Best Actor And Actress 

My Take on Best Actor  goes to Sanjay Dutt in LRMB. He’s a veteran, his performance was understated yet thoroughly believable. He IS Munnabhai and no one else could essay that role the way he did.Other nominees: Aamir Khan for Rang de Basanti (good but he’s not going to attend the awards anyway, so what’s the point?), Hrithik Roshan for Dhoom 2 and Krrish (maybe for Dhoom 2 but, I don’t know, he’s just off-putting for me), Shah Rukh Khan for Don or KANK (Amitabh’s Don is irreplaceable and SRK needs to stop signing K.Jo’s films).

Who Actually Won: Hrithik for Dhoom 2Incidentally? Aamir Khan won the Critic’s Award for Rang de Basanti. I don’t believe he showed up to receive it.

My Take on Best Actress goes to Kareena Kapoor for Omkara. This is surprising because normally I can’t stand the girl. But when she has the right role, girl knows how to act. She was brilliant in this.Other nominees: Aishwarya Rai for Dhoom 2 (that wasn’t acting, it was hackting), Bipasha Basu for Corporate (maybe, but I think her performance lacked the punch that could’ve made her a serious contender), Kajol for Fanaa (I’m happy she’s back but I wasn’t enamored of her performance, she can do better), Rani Mukerji (how IS she spelling her name these days?) for KANK (yawn, same old, same old – a great actress in a boring role).

Who Actually Won: Kajol for Fanaa  (understandable given that Kareena won the Critics Award for her role in Omkara)

My Take on Best Supporting Actor goes to Abhishek Bachchan for KANK. He was KANK’s one and only beacon of hope. He was endearing, convincing and effortless in his role, and it really wasn’t that great a role. Our Aby Baby’s come a long way and he deserves all he gets. AB over Hrithik ANY day. Other nominees: Amitabh Bachchan for KANK (the man is a legend, he’ll be nominated every year), John Abraham for Baabul (he was wooden, sorry), Kunal Kapoor and Siddharth for Rang de Basanti (both were great, but not as great as Abhishek).