As it turns out, it’s not just Kangana Ranaut who thinks Bollywood award shows have become a joke. By giving the Best Film Award to Golmaal Again and ignoring a critically-acclaimed film like Newton at the recently-held Zee Cine Awards, the industry has made its priorities clear. And now a series of tweets from lyricist Raj Shekhar, who has penned lyrics for movies like Tanu Weds Manu, Tanu Weds Manu Returns and Qarib Qarib Singlle, have further strengthened the claims.
Shekhar shared on Twitter how he was excited about his first movie Tanu Weds Manu. He was also hopeful about getting nominated for penning the songs which got him widespread appreciation. But that didn’t happen. He tweeted:
पहली फ़िल्म में ही बहुत कुछ समझ गए थे. 2011.Tanu Weds Manu आयी थी.आप लोग की तारीफ़ से लगा की हम भी कुछ अच्छा लिखे हैं. पर उस साल सबसे ‘प्रतिष्ठित’ अवार्ड के लिए बेस्ट लिरिक्स में TWM के किसी गाने को अवार्ड मिलना तो दूर नॉमिनेशन तक नहीं मिला. हमको लगा कोई बात नहीं..1/2 @aktalkies
— Raj Shekhar (@rajshekharis) December 24, 2017
In his next tweet, Shekhar expressed he thought songs in 7 Khoon Maaf, Rockstar and Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara deserved getting nominated. But on seeing Chammak Challo from Ra.One receiving a nomination, Shekhar understood how the industry functioned. He wrote:
2/2
लगा..सात ख़ून माफ़, राक्स्टार और ज़िंदगी ना मिलेगी दोबारा में कमाल के गाने थे..शायद अपना लिखा उस तरह का नहीं लगा हो.. पर नॉमिनेशन में देखा- YOU ARE MY छम्मक छल्लो for BEST LYRICS!
मैंने मन ही मन कहा ओके ब्रो! चक इट!
हमको त मालूमे है जन्नत की हक़ीक़त लेकिन.. @aktalkies— Raj Shekhar (@rajshekharis) December 24, 2017
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There are high chances Raj Shekhar was referring to Filmfare Awards. The nominations of the 2012 Filmfare Awards for Best Lyricist were:
Irshad Kamil – Nadaan Parindey from Rockstar
Gulzar – Darling from 7 Khoon Maaf
Irshad Kamil – Sadda Haq from Rockstar
Javed Akhtar – Senorita from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Vishal Dadlani and Niranjan Iyengar – Chammak Challo from Ra.One
Eventually, Nadaan Parindey won and Irshad Kamil bagged the award.
A still from Nadaan Parindey
In a podcast for Saavn, Kangana Ranaut also called out the awards a sham and recalled an incident when she was not honoured simply because she was stuck in traffic. She said,
I was supposed to receive the award for supporting cast for Life In A Metro. I got stuck in traffic. I started getting calls asking ‘where are you’. The hysteria and panic that I experienced, I didn’t make it and Soha (Ali Khan) got it for Rang De Basanti.
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Referring to Filmfare Awards, Kangana then added,
Deepika Padukone got an award for Happy New Year. And they didn’t give me an award for Queen as I didn’t show up. The next year they made sure I didn’t get the Best Actress award for Tanu Weds Manu Returns and later I got the National Award. Then they got trolled.
Kangana’s statements led to Filmfare’s editor Jitesh Pillai’s take to Twitter to defend the move.
Apparently Kangana Ranaut has given a radio interview where she says I told her she was winning for krrish. Is she hallucinating? I’ve never had a conversation with her about krrish
— J (@jiteshpillaai) December 19, 2017
Kangana further adds that the Filmfare team doesn’t talk to her. We just shot a cover with her in August in London. Our team was present having a wonderful time with her pic.twitter.com/Q0cNwZVj9j
— J (@jiteshpillaai) December 19, 2017
Well, Pillai may have tried to defend him and the publication but the writing on the wall is clear: Bollywood film Awards are a joke.
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