Superstar
Mahesh
Babu-Koratala
Siva's
Srimanthudu
bagged
six
awards
at
the
first
edition
of
IIFA
Utsavam.
Of
the
12
award
categories,
Srimanthudu
managed
to
fetch
the
most
sought-after
ones
like
Best
Actor
in
Leading
Role
and
Best
Actress
in
Leading
Role.
Though
Mahesh
and
Shruti
Haasan
deserve
them
for
pulling
off
their
roles
with
ease,
the
jury's
choice
is
receiving
a
lot
of
criticism,
since
many
opine
that
Prabhas
is
fitting
to
get
his
due
for
Baahubali.
Neverthless,
Baahubali
bagged
five
awards
at
the
event,
including
the
Best
Picture
and
Best
Director.
But
the
fan
wars
among
Mahesh
Babu
and
Prabhas
fans
are
giving
rise
to
the
discussions,
if
Mahesh
really
deserves
it
over
Prabhas.
However,
the
worthy
point
to
note
of
all
that
it
is
being
said
is,
IIFA
Utsavam
announce
its
awardees
on
the
basis
of
public
voting
system,
conducted
on
their
website
prior
to
the
awards
ceremony.
Apparently,
the
myth
that
awards
are
only
presented
to
the
actors/actresses,
who
are
willing
to
attend
the
event,
is
adding
fuel
to
the
fan
wars.
The
downside
of
the
awards
and
the
lack
of
transparency
in
the
polling
system
are
largely
in
debate,
making
the
awards
lose
its
credibility.
Perhaps,
it
is
just
not
about
IIFA
Utsavam,
but
all
the
award
ceremonies
that
we
have
today.
So,
the
discussion
'if
Mahesh
deserves
it
or
Prabhas
deserves
it',
has
now
moved
on
to'
whether
the
awards
hold
any
esteem?'.
Albeit,
there
is
also
an
argument
that
if
all
the
award
ceremonies
continue
to
glorify
'only'
Baahubali
and
its
cast
and
crew,
then
the
awards
this
year
will
go
single-handed,
making
the
other
releases
of
the
year
appear
disregarded.
A
few
opine
that
it
is
going
to
be
a
controversy
in
any
which
way
if
we
go
on
discussing.
What
is
fair
and
what
is
unfair
will
always
remain
a
point
of
conflict,
and
we
stick
to
this
take.