I believe that Suman Mukhopadhyay's Bengali feature HERBERT should have won the best feature film this year. Anybody who has seen the scene where the Odessa steps massacre scene from Battleship Potemkin is juxtaposed with a shot of the Presidency College stairs should agree.
I feel that Mithun Chakraborty should have been awarded with the best supporting actor award for his intense, powerful and excellent performance in Kaalpurush. What Naseerudding Shah has done in Iqbal is no doubt very good but not an award winning performance. He has done this kind of performance quite a few times before also. But Iqbal cannot be a National Award winning performance. It can be a Filmfare and other awards. I believe that Mithun has done brilliant justice to the father's role in Kaalpurush
In an era where Anil Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan get awards as best actors it is not hard to believe that Mohanlal has not been selected for the best actor national warad.Over the years the movies made with wider audience(in terms of number of prints) are getting thejury's nod.This will definitely have discouraging effects on actors representing languages like Bengali,Malayalam and the like where unparalleled perfomances have become an habit for actors in the genre of Mohanlal.Atleast in the years to come the national award should stand out and be distinct from those of Filmfare,Screen and IIFA awards where the thrust is on popular Hindi Cinema.Hope the generations to come would not be deprived of encouragement to applauid good art and artistes.
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GOA TO HOST 2ND JUNIOR ASIAN BO0XING CHAMPIONSHIP AT CALANGUTE, GOA FROM THE 9TH OCTOBER TO 16TH OCTOBR,06
AIBA - The World Ruling Body for Amateur Boxing has awarded the 2nd Junior Asian Boxing Championship to Goa, India which is scheduled to be hosted from the 9th October, 06 to 16th October, 06 at Calangute Grounds, just 5 minutes from the world famous Calangute Beach, whilst all the Participants and Officials will be hosted at Resorte Marinha Do. 43 Asian Affilliated Countries are eligible to participate and confirmations are received from top boxig nations e.g. Kazakasthan, Uzbekistan, Chinese Taipei, Phillipines, Thailand,Pakistan, Macau and nearby countries eg Bangladesh, Nepal & Afghanistan. Goa last hosted the Goa International Boxing Championship in 2003 at Colva Beach which was a resounding Success and is leaving no stones unturned to ensure that this Mega Sports Event will turn higly successful. Indian Amatuer Boxing Federation and the Goa Government is backing Goa Boxing Association and if this Championship is successful, all chances are there that Goa would be awarded a World Boxing Event in 2007.
It would defenetly be a big descrimination if bachhan gets the award for best actor, ofcourse he did a good job with the role, but please see THANMATRA and decide who deserves it more MOHANLAL or AB, my call is MOHANLAL ( NO DOUBTS AT ALL)
Director Priyadarshan rates MOHANLAL as the best actor in the world. Mani Ratnam says MOHANLAL is the most natural actor in India. During the shooting of Vanaprastham, a French Technician said that you(MOHANLAL) were born in the wrong side of the world(THE GREAT INDIA-which recognises true talent rarely!!!!!). if you were to be born in some other country, you may have already got the "Oscar". Indias finest and most talented actor living in this period.
If Mohanlal does not get a National award for Thanmatra, it would be MOST UNFAIR. Whether it is a Best Actor award or a Spl Jury award, fact is that he definitely deserves to win a National award this time.
