FILMS AWARDS, OSCARS AND NOW THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE: WAY TO GO PANEL OF THE SOLD / BOUGHT JUDGES, BRAVO! (9th Oct 2009, 2210 Hrs)

FILMS AWARDS, OSCARS AND NOW THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE: WAY TO GO PANEL OF THE SOLD / BOUGHT JUDGES, BRAVO! (9th Oct 2009, 2210 Hrs)

Bollywood film awards being rigged has become a common phenomenon since the last couple of years, not that it was not rigged earlier…hahahahahahaha…. Well, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE winning multiple Oscars last year surely showed that Hollywood doesn’t want to lag behind in competing with Indian counterparts… Yes, big stars are made to perform at all such awards’ nights for their statuette, an honour that they know how they bought from the juries, critics and management… what all goes behind the scene… NEGOTIATION, NEGOTIATION and MORE NEGOTIATION… I have been a part of an award ceremony in Bollywood and I have seen with my own very eyes how jury members negotiate for their respective stars, how they fight with each other, how they threaten to walk out and win over the Jury Chairperson, how the stars strike deals to perform for that award statuette… everything happens as talent goes for a toss and unrewarded year after year!

A R Rehman had to perform twice at the Oscars for two Oscars… well when a mediocre film like SLUMDOG bags so many Oscars, the whole world came to know that even Oscars are rigged, bought and negotiated at the table just like any other business deal. Now comes the Mother of All Awards – THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE…. Hahahahahaha… the breaking news was the JOKE OF THE CENTURY! I was flabbergasted, had a hearty laughed and uttered to myself, “Wow! Even the Nobel Peace Prize?” How further can the intelligent breed of human stoop low??? Of all the people in the world, Obama? The Peace Prize! Naahhhhh… it seems like an April Fools’ Joke pulled by the popular dailies…

What has he done except winning the historic Presidential election for America and the world? He won only because people were fed up and wanted a change from the Bush regime and whatever Obama promised during his pre-election speech and debate… he has so far failed in all accounts. The war in Iraq and Afghanistan are still going on as usual, now a daily routine for the Americans and the allied forces. He is still giving billions of dollar aid to Pakistan to continue global terrorism and in the last 8 months, he has failed to revive the American economy and provided succour to its citizen in terms of employment and health care… well, a man, whose government is directly aiding the terrorist outfits in Pakistan with dollars and sophisticated weapons is being given Nobel Peace Prize… well, the world is surely doomed!

How could the Nobel Prize committee do such a faux pas? How many billion of dollars were promised by Obama’s henchmen? Or were the jury members threatened by American generals of war in their respective countries??? Well, it surely is an insult, oops, INSULT in CAPITAL LETTERS! However, nothing is strange for these corrupt politicians… they buy and sell a deal over deadbodies dining and drinking champagne in crystal glasses. The world adores those who kill billions to make them historical figures and icons.