Gross-Misconduct Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 The Times of India Film Awards show is being held in Vancouver April 4-6. This is the first ever TOIFA awards show. I don't know much about Bollywood myself but I'm sure some of you do. But now that it is just around the corner I'm starting to get a little excited like I'm sure some of you are as well. So, who do you guys think will bring home the hardware? I haven't seen any of the films up for the awards and I'm unfamiliar with the actors so I unfortunately would probably guess wrong. Here are the nominees... Best Director Anurag Basu – Barfi! Anurag Kashyap- Gangs of Wasseypur Gauri Shinde – English Vinglish Shoojit Sircar – Vicky Donor Sujoy Ghosh – Kahaani Best Film Barfi! Gangs of Wasseypur Kahaani Paan Singh Tomar Vicky Donor Best Actor — Male Hrithik Roshan – Agneepath Irrfan Khan – Paan Singh Tomar Manoj Bajpayee – Gangs of Wasseypur I Ranbir Kapoor – Barfi! Shahrukh Khan- Jab Tak Hai Jaan Best Actor — Female Deepika Padukone – Cocktail Priyanka Chopra– Barfi! Sridevi – English Vinglish Vidya Balan – Kahaani Music Director Ajay Atul – Agneepath Pritam – Cocktail Pritam – Barfi! Vishal – Shekhar – Student of the Year Debut Male Ayushmann Khurrana – Vicky Donor Arjun Kapoor – Ishaqzaade Varun Dhawan – Student of the Year Sidharth Malhotra – Student of the Year Debut Female Alia Bhatt – Student of the Year Huma Qureshi – Gangs of Wasseypur Ileana D’cruz – Barfi! Yami Gautam – Vicky Donor Best Actor Male — Supporting Annu Kapoor – Vicky Donor Boman Irani – Ferrari Ki Sawaari Krushna Abhishek – Bol Bachchan Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Talaash Best Actor Female — Supporting Anushka Sharma – Jab Tak Hain Jaan Dolly Ahluwalia – Vicky Donor Ileana D’cruz – Barfi! Rani Mukerji – Talaash Best Actor — Negative Role Bipasha Basu – Raaz 3 Rishi Kapoor – Agneepath Sanjay Dutt – Agneepath Tigmanshu Dhulia – Gangs of Wasseypur Best Actor — Comic Role Abhishek Bachchan – Bol Bachchan Ajay Devgn – Bol Bachchan Akshay Kumar – Housefull 2 Annu Kapoor – Vicky Donor Best Playback – Female Kavita Seth – Tumhi ho bandhu (Cocktail) Shalmali Kholgade – Pareshaan (Ishaqzaade) Shreya Ghoshal – Itni si hasi (Barfi!) Suman Sridhar – Muskaane jhooti hai (Talaash) Best Playback – Male Ayushmann Khurrana – Paani da rang (Vicky Donor) Mohit Chauhan – Barfi (Barfi!) Nikhil Paul George – Aashiyaan (Barfi!) Sonu Nigam – Abhi mujhme kahi ( Agneepath) Best Lyrics (Nominations) Amitabh Bhattacharya – Abhi Mujhme Kahin (Agneepath) Gulzar – Saans (Jab Tak Hai Jaan) Javed Akhtar – Jee Le Zara (Talaash) Swanand Kirkire – Aashiyan (Barfi) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGER SINGH Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Best Director: Anurag Basu Best Film: Barfi! Best Actor: SRK Best Actress: Priyanka Chopra Music Director: Vishal-Shekar Debut Male: Sidharth Malhotra Debut Female: Alia Bhatt Best supporting Actor:Boman Irani Best Supporting Actress: Anushka Sharma Best Negative Actor:Sanjay Dutt Best Comical Actor: Ajay Devgn Best Female Playback: Shreya Goshal Best Male Playback: Sonu Nigam Best Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magician Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Waste of money. That Barfi guy is like the Crosby of indian movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsflash Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 No Salman Khan. No thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dion Phaneuf Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Barfi... Best Director Anurag Basu – Barfi! Best Film Barfi! Best Actor — Male Shahrukh Khan- Jab Tak Hai Jaan Best Actor — Female Priyanka Chopra– Barfi! Music Director Pritam – Barfi! Debut Male Sidharth Malhotra – Student of the Year Debut Female Alia Bhatt – Student of the Year Best Actor Male — Supporting Annu Kapoor – Vicky Donor Best Actor Female — Supporting Anushka Sharma – Jab Tak Hain Jaan Best Actor — Negative Role Sanjay Dutt – Agneepath Best Actor — Comic Role Abhishek Bachchan – Bol Bachchan Best Playback – Female Shreya Ghoshal – Itni si hasi (Barfi!) Best Playback – Male Mohit Chauhan – Barfi (Barfi!) Best Lyrics (Nominations) Gulzar – Saans (Jab Tak Hai Jaan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gustavo Fring Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Are Bollywood movies entertaining? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsflash Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Are Bollywood movies entertaining? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross-Misconduct Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 With the Awards show just days away, I hope negative press doesn't put a damper on the event. Star-struck’ security and limo drivers? Businesses complain TOIFA staff are making racist demands LARISSA CAHUTE VANCOUVER DESI Several B.C. businesses are claiming that the organizers of the upcoming Times of India Film Awards have been making racist demands when it comes to the hiring of security guards and limousine drivers for their Bollywood celebrities. The businesses allege that they have been told by staff working for the organizers that they do not want drivers or guards of South Asian origin as they fear they would become “star-struck” and cause problems. The province is spending about $11.5 million on the star-studded event next month which is touted to boost B.C. trade and tourism in India. Critics have panned the use of tax dollars for the event as an attempt by the Liberals to win votes in the South Asian community. “In several meetings in December they said they don’t want any ‘brown people.’” one Vancouver company official told Vancouver Desi. “They asked us if we have any Indian (employees) on our team … . We said yes, you have to have it because it’s a multicultural country — we have to have all the races.” Another businesswoman said she experienced similar remarks at a March 7 transportation meeting at the Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites in Vancouver. According to the woman, Times of India Film Award (TOIFA) staff said at the meeting that they did not want South Asians working as drivers for the Bollywood stars. “I was really taken aback,” she said, adding she no longer wants anything to do with the company. “That was very racist.” A third businessman said he too was told by TOIFA staff about wanting only “white drivers and security guards.” “At one meeting we pointed out to them that is not possible for several reasons … first off, most of the companies that could bid for the contracts have South Asian guards and drivers, and more importantly this goes against everything this country stands for,” he said. “What makes me really mad is that our government gives these guys millions of tax dollars and they come here and make a mockery of what we believe in.” According to TOIFA spokeswoman Laura Ballance, the allegations of racism stem from “an unfortunate choice of words” by a “staff person who is not one of the overall organizers.” “He was trying to impart … that they did not want people that are star-struck,” she said. “The group they’re bringing in had an incident a while back — not here in Canada — where they hired a driver who drove the celebrity to [the driver’s] home and asked them to do photos with their family before they took them to the venue.” “So they are very cognizant of that.” According to Ballance, the message the staffer was trying to get across was they’re looking for “the highest level of professionalism.” “They were very clear with all these companies that they were talking to — and they talked to a large number of them — that they want the very best, most professional,” she said. Ballance insisted the offensive words were uttered by just one employee and that it’s “not the sentiments of the company.” She said the TOIFA events have hired and will continue to hire people from all ethnic backgrounds. Another TOIFA insider said some local limousine drivers had been tweeting that they can get access to Bollywood models and stars associated with the event. “Unfortunately, they were South Asian drivers and I guess the organizers were taking precautions …maybe they did it the wrong way,” he told Vancouver Desi. But the businesses that complained to Vancouver Desi said they don’t buy the explanations. “These people are doing business in Canada. They should follow the guidelines — Canadian guidelines.” The screening process security and limo companies routinely undergo should be enough, the woman who was at the March 7 meeting said. “There’s a protocol for protection — you screen those people,” she said. According to the woman, the March 7 meeting was attended by four of the “top people” within TOIFA. “They agreed — they all sat there and agreed,” she said. “How come their superior did not say to (him), ‘You shouldn’t have said that — correct your comments right now’?” She hopes Premier Christy Clark will take action. “(Clark) should know that she used my tax money — and she’s hiring these people from the Times of India saying, ‘Sorry, no, we’re racist — no Indians please,’” she said. “That means, ‘Let’s have the Bollywood awards night and let’s not have any East Indians.’” “I could take it as an innocent remark, but these people work on international business — they’ve been around. http://www.vancouver...demands/521276/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nux4lyfe Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Such a waste of money, that slhore would do anything to try and win over a community just to get votes....and I'm Indian.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckofSteel Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I honestly don't think any Indian gives a dam about these awards. This is not a big event at all in the Bollywood community, I have no idea why anyone cares what happens at TOIFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.A.A Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I haven't seen all the movies mentioned here, but from what I have seen... Best Director Anurag Basu – Barfi! Best Film Barfi! Best Actor — Male Hrithik Roshan – Agneepath or Ranbir Kapoor – Barfi! Best Actor — Female Priyanka Chopra– Barfi! or Vidya Balan – Kahaani Music Director Ajay Atul – Agneepath Debut Male Arjun Kapoor – Ishaqzaade Debut Female Ileana D’cruz – Barfi! Best Actor Male — Supporting Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Talaash Best Actor Female — Supporting Ileana D’cruz – Barfi! Best Actor — Comic Role Ajay Devgn – Bol Bachchan Best Playback – Female Shalmali Kholgade – Pareshaan (Ishaqzaade) Best Playback – Male Sonu Nigam – Abhi mujhme kahi ( Agneepath) Best Lyrics (Nominations) Amitabh Bhattacharya – Abhi Mujhme Kahin (Agneepath) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross-Misconduct Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 I honestly don't think any Indian gives a dam about these awards. This is not a big event at all in the Bollywood community, I have no idea why anyone cares what happens at TOIFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuonGO Canucks Go Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Hindi Film Industry has two bign awards - Filmfare and National both are there from long time with filmfare being there for 60 years. Now there are many other awards started by diff TV channels and others but no one gives damn. Here we have TOI awards for first time- not much to see. no one cares who gets these awards not even actors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFTcan Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 When you let in 250,000 immigrants in every year, politics caters to this immigrant vote and less to its actual citizens. Reminds me of gregor robertsons speech when he got elected, thanking every ethnic community in existence except the average Canadian.. This film awards was a lewd attempt to suck up to the east indian community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross-Misconduct Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 When you let in 250,000 immigrants in every year, politics caters to this immigrant vote and less to its actual citizens. Reminds me of gregor robertsons speech when he got elected, thanking every ethnic community in existence except the average Canadian.. This film awards was a lewd attempt to suck up to the east indian community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks_fo_life Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 My parents are going to come concert tomorrow night then the awards on Saturday, im not into the Bollywood scene, not much into Hollywood either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrjuice20 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 When you let in 250,000 immigrants in every year, politics caters to this immigrant vote and less to its actual citizens. Reminds me of gregor robertsons speech when he got elected, thanking every ethnic community in existence except the average Canadian.. This film awards was a lewd attempt to suck up to the east indian community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross-Misconduct Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 I'm I the only one not hearing ANYTHING about these awards? It starts tonight but you'd never know it. I think the public's ambivalence towards this event is the lack of promotion. Is this thing suppose to be a secret? It cost me and every other tax payer over 10 million dollars so you'd think they would try to promote it some how. I wonder if the BC Liberals are having second thoughts about this now. Not even their supporters seem to be defending this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross-Misconduct Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 The show starts tonight at the Pacific Coliseum. 1 problem... it's invite only. Sorry tax payers of BC. But not to worry, I heard there are still tickets available for the awards show at BC Place on Sat. And they only cost between $60 to $525+. As for tonight... Brightly printed saris and flashy Bollywood dance moves could convince taxpayers their estimated $9.5 million investment was worth it this weekend. The Times of India Film Awards kick off Thursday in the Pacific Coliseum with a musical extravaganza headlining the festivities. The Nominations Gala and Technical Awards event is Friday, but it’s invite-only. Fans, however, can still get their Bollywood fix by watching film screenings Friday at venues around Vancouver. Despite boasting a 30% South Asian population, Surrey won’t be hosting any official TOIFA events, which left a bitter taste in some people’s mouths. “It boggles my mind why there’s nothing happening in Surrey,” said Anita Huberman, CEO of the Surrey Board of Trade. TOIFA has faced criticism it is merely a taxpayer-funded publicity stunt for the BC Liberal Party, but Premier Christy Clark remained adamant the awards are a positive economic move at a press conference Wednesday in Kitsilano. “We need to put this province on the map for the fastest-growing middle class in the history of the world, and the TOIFA awards and going to be one way for us to do that,” Clark said. The festivities wrap up with the TOIFA awards ceremony at BC Place on Saturday. Bollywood celebrities started arriving Tuesday, with actor Ranganathan Madhavan and singer Kavita Seth greeted by a small crowd of exited fans. “I was expecting there to be a huge turnout and I would have to stand in the back and jump to see,” said Kavita Dhillon, a YVR employee who sprinted over to greet her heroes after she finished her shift. http://vancouver.24h...ws-cheers-jeers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampage Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Bollywood celebrities started arriving Tuesday, with actor Ranganathan Madhavan and singer Kavita Seth greeted by a small crowd of exited fans. “I was expecting there to be a huge turnout and I would have to stand in the back and jump to see,” said Kavita Dhillon, a YVR employee who sprinted over to greet her heroes after she finished her shift. http://vancouver.24h...ws-cheers-jeers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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