Inspired by the Razzies, which honours the worst in Hollywood, the Ghanta Awards were started in 2010 by film critic Karan Anshuman and Prashant Rajkhowa. In its third year now, they have found wide support amongst filmgoers with tickets to the awards selling within hours and trending worldwide on Twitter. But they continue to receive a cold shoulder from the filmmakers.

“The Hindi film industry isn’t really known for laughing at itself,” laments Anshuman. “However, Uday Chopra tweeted saying he was most excited about winning the Worst Actor award in the first year. Also, we had once asked Rakhi Sawant to be our chief guest. She did pause and consider it for a moment before declining,” he laughs.