The JaDe Project - 7

Category: Awards

There are awards and there are self-thumping awards, but none like the Star Parivaar Awards. I mean, what the heck? Take a look at last year's award winners here, but more importantly, at the categories: A Best collection of Pati, Patni, Naya Sadasya, Khalnayak, Devar/ani, Jethani, Yogya Bahu, Saas/Sasur. All these are merrily laughable, but I draw the line at Best Saut - ROTFL-saying-WTF.

{Are there no Best Jeth, Best Chach[a | i] et al? Shows you what the pecking order is. And question: Does a Saut actress with a Bahu and Saas of herself qualify for all these categories? The possibilities are endless}

These awards are supposed to be for the entire Star Plus channels (if I am not mistaken), but by having Saut-ern categories, aren't they constraining the competition? It is a giant K-ego massage at best (no pun intended). We haven't even hit "Best JoDi" - I would have voted for Amitabh and Computer-ji if I could.

IMHO, the only time such paarivaarik awards could have been cool would have been if the Corleones or the Sopranos were involved. Imagine "Best Consigliere" or "Best Capo Regime" or "Best Two-timing family member".

I would watch the * Parivaars if they had awards like "Most Numerologically Powerful Title" or "Most Gruesome Makeup for Khalnaaikas". Everything else is just down of Saut.