National Award recognises both Airlift and Rustom performance: Priyadarshan

The outrage over Akshay Kumar winning the prestigious National Award for his performance in ‘Rustom’, has been questioned by Priyadarshan – the chairperson of the feature film section for the National Film Awards.

Questioning the selective outrage, the ‘Hera Pheri’ director said “I have heard of all that and I will answer it in a simple way. When Ramesh Sippy was jury head Amitabh Bachchan won. When Prakash Jha was head of the jury, Ajay Devgn won. None questioned at that time. So why all these questions are cropping up today?”

The director also said the National Award for Akshay Kumar recognised his performance in both Airlift and Rustom – but since the rule book required the jury to pick just one film, Rustom was mentioned in the list of award winners.

“Akshay was given the best actor on the basis of his performance in two films – Airlift and Rustom. It was the jury’s decision. One performance was dramatic and one was realistic. But according to the rule book, only one film can be mentioned and Rustom was mentioned in the list. But the award recognises his performance in both the movies”

On Friday, Akshay Kumar, one of the biggest names in the industry today, joined a elite list of mainstream actors who have found recognition from the National Awards – which is considered by many to be the most credible film award in the country.

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94 Comments

  • 6 back to back articles on Akshay Kumar’s winning NATIONAL AWARD…

    Superb job, Team…

  • Who cares for national film awards.
    National film awards do not deserve Srk and aamir

  • JURY MEMBERS OF NATIONAL AWARD..

    RAMESH SIPPY WINNER AMITJI
    PRAKASH JHA WINNER AJAY DEVGN
    SHARMILA TAGORE WINNER SAIF ALI KHAN
    PRIYADARSHAN WINNER AKSHAY..

    WAITING FOR KARAN JOHAR, KABIR KHAN AND RAJU HIRANI TO BE JURY MEMBERS.. U KNOW WHAT I MEAN..

    OR ELSE THESE TRIO OF KHANS ALTOUGH BEING SINGLE HANDEDLY CARRYING BOLLYWOOD FROM DECADES NEVER WON THE NATIONAL AWARD..

    #SHAME ON SUCH AWARDS

  • So priyadarshan want to say that amitabh & ajay won just bcoz jury was directors of their movies not bcoz they deserved it.

  • WTF..
    Any one can be jury??
    Yaar national award ho to neutral jury banao…
    Feeling disappointed for indian film award…

  • this proves that ajay ,akshay , saif and amit sir have national award only because of partiality done by jury still some think national award is prestigious and credible in this country only one award is credible which is filmfare and the person who wins that award is selected partially on basis of their performance and on basis of voting srk leads there and thats why he is king he dont require any fake national award given by fake jury

  • Indicine is now biased.. He is supporting lol, good going Indicine.. We didn’t expect this from you

  • Ha ha ha. People are already attacking him. Deep down, he knows Akshya doesn’t deserve it, but this opportunity has to be utilized appropriately. Good going sir!

  • Thanks to Akshay Kumar controversy, I at least came to know who are the jury members in national awards in some past years. Thanks Priyadarshan sir, came to know how the National awards function works.

    Btw would be better if Aish was awarded for Sarabjit movie as best actress as mentioned by him as only competition to the actress who won this year.

  • OK for a second ,we can assume that bcoz of priyadarshan akki was selected ,but my question is were the other jury members just a puppets in front of priyadarshan, definitely not.its an unanimous decision taken by all the team members..BTW ,why all the akki haters are barking as if akki had won award for regressive chandnichowk to China or a kambakht ishq type of movies.he won it for airlift n rustom combinedly n he was excellent in both those movies.kitna bhi bhonklo u can’t take away the fact that akki has won national award now.

  • Since Last 25 Years
    I thought Only Filmfare Awards are Fake
    But this Time
    Priyadarshan have Made Mockery of National Award
    Saying
    ‘We didnt give Award to
    Aamir because
    He does not attend Award Shows’
    Most STUPIDEST Comment I’ve ever Heard.
    That days are not Far when the Credibility of National Award will go Down Below Other Awards.

  • It was not an easy task to carry tge uniform and perform. .. and besidea aamir was at his best in dangal.. (also better than pk) bt it was not only his film cause th dangal gurls perfomed terrifyingly. .. and shahrukh khan’s performance was great in fan bt it flopped. . Bt akshay’s rustom and airlift was highly successful both critically and commercially… and staying for 25 years.. he has not won single award.. so what now if he wins national award. . He deserves it.. congrats akshay kumar

  • Priyadarshan ji Amitabh and Ajay Devgan are miles ahead of Akshay when it comes to acting nobody can dispute that. Without Prakash jha in the jury still many of us would not have questioned Ajay Sir because we all know with or without Prakash jha He can win and we won’t be surprise. Better you compare Akshay case with Said Ali khan for Hum tum when his mother was the head of the jury. Thank you. We Indians know when and who deserves a National award so we dont need your view.

  • @srk Abra ka dabra fan: yes,just like Filmfare jury was partial towards srk so many times in the past srk won awards.BTW,national awards too can be termed partial but definitely more
    Credible than Filmfare.

  • i really like ur stand of being neutral in this one @indicine respect not forcing ur personal views like what the other sites are doing

  • What is this all nonsense??? National awards name should be changed to political awards. So, much politics . Really , best actor akshya kumar for Rustam???? Even if he won for airlift. He isnot deserving. In both movie he has given average performance.

    After so many funny and horrible statement given by priyadarshan , anyone can know there is definitely something wrong.

  • He is nice in every dept…In comedy-Herapheri,Garam masala and many
    In lovestories-Namaste London
    In action-No one can ever reach there
    In all looks,all movie he can be integrated.
    He has his own limitations also..ie he can never excel like SRk in romance,like Ajay in serious..But then no one can do the movie which he had done in the way in which he worked…Bhai do sal me Dangal banaoge or 3 sal me Dhoom 3 banaoge,to acting to acchi honi chahiye hi…And Amir was never that much good in Dangal. I agree Akshay act is not much award-worthy in Rustom,but still could you compare Amir in Navy uniform standing in court,how small he will look,he will not be even qualify for naval exams.

  • Akshay deserves a National Award if not for Rustom, he has given many brilliant performances in the past. Priyadarshan was the first person who saw the comedy potential in Akshay and gave birth to a new actor through Hera Pheri, Garam Masala, Bhagam Bhag, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, De Dana Dan and Khatta Meetha. It won’t be an understatement to say that nobody would have done justice to these roles apart from Akshay.

    If you say Ajay was irreplaceable in TLOBS, Zakkhm and many more, Hrithik in Koi Mil Gaya, JA, Guzaarish, Shahrukh in CDI, Swades, Aamir in Lagaan, Pk. Then even Akshay was irreplaceable in all those Priyadarshan and other comedy films like Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, Singh is Kinng, etc. Tell me one actor who would done those roles as well as Akshay did. I don’t understand why people don’t consider doing comedy as versatile acting? Why only serious roles are considered versatile? Lot of actors like Amitabh Bachchan have also said how difficult it is to do comedy.

    I think it would have sounded better if they mentioned Airlift instead of Rustom, but it doesn’t matter which film it is, the fact is Akshay deserved always deserved a National Award and today he got it.

  • TLOBS had a power packed performance by Ajay. He was playing the role of our National Freedom fighter. That movie entered the skin of any truthful movie fan. Wasn’t it 2002? By then Prakash had not even directed Ajay until the following year and TLOBS was released last quarter of 2003. TLOBS apart from Best actor and feature Hindi film National award also won it for Filmfare Awards best Critics so it was a universally loved movie by every section it is only a guilty person like Priyadarshan that will start bringing filthy excuses and even calling names of some biggest elites of Mainstream cinema which is very unprofessional. Surprise you did not call Mac Mohan being Raveena Uncle when she also won a National. This guy is drunk.

  • I think indicine is happy On Akshay Kumar winning National Award ..! Just a guess

  • Just as i came to know abt priyadarshan being d head …i grew more skeptical of akkis award (was from d start,) …but now priyadarshan statement related to sippy saab ..Amit ji…..Jha …AJ…..makes me question d credibility even more ….and all ds directors i thought to b impartial…,….i mean if u select a head close to some leading actor who has had a release in dat year wd decent critical/commercial success….chances are he will walk away wd dat years national award …
    Ds is sad
    Only thing if i remember correctly AJ win for Bhagat Singh was well deserved …only question being of regional film actors dat year (cant recall) ……and i dnt know Amitji won for which one …….but its clear drs a pattern here ….conflict of interest possibly …….pls bring some credibility to d awards so dat dz things cnt b questioned

  • First ppl were like Akshay won it due to Patriotic image And now Start calling it biased decision by priyadrashn .

    Khan’s fans needs burnol especially amir SRK fans .
    Well deserved Winner . except it ..

  • Why are Khan fans being so depressed? Why pointing fingers on Akshay Paji? Get a life and cry harder. Yesss Akshay rocks! 6 back to back articles says a lot. Akshay deserved this. Entertaining us for decades at least he has the biggest prize of all. Even SRK has said it many times he is not complete till he wins National award.

  • 6 Articles? Kaunse planet pe? Count properly And R u bashing indicine or praising??

  • Who could imagine that 2 of the countries biggest Superstar Action heroes that were completely written off their earlier careers will be National Awards Winners for India cinema. This is called Versatility not continuous romance romance and Handkerchief dancing clowns. Indicine you rock lovely article.

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