Party Bollytics

This brand of celebratory effusiveness,where song,dance and booming optimism rope in extreme polarities,was evident at the after party to celebrate the 18th Annual Colors Screen Awards held at the MMRDA Grounds in Bandra Kurla Complex,Mumbai. As Shah Rukh ‘King’ Khan,winner of not one but two awards this year,warmly hugged an irrepressibly thrilled Pitobash,a first time nominee and winner of the Best Actor in a Comic Role,he symbolically bridged the uncanny antithesis that defines Bollywood. Here,the insanely successful and the just arrived,new voices and old opinions,dazzling glamour and ordinary looks make the industry what it is — a big,big celebration. Of films,why,life itself.

An elated Vidya Balan (Best Actress,for The Dirty Picture) wearing a gold and black Kanjeevaram came with her proud father,while Ekta Kapoor who won the Best Performer of the Year trophy,happily trooped in with her gang of friends and colleagues. She chatted with Subhash Ghai and Sudhir Mishra,not once sealing her wide grin. If Suman Shridhar,the mesmerising voice behind Khoya khoya chand of Shaitan,looked like she could party forever,veteran filmmaker Ramesh Sippy and wife Kiran Juneja Sippy looked on indulgently. While Milan Luthria (director of The Dirty Picture) sat quietly enjoying the scene,lyricist Prasoon Joshi got into a few intense conversations.

The DJ raised the decibel levels as he played and replayed some of biggest filmi hits,urging even the left-footed to burn the dance floor. Who will disagree that Bollywood songs can express every emotion known to humankind? If you are young,you could lose yourself in the headiness of Ban than ke tashan mein rehna from Mausam,if you are not so young,you can sing Duniya mein logo ko dhokha kabhi ho jaata hai from Apna Desh. And if you are old,no,wait,you don’t get old if films are your driving force,as Dev Anand would have said. To which Shammi Kapoor would have thundered with a Yahoo.