What doesn’t affect NawazIJ
A National Award winning actor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui says he remains unaffected when his critically acclaimed movies fail to be recognised at any ‘commercial’ award ceremonies.
At most Bollywood award galas, it is Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Piku and Bajirao Mastani which won the top honours. Clearly, Nawazuddin's Manjhi — The Mountain Man has not been in the picture.
Siddiqui, who appeared at the 22nd lions Gold Awards, said, “Commercial awards don't affect me anymore. Those who get the awards, they feel happy and those who are not (getting any), feel upset.”
“This award (lions Gold Award) is important for me as they select only those actors whose performances have been really good, compared to other awards functions.”
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After the successful takeoff of his film Airlift, Akshay Kumar has thanked his fans for the love and support.
The film, which revolves around the evacuation of Indians from Kuwait during the 1990 Iraq-Kuwait war, on the opening day earned over Rs12 crore at the ticket window.
“I don't know how to thank you all for every ounce of all your love and support for #Airlift, feeling extremely humbled (sic),” Akshay tweeted.
‘Boycotting Oscar has worked’
Daniel Radcliffe says the threat of boycotting Oscars is already changing Hollywood. “I suppose in a way it's already been effective because there has been a reaction in terms of the Academy working on changing their policy,” the 26-year-old star said at the Sundance Film Festival premiere of his new indie drama Swiss Army Man. “It's the start of a conversation that feels like we shouldn't need anymore because particularly in this industry, we think of ourselves as being liberal (and) very progressive. We need to put our money where our mouth is.”
Earlier, Spike lee, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith said they weren't going to attend this year's Oscars because of the lack of diversity among the nominees.