Unveiling Shekhar Kapoor's Decision on Sridevi's National Award

By Bollyy 06 Dec 2023 in Birthday Special

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Unveiling Shekhar Kapoor's Decision on Sridevi's National Award — Shekhar Kapoor

Famous Bollywood director Shekhar Kapur is celebrating his birthday today. Mr. Director Shekhar Kapur, who has made excellent films like India, Yuva, and Dil Se, is often in the news for his outspoken statements. He often targets leaders. Last year, Shekhar Kapur had opposed giving the National Award to Sridevi.

In the year 2018, Sridevi was given the Best Actress Award (posthumously) for her performance in the film Mom. This is Sridevi's first National Film Award. But do you know that Shekhar Kapoor was against Sridevi getting the National Award.

Shekhar Kapur's Candid Admission

Before announcing Sridevi's name for Best Actress, Shekhar Kapur had said, 'I promise it is not because she was close to me. Every morning when I come here I tell everyone to vote again. I used to look at everyone, talk to them and say that Sridevi's name should not be there...not Sridevi.'

Shekhar Kapur's Dilemma

Shekhar Kapur had also said that, 'Often we used to vote and every time Sridevi's name came up. It was I who fought that Sridevi's name could not be there. We all were emotionally connected to Sridevi to some extent. I always used to say that don't give him awards because he is no longer with us. Doing this would be unfair to other girls. He too has worked hard for ten to twelve years. It's about his career too.'

Let us tell you that at that time, the chairman of the National Film Awards Committee was Shekhar Kapur and the 10-member panel included actress Gautami Tadimala, director P Seshadri, lyricist Mehboob, Ranjit Das, Rajesh Mapuskar, Anirudh Roy Chowdhury, writers Imtiaz Hussain, Tripurari Sharma and Rumi Jaffee. Were.

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