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The awards season begins next month. The most popular jodi of B-Town, Shah Rukh and Saif Ali Khan may not come together this year.

Their act had the lacking-in-sense-of-humour B-Town folks squirming in their seats. After the incensed reaction from the fraternity, the two actors decided not to pursue their act this year.

Fix

This year around, the Morani brothers who organise the popular award show are in the fix. They want to maintain the standard of the show and are trying to convince SRK to do the show. They are also trying to rope in stand up comic Russell Peters. It is not clear if he will co-host with Shah Rukh, or be the solo emcee.

A source says, "Shah Rukh and Saif have managed to annoy a number of B-Town biggies with their act but it's child's play compared to what Russell Peter does to crowds on his shows. The industry people really need to develop a sense of humour. They have to learn to laugh at themselves and not take themselves so seriously."

If the Moranis manage to bring down Peters for the awards, it will be a huge accomplishment. Russell, an Indian by birth, is rated as one of the world's best comics. He recently had a show in India, which was packed and attended by many celebs. The audience adores him and his punch lines. This year his show went house full as soon as it was announced. One of his unique selling points has been his take off on Hindi movies."

Russell's riots!

At Russell's recent Mumbai show, there were many film personalities. He made it a point to pick on B-Town people in the crowd. Those who bore the major brunt were Sikandar Kher, Neha Dhupia and Aishwarya Rai (who was absent). While Neha took all his jokes in the right spirit, Kher really took offense and at one point even contemplated walking out of the show.