B-Town takes a call: will you still laugh if the joke's on you?
B-Town takes a call: will you still laugh if the joke's on you?
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Last night at the Star Screen awards, Ashutosh Gowarikar and host Sajid Khan had a verbal jhagda on stage.
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Last year, Vinod Chopra had taken objection to some cracks made at him and his films at an awards function.
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Hosts Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan too have recieved flak for their funny acts on stage. We asked actors and filmmakers from the industry what they think of this lighthearted ribbing. Read on...
Riteish Deshmukh: I wasn't present at the awards so I'm unaware of the comments made on the films. Sajid's a brand and has his own style of humour.
He has been doing this for more than ten years and the public loves him for that. About making fun of films and friends in the industry at an award function should be taken in the right spirit. We loved SRK doing it and we love Sajid doing it too.
Goldie Behl: Humour is good. But not at the cost of getting personal. Humour is highly subjective. What's funny according to one person, may be offensive to the other.
I think it is the responsibility of various award organisers to decide how they wish to position their awards. Humour at the Academy awards is different from that at MTV Movie awards, or a Russell Peters show.
Katrina Kaif: I think It's just light-hearted comedy and that it shouldn't be taken too seriously. It's the entertainment industry, after all.
Sanjay Gupta: Anything done in moderation with dignity and grace is acceptable, but I feel these three things are sorely lacking at award function these days. Ultimately, award functions are held to facilitate the hard work put in by filmmakers. Let's not forget that.
John Abraham: I wasn't there when the incident happen- ed, so it would be imprudent for me to comment on the issue. I wasn't upset with the Dostana act, it was a Dostana night and Sajid was really funny.
Shilpa Shetty: Humour has a limit. It's funny when the joke is not on you. You can't hit below the belt, especially at film awards functions where the entire fraternity is present.
I don't mind if people crack jokes on me as long as it's not very personal like Chunky had made on Koena last year.
It's best to take things with a pinch of salt but we should also realise that we are creative people who are sensitive and eccentric.
The slightest things can trigger off a nasty reaction while the meanest of jokes can get an amused response.
Abhishek Kapoor: I guess it would depend on how charming the host is!
Vishal Dadlani: Though I don't know what happened, I think it's important to have a sense of humour.
Anurag KashyAp: I like it. We should develop a sense of humour and learn to laugh at ourselves. Sometimes it gets sensitive. But we should learn to let it go. It's all fun and games.
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