Filmfare Awards withdraw Kangana Ranaut's nomination after ‘false accusation’, will take legal action

Kangana Ranaut took to Instagram stories on Sunday and claimed that she would sue the leading magazine Filmfare for nominating her in the Best Actress category for ‘Thalaivii’. She wrote that it is 'beneath her dignity, work ethics and value system' to be a part of such 'corrupt' practices like Filmfare.

‘I've banned unethical, corrupt, and totally unfair practices like @filmfare since 2014, but since I have been getting many calls from them for attending their award function this year as they want to give me an award for Thalaivii... I am shocked to know that they are still nominating me. It is beneath my dignity, work ethics, and value system to encourage such corrupt practices in anyway, that is why I have decided to sue @filmfare ... thanks,’ read her note.

Earlier, Kangana called for a boycott of the Oscars and Grammys when they did not pay In Memorium tributes to veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar. ‘We must take strong stands against any local awards who claim to be international and yet ignore and intentionally sideline legendary artists because of their race or ideologies... both Oscar and Grammy failed to give tribute to Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar Ji... our media should totally boycott these biased local events who claim to be global awards...,’ Kangana wrote on her Instagram Stories. She also wrote, ‘We should boycott these snooty western awards.’

Now, Filmfare has revoked the actor’s nomination. In a statement, the magazine said, ‘It pains us at Filmfare, today, to be subjected to unwarranted malicious remarks by Ms. Kangana Ranaut. For six decades, Filmfare Awards, and Filmfare, at large, has been a platform that celebrates and honours talent in the Film Industry impartially and with utmost transparency. It is our strong ethic that has helped us in gaining the trust of our audiences and the film industry. As is customary during the awards, Filmfare’s Executive Editor informed Ms. Ranaut about her nomination in the Best Actor in a Leading Role, Female Category and asked her for her address to send across the invitation.’

They also shared an excerpt from their message to Kangana and said that at no time was there any insinuation of an award being given to her or any request for performance at the event made. They called the accusation made by Kangana ‘patently false’ and said that their invitation to her was an effort in bringing together everyone in a collective celebration of what brings this nation together, i.e. Indian Cinema.

Concluding the statement, Filmfare announced that they are revoking Kangana’s nomination and they reserve all rights to pursue any legal action against her malicious and defamatory statements tarnishing their reputation and goodwill.

Kangana was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role this year for ‘Thalaivii’ along with Kiara Advani, Kriti Sanon, Parineeti Chopra, and Taapsee Pannu, and Vidya Balan.

Previously, she has been awarded four Filmfare Awards including Best Debut for ‘Gangster’, Best Supporting Actress for ‘Fashion’, Best Actress for ‘Queen’, and Best Actress (Critics) for ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’.

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