Indian award shows: It's a drag, literally

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The other day, while watching a repeat telecast of last year's Stardust Awards, I couldn't help but wonder how poorly executed our awards shows are. When I switched on the television Shahid Kapoor was gyrating to a medley of songs on stage. I'll be honest, I was surfing and I stopped only to watch Shahid dance like a dream. Soon the hunk was joined by Nargis Fakhri on the stage to dance on 'Munni'. Needless to say, Ms Fakhri completely butchered the song with her dead pan expressions while Shahid desperately tried to save the act with his amazing dancing skills. After an elaborate 'nach gana' on no particular theme, Shahid suddenly called actress Rekha on stage to give away an award and then 'surprised' her by awarding her the Lifetime Achievement Award. In between, Rekha and Shahid pretended to have an impromptu conversation about why she was....