The 65th Filmfare Awards left fans and critics stunned as Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy won in all major categories.
On Saturday, the popular, albeit 8 Mile rip-off, sweep all the major awards as Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt took home the Best Actor and Actress Awards respectively while Zoya got the coveted title of Best Director.
While Gully Boy was an overall good movie, it paled in comparison to some of the other nominees.
Rigging at Filmfare Awards?
Fans and critics felt disappointed and believe the awards were fixed. One such disgruntled fan decided to make his feelings known by editing the Filmfare page on Wikipedia. After the awards on Saturday, someone had edited the page to list Gully Boy as the film which won the most number of awards, but added “paid award” in brackets. Ouch.
By winning thirteen awards, Gully Boy overtook Rani Mukherji and Amitabh Bachchan’s Black, which had been honored with eleven awards back in 2006.
A huge milestone that did not sit well with moviegoers, who felt that 2019 saw a flurry of remarkable films like Article 15 or even Super 30, and that these deserved accolades more than Zoya Akhtar’s rap-film.
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Here’s what people on social media have to say:
Is #FilmfareAward2020 was a joke. Many performances in 2019 apart from #GullyBoy deserves huge appreciation.
— SAHIL DUBEY (@SAHILDU47524402) February 16, 2020
#GullyBoy took 13 awards at #FilmfareAward2020 ! This is the condition of India, instead of giving any major awards to the creative films like Super 30, Article 15 etc., they are obsessed with one Hardich Film!
How can you expect India to win any Oscar ever🙂#BoycottFilmFare— 🖤D϶TÅ🖤 (@DiptayanM) February 16, 2020
Go home @filmfare … You’re drunk af !!
Feel sorry for you @manojmuntashir @BPraak #FilmfareAward2020 #BestLyrics pic.twitter.com/UkjGKFG5N0
— Yo Yo Funny Singh (@moronhumor) February 16, 2020
Even lyricist Manoj Muntashir from the film Kesari, found it quite offensive that ‘Apna Time Ayega’ was picked over ‘Teri Mitti’, a patriotic song from the Akshay Kumar starrer-film.
He wrote on social media, lashing out at the jury,
“You failed to honor the words which made millions of Indians cry and care for their motherland. It would be a great disrespect to my art if I still continue caring for you. So here I bid you a final good bye. I officially announce- I won’t attend any award show till I breathe my last. Alvida.”
What do you think, did Gully Boy deservedly won all the awards or not? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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In my opinion all awardsv&,reality shows are fixed and there is no merit.
As per my opinion all awardsv&,reality shows are fixed and there is no merit.
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