When the 64th National Film Awards was pronounced, it
received varied reactions from people. One of the controversies which created a
big debate on social media was Akshay Kumar receiving the award for Rustom.
This is the not the first time the National Awards was
questioned for its winner list. Back in 2005, Saif Ali Khan won the
Best Actor National Film Award for his act in Hum Tum.
During at a communication with a famous tabloid, when Saif
was questioned about this controversy, he specified, "There has been an
uproar about Akshay's win at the National Awards. Someone joked if I can get National
Award for Hum Tum, it’s okay for Akshay Kumar to win. A lot of
people actually think I won for Omkara, not Hum Tum. I take a little
offence when people joke about my National Award win."
He even spoke about intolerance and people giving back their
awards. He further added, "People have been saying that I should give my
award back but I don’t agree with that. If someone is unhappy with the
institution and wants to return his or her award, it’s great. Maybe it was a
publicity thing… I honestly don’t know."
Saif added, "We are still developing and finding our
identity… Everything can’t be judged by the same standard. We have modernised
due to television and fashion coming in but in our thinking, we are still years
behind the west. They also went through their times of insane nationalism. They
finally came out of it and look more sorted today. So, maybe we also need to go
through this. Maybe, we need to stir things up. People need to express their
opinions and then get into trouble for that. And one day eventually, find a
level. And we are doing that right now."
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