The Ghanta Awards (sometimes abbreviated as The Ghanta) is an award presented in recognition of the worst film in Bollywood. Founded by Prashant Rajkhowa and

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in 2010, the annual Ghanta Awards ceremony in Mumbai takes place about the same time as other major Bollywood awards. The awards themselves are a large golden bell that is typically used for idol worship. INvision Entertainment exclusively holds the IP rights for the Ghantas Since 2013. The Ghanta Awards is a live show shaped by online voting by the audience. The public can vote on 13 'worst of' categories. The first Ghanta Awards ceremony was held in February 2011 at Tian Santorini to honour the worst in film of the 2010 film season. The last 2 editions have been held at J W Marriott on 15 February 2013 & 14 March 2014 respectively. The Ghanta Awards 2015 are slated to be held at the same venue on 8 March 2015 & 2021 (which is the last edition).

Historical Categories

* Worst Film of the Year * Worst Actor of the Year * Worst Actress of the Year * Worst Director of the Year * Worst Supporting Actor of the Year * Worst Supporting Actress of the Year * Worst Couple of the Year * Worst Song of The Year * Worst Remake, Rip-off, Sequel of the year * Worst Holier-than-thou Movie * WTF Was That..!! * That's Anything But Sexy

Categories For 2015 edition

* Worst Film * Worst Director * Worst Actor * Worst Actress * Worst Song * Worst Debut * WTF Was That! * That's Anything But Sexy * Most Controversial Controversy * Worst Couple * Worst Miscasting * Worst Brand Endorsement * Worst Supporting Role * Shit Nobody Saw

Format

Awarding process

Earlier, mainstream media film critics such as Rajeev Masand and Karan Anshuman picked the nominees and put them out for public vote on the awards' website. Voting closed a day before the event. Thousands of film enthusiasts usually participate in voting. Since 2014, the nominees have been decided by an internal team of professional writers and film enthusiasts at the company that manages the event.

Ceremony

The ceremony, typically held around the same time as other popular Bollywood film awards, is hosted by stand-up comedians of repute (the comedy group East India Comedy since 2014) and is interspersed with sketches mocking the worst film of the year nominees. Collecting in person Most winners do not attend the ceremony to collect their awards. Notable exceptions include

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(Mausam/WTF Was That) and

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(Grand Masti/That's Anything But Sexy).

Winners

2011

1st Ghanta Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

2012

2nd Ghanta Awards (2012) Nominees and Winners. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

2013

2014

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For ''Himmatwala'' Worst Actress:

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'' Worst Couple:

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'' Worst Supporting Actor:

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'' Shit Nobody Saw: ''

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'' Worst Remake: ''

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'' That's Anything But Sexy: ''

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'' Kuoting Krap With Karan:

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2015

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'' Worst Director: Farah Khan for '' Happy New Year'' Worst Actress: * Sonakshi Sinha for ''

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'' * Ajay Devgn for Action Jackson * Salman Khan for Kick * Arjun Kapoor for Gundey WTF was That!: Ajay Devgn’s genitals being a good luck charm in '' Action Jackson'' Anything But Sexy: Sonakshi Sinha as a Boxer in ''

'' Special Sajid Khan Lifetime Achievement Award:

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'' Worst Brand Endorsement:

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for Cleavage Gate! Worst Couple:

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'' Worst Debut:

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2016

In April 2016, the nominees for the awards were announced, with the winners being named the following month. Worst Film *Shandaar *Roy *Prem Ratan Dhan Payo *Bombay Velvet Worst Director *Vikas Bahl - Shaandaar *Karan Malhotra - Brothers *Mohit Suri- Humari Adhoori Kahani *Vikramjeet Singh- Roy Worst Actor *Ritesh Deshmukh- Bangistan *Arjun Rampal- Roy' *Arjun Kapoor- Tevar Worst Actress *Anushka Sharma - Bombay Velvet *Aishwarya Rai - Jazbaa *Sunny Leone - Ek Paheli Leela/ kuch kuch locha hai *Sonam Kapoor- Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo/Dolly Ki Doli *Sonakshi Sinha- Tevar Worst Song *Ke dil kare chu cha chu cha - Singh is Bliing *Paani Waala Dance- Kuch Kuch Locha hai *Banno Tera Sweater (Swagger) *Daddy Mummy - Bhaag Johnny *Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo- Title Track Worst Debut *Athiya Shetty - Hero *Sooraj Pancholi - Hero *Kapil Sharma - Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon *Karan Singh Grover- Hate Story 3/Alone *Mandana Karimi- Bhaag Johnny Worst Supporting Actor *Varun Dhawan - Dilwale *Pulkit Samrat- Bangistan/Dolly ki Doli *Jackky Bhagnani- Welcome to Karachi *Neil Nitin Mukesh - "Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo" WTF Was That! *Guddu ki Gun *Dil Dhadakne Do Dog Narration (Aamir Khan) *Kattapa ne Bahubali ko kyu maara? *

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(Manish Paul and Ravi Kishan) *Shamitabh Worst Couple *Anil Kapoor- Nana Patekar in Welcome Back *Bipasha one- Bipasha two in Alone *Karan Johar- Ranbir Kapoor in

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Dolly Ki Doli ''Dolly Ki Doli'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy- drama film, directed by debutant Abhishek Dogra and produced by actor Arbaaz Khan under his production house Arbaaz Khan Productions. The film stars Sonam Kapoor in the title rol ...

*Amitabh-Dhanush in

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Worst Miscasting *Jacqueline Fernandes as a Filmmaker in Roy *Ajay Devgn as an Intelligent Family Man in Drishyam *Emraan Hashmi as an Invisible Man in Mr X *Karan Johar as Gangster in Bombay Velvet *Sunny Deol in I love NY as an eligible bachelor Most Controversial Controversy *Anushka Sharma blamed for Virat Kohli poor performance, and he replying back *Spectre Kissing scene edited for Indian viewership (Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan!) *Kangana calling Hrithik her "silly ex" and everything that followed Shit Nobody Saw *

Hawaizaada ''Hawaizaada'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi drama film written, directed and produced by Vibhu Puri along with Reliance Entertainment. Inspired by the biography of Shivkar Bapuji Talpade, the film stars Ayushmann Khurrana, Mithun Chakraborty and Pal ...

* Mr. X * Welcome to Karachi * All Is Well *

Hunterrr ''Hunterrr'' is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language adult comedy film written and directed by Harshavardhan Kulkarni. The film stars Gulshan Devaiah, Radhika Apte and Sai Tamhankar. The film revolves around an unassuming sex addict and his lustful j ...

Ab Tak Chhappan 2 ''Ab Tak Chhappan 2'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film produced by Raju Chada and Gopal Dalvi. The film is directed by Aejaz Gulab and scripted by Nilesh Girkar. The film stars Nana Patekar in the lead role. It also stars ...

*Hamari Adhuri Kahani The Ghanta Tweet of the year *Sunil Grover *Rishi Kapoor *Abhishek Bachchan *Hrithik Roshan

References

External links

Ghanta Awards Official Website

''Ghanta Awards-2102'' Official Bindass Youtube Channel
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