Leonardo DiCaprio’s emotionally and physically gruelling
performance as a vengeful frontiersman finally won him a best actor BAFTA (The
British Academy of Film and Television Arts) as his movie ‘The
Revenant’ dominated
the awards at the 2016 British film ceremony.
The night saw ‘The Revenant’ bag three of top awards of the
night, including ‘Best Picture’, ‘Best Actor’ for Leonardo and ‘Best Director’
for Alejandro Inarritu. The Mexican director described the win as
"overwhelming". He said DiCaprio's "talent and commitment"
to the "risky project" had "kept the film breathing".
DiCaprio, who plays fur-trapper Hugh Glass, said he was "humbled and honored"
and praised the influence of British actors on his acting career. He also used
his win to wish his mother a happy birthday. The film also won ‘Best Cinematography’
and ‘Best Sound’, rounding the total award count to 5 from its 8 nominations.
The next most successful film of the night was ‘Mad Max: Fury
Road’, which won 4 awards out of its 7
nominations in ‘Best Costume Design’, ‘Best Production Design’, ‘Best Makeup
& Hair’ and ‘Best Editing’.
Brie Larson won the ‘Best Actress’ award for her role as a
kidnapped mother in ‘Room’, while Mark Rylance won the ‘Best Supporting
Actor’ award for ‘Bridge Of Spies’. Kate Winslet won the ‘Best Supporting Actress’
award for ‘Steve Jobs’.
DiCaprio himself has described some of the scenes as the
hardest he has ever had to do, not least the unforgettable bear-mauling scene
in which the animal keeps on going back for more. His other experiences include
sleeping naked in a horse carcass, gorging on raw bison liver and going in and
out of a freezing Canadian river.
There was happy news for India too. Indian-British filmmaker
Asif Kapadia has won the BAFTA for his poignant documentary “Amy” on late
British singer Amy Winehouse. It is Kapadia’s third trophy at the
British Film Awards. He previously won for sports documentary “Senna” in 2012
and Irrfan Khan-starrer “The Warrior” in 2003.
Saeed Jaffrey, one of the first Indian actors to successfully
establish a career in both Hindi cinema and British movies, was paid tribute at
this year's Bafta awards. Jaffrey, a BAFTA nominee for 'My Beautiful
Laundrette', died at the age of 86 late in 2015. The actor was paid
tribute in the obituary section alongside Alan Rickman, Maureen O'Hara, Omar
Sharif, David Bowie, Ron Moody, Frank Finlay and Christopher Lee.
With the Golden Globe, SAG and BAFTA crowning Leonardo as the
Best Actor this year, his first Oscar is now bound to come.
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