Recently a Dalit student of the University of
Hyderabad committed suicide terming his birth an accident. There are
certain other people in our world who by virtue of their birth are
parachuted into highest points in the hierarchy and one among them is
this year’s Kerala state best actor award winner Dulqer Salman.
Compared to the other industries, the Malayalam
film industry has created hits without resorting to unrealistic
stunts and action sequences. Till some years back the state awards
were chosen based on merit rather than popularity of the actor. Of
late, especially last two years, state awards for best actor and
actress have gone to popular actors rather than ‘real actors’.
Popularity overrode merit. Considering we have a minister who cannot
spell out the name of the award winners properly this should be no
cause for wonder.
Why has Dulqer Salman been chosen for the award
and that too for Charlie?
Consider some of the hit movies by Dulqer-
Bangalore days, NPCB, Charlie, Abcd, Ustad Hotel…
The role of Dulqer in all movies is the one that
everyone aspires to be, but for many far from reality. All his movies
show him in exactly the same role. The guy never shaves and has four
centimetre long facial hair maintained randomly, always wears a T-
shirt be it any occasion(In Charlie pavada was introduced), the hair
style is always the same as he wakes up in the morning and always
talks Manglish. Dulqer might not even
have entered the film industry had he not been an actor’s son.
Overall, giving a state award to an actor known for playing the same
kind of character is a pity.
This trend of giving out best actor award based
on popular reception rather than merit started with last year’s
awards ceremony and the same has hampered the sanctity associated
with the award. Another example is Nazriya Nazim who won the best
actress award last year. To be frank, this has lowered the Kerala
state film awards to the standard of several third rate film award
shows conducted by television channels to reap huge profits.
No comments:
Post a Comment