a data-driven perspective, having studied data science at Imperial College London.
Sujatha Narayanan has been appointed CEO of Hansa Entertainment. With over two decades of experience in creative content curation and production across film and OTT, she is also a well-known film columnist and media entrepreneur.
R K Swamy Hansa Group executive chairman Srinivasan Swamy said, “The launch of Hansa Entertainment marks an exciting new chapter. The new entity is the brainchild of the next generation and will be independently managed by Sruti Swamy, who is the Director and the newly appointed CEO.”
Hansa Entertainment director Sruti Swamy added, “I am very optimistic about the future of Hansa Entertainment, given the content explosion and the opportunities offered by new technologies for production.”
Hansa Entertainment director Siddharth Swamy noted, “The idea is to grow a contemporary production house that creates compelling stories for today’s multi-platform audiences while drawing inspiration from the rich storytelling traditions that audiences have appreciated over the years.”
Hansa Entertainment CEO Sujatha Narayanan said, “Hansa Entertainment will evolve as a story-first, IP-driven entity. We have already put together a smart team of interesting and dynamic creators who will helm our vertical dramas, shows and films.”
In the ever-evolving world of Indian entertainment, where stories now travel faster than the scripts that birth them, Hansa Entertainment is stepping onto the stage with fresh ink and big ambitions proving that even the best legacies know when it’s time for a compelling sequel.
