":You have turned it into a fan argument which I often see on blogs and chats and again started throwing accusations and attacking me. I did not say you hate Bollywood. Did I? Huh.. The Aamir Khan bit particularly made me. So what if he doesn't attend them? He attended the 1989 ceremony happily and got a nice award and after having several unsuccessful nominations, decided to do what he does. BTW, A. R. Rahman, the one who is concerned here, does attand them.   
 :Well you must be kidding now, Times of India is the best selling daily newspaper, it's one. Two, it's not a poll, it has both noted public votes and a committee of experts who decide the winners. And apart from this, a respected jury of critics, whose way of working is similar to NFA. Filmfare's format is modelled after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. And it gets worldwide recognition. 
 :And please, if you put Filmfare aside, there's IIFA and Screen Awards, which are both notable, important and significantly recognised. 
 :Now I will be also honest enough to say that I respect National Awards the most because it's a function that respects the smallest of the films with the lowest of budgets in different Indian language, regardless of its market value. That's why I fought to add it to infoboxes back in time when only Filmfare was recognised there. But Filmfare is as veteran, prominent and nationally recognised, even if you try to ignore it. 
 :Whatever you may do or say or claim, you cannot deny Filmfare's importance and high status. Many editors would agree with me on that. I just have to send a few messages to have them all here sharing their opinions, but I'm not interested to do that because the verdict of this so called issue is more than clear to both you and me. 
 :Oh btw, what about the State sources?  • ''''  

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