"Darsheel deserves National Award for Best Actor" 
By Faridoon Shahryar, December 29, 2007 - 13:58 IST
"Darsheel Safary in my opinion very well deserves National Award-For Best Actor in a Lead role," says Rishi.N.Khanduri, an avid follower of IndiaFM
and one of the thousands of emails we received in response to the question posed by us in the article"Darsheel Safary win the Best Actor Trophy?" .The overwhelming majority of you
guys strongly feel that Darsheel Safary deserves the best actor trophy at all the award functions for his stellar and heartwarming performance in
Taare Zameen Par. Many of you also are of the opinion that lack of risk taking ability and a pressure to give in to usual commercial demands
will force the organizers of the various film awards to go for a safer route. We at IndiaFM had a tough time choosing a few of the many emails we
received on this subject. And those who don’t feature here, don’t worry, your best wishes will be forwarded to Darsheel and hope the movement
started by you will have an impact on the award system in India.
1) I would like to first congratulate you for a very apt account of a masterpiece movie and
a tremendous performance by a nine year old. I totally agree with the current state of
award functions and I believe this performance will be overlooked by the so-called
mainstream masala flicks and those candy floss kind of movies. But I hope that this
performer does not stop here. Bravo my young friend Darsheel, I hope to see more of
you on celluloid.
(Baha Uddin, Birmingham, UK)
2) Yes he deserves the nomination in best actor category award. The way he performed the role is really amazing. You feel attached to him and there
is never a dull moment during his stay on the screen. He enacted emotional sequences so beautifully that it can bring tears in anyone’s eyes
specially married ladies. I went to watch with a group of friends and all gals and ladies were in tears at the end. I definitely feel his performance was
the best of 2007. But I am sure as always Filmfare will introduce new category of best child actor and give award to shahrukh as usual. Atleast he
deserves to win critics best actor award. Won’t you think so?
(Jiten Vij)
3) An amazing performance by the child, displaying the enormous potential of the Indian cinema industry and how close it is now to eliminating the
gap between cinema of the east and cinema of the west. All that said, sadly, it still has to overcome the immaturity of star power over that of true
actors and so this gem of pure and sincere acting will at maximum will be awarded a laurel of 'Best Performance by a Child', or 'Best Debut' as history
of Indian cinema awards is majorly bent towards all major awards (Best Actor, etc.) being reserved for stars rather than actors.
(Malika, Pakistan)
4) Darsheel should get the best actor award for 2007. His acting has overshadowed many great ones. As usual the the short sighted Indians who are
responsible for awards or so called big headed idiots will pass on Drasheel. A handful of Indian film personalities rule the roost. Kudos to Aamir
khan for not participating in the Indian award system. Amir is a very intelligent young man and has the nerve to ignore the silly biased award system
in India. The same Aamir Khan participated so gracefully with his LAGAAN in the Oscars. It shows that Aamir Kahn does care for awards but definitely
not Indian awards. Hats of to Aamir khan for being gutsy. Aamir khan is the best in the modern Indian cinema, after Dilip Kumar Sahib.
Darsheel does not stand chance. The award system in India is a farce. Yash Chopras, Karan Johars and Bachchans should keep the awards close to
their own quarters.
(Mo Shahban)
5) Yes! Of course. Because of these reasons alone Aamir Khan has decided not to attend the awards function. Which is not the case with the Oscar
where 5,000 strong Academy from all the Film Making sections votes for the best. And yes! Before voting in the Oscars you need to see the film. I
think all the Indian Film Awards function especially Filmfare, Screen, IIFA need to learn a lot from them. Darsheel Safary in my opinion very well
deserves National Award-For Best Actor in a Lead role.
(Rishi.N.Khanduri)
6) He should receive the best actor award according to me. I have seen a lot of Hindi
cinema but not a movie like this one nor an acting compare to what Darsheel had
delivered in this movie, other than Aamir Khan. Darsheel's performance was sensational.
Through out the movie you can feel every emotion what he is going through and for
someone to act in such a way that delivers an impact like that should receive the best
actor award (even if he is only 10 years old). If he does not receive it then I don't
think anyone else should deserve it. Please do share this comment with Darsheel to let him know what a fantastic job he has done and congrats to
him and Aamir for make such a great movie that just warms the heart.
(Mayly Yang)
7) Darsheel definetly does deserve but as the rule goes in Bollywood functions, if there is a film of SRK or AB then the award goes to them. Every
year you watch you tend to think how they come up with so many categories to please the bigwigs in the industry. The jury might find more acting in
display of Khans abs than Darsheels innocent smile that can grip u as a movie watcher. So does he deserves it? No one deserves the award more
than him this year. But will he make it? NO! Becoz that would be a insult to the mighty ppl in the industry so he might get as lame award as best child
actor.
(Suma)
8) It has been well known to everyone that award functions in Bollywood are a mere joke. Awards are sold in those functions. People with PR skills
walk away with awards when more deserving ones look helplessly. No wonder why great actors like Aamir, Naseer, Om Puri avoid these functions.
Given this pretension I would think it will be again SRK hamming at the podium with the award, though his performance is way short of Darsheel’s
performance. I would be highly disappointed if this kid doesn’t get the most prestigious national award for best actor. We people staying abroad
hear that India is developing fast. Let them first show it to the world that India is a fair country.
(Tapas)
9) I am a regular visitor of IndiaFM, i am thankful for IndiaFM for putting such a topic for discussion. In India the awards nowadays are biased, it
hardly given to person who rightly deserved. All awards including Flimfare which was considered to be most prestigious is also fake now days and
just done for collecting money from the organizers. They are too much partial to actors like Shah Rukh Khan, and producers like Yash Chopra and
Karan Johar. I strongly recommend Darsheel names to be in the list of Best Actor as his performance in TZP was outstanding. the entire film was on
shoulder. Aamir's name should be in the supporting category even he to will not mind of being nominated in tat category.
For me The winners are
Best Film: Taare Zameen Par
Best Dir: Aamir Khan
Best Actor: Darsheel
Best Actress: Tabu (Namesake)
Supporting Actor: Aamir Khan
(Bimal Pathak)
10) Dear Faridoon,
I had the same discussion with my friends as we were driving back after watching the
movie. I had the same question, will Filmfare nominate and award Darsheel the best actor
award for 2007? But after about 45 minutes of discussion, we concluded, considering the
way of thinking goes at Filmfare surrounding the box-office report, Darsheel Safary has
to satisfy with Best Child Artist, SRK will get best Actor for Chak De India and Aamir
Khan has to be satisfy with Best Director award and OSO will get Best Movie of the year.
I wish I am wrong. But this is the only way out for Filmfare to gain maximum viewers and make everyone happy.
(Kamal, Chicago)
11) I genuinely think that his was the best male performance in the passed 2007. I seriously couldn't find any performance that excited me enough.
Darsheel was... AWESOME!!! Every film made today has some story related to the elder people, their lives, etc. Aamir Khan dared to make a film with
this kind of a subject which no one dared to attempt or even think of. Kuddos to him...I genuinely feel that this story is an excellent piece of art &
Darsheel will be THE superstar of tomorrow, if he gets some nice roles. Many awards are biased. Sometimes, deserving people don't get what they
deserve. I'd sincerely wish that Darsheel Safary gets nominated in the Best Actor Category, not the Best Child Actor one. Even if he is nominated in
the latter category, he is bound to win every single award in that. BEST OF LUCK to DARSHEEL SAFARY!!! I'm with you
(Prabal Gupta, Vadodara, Gujarat)
12) There is absolutely no doubt that Darsheel should win best actor. It was he who evoked the range of emotions that gripped the audience in TZP.
(Rojaneer)
13) I have watched TZP 4 times in the theatre. And still I have an urge to watch it again. Darsheel is one of the finest actors, and one of the greatest
discoveries. His role is not over the top, and that’s what makes it more special. Its comparatively easy to do over the top characters, whose pains are
visible. But Darsheel essayed the role of a boy who has myriad pains and frustration and yet has to conceal it. The way Darsheel has portrayed the
character is worth an applaud. He had to show that he is concealing the pain within and yet he had to convey the pain.I had no doubt that the best
newcomer award would go to Ranbir Kapoor for Saawariya, but after watching Darsheel, I think Ranbir is not even a bit close to him. Darsheel is the
soul of the film, even though its an AAMIR KHAN MOVIE, everyone is going to watch it for the second time only for Darsheel, that itself speaks a lot
about this rising star. I just pray that this boy gets the best newcomer award atleast!! I say atleast because I think he deserves the BEST ACTOR
award.
(Maddie)
14) Darsheel should get the Best Actor 2007 Trophy. Darsheel has given a heart warming performance. SRK in 'Chak De' was a supporting actor. The
girls of Chak De were the reason behind its success as we enjoyed their performances much more
than SRK's.
We can only hope & vote for Darsheel at all award functions......hope SRK has a big
heart & promotes the young talent by giving away his trophy to this young boy.
(Navin)
15) Will Darsheel Safary get the Best Actor Trophy? - yes, Yes, YES!!!
He has surpassed any actors range. For the year 2007, I do not believe anyone deserves the trophy and the accolades more than he does. I will
personally feel disappointed if any of our current breed of actors come up on stage and "accept" the trophy. It righteously belongs to Darsheel. I
hope he is not accommodated in the "special" category's that the awards seems to very ingeniously come up with so that Ranbir Kapoor and Shah
Rukh Khan can get the promising new-comer and best actor trophy's respectively.
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