"I won't go up and pick Filmfare," says Salman Khan in a video which has gone viral

GUWAHATI: An old video of Salman criticising Filmfare has emerged after netizens were quick to point out that Gully Boy directed by Zoya Akhtar won all the major awards beating some more deserving nominations at the 65th Filmfare Awards ceremony in Guwahati. Post the ceremony, #BoycottFilmfare was trending on Twitter.

In the viral video, Salman Khan is saying, "I think the people who don't have confidence in themselves want awards. I won't go up and pick Filmfare or any stupid award. National Award mile toh that's prestigious. That I'll go and pick."

Rangoli Chandel , sister of Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, also took a dig at Karan Johar and Alia Bhatt . She tweeted, " Alia got award for her mediocre performance last year, she has a long way to go but still she was in the lead role, how do you get lead role award in a supporting role is beyond me."

Here’s the list of wins for Gully Boy from 65^th Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020.

Best actor (male) : Ranveer Singh (Gully boy)

Best actor (female) : Alia Bhatt (Gully Boy)

Best Director: Zoya Akhtar for ‘Gully Boy’

Best Film (Popular) : Gully Boy

Best Dialogue : Vijay Maurya for ‘Gully Boy’

Best Screenplay Award: Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Gully Boy’

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female) – Amruta Subhash, Gully Boy

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male) – Siddhant Chaturvedi, Gully Boy

Best Music Album – Gully Boy and Kabir Singh

Best Lyrics – Divine and Ankur Tewari for Apna Time Aayega (Gully Boy)

Best Background Score – Karsh Kale and the Salvage Audio Collective, Gully Boy

Best Cinematography – Jay Oza, Gully Boy

Best Production Design – Suzanne Caplan Merwanji, Gully Boy

It may be mentioned that the first Filmfare Awards function was held at Mumbai Metro Cinema Hall on March 21 in 1954. Do Bigha Zameen was judged as the best film at the first function. The Filmfare Statuette is generally made of bronze — its height is 46.5 cm and it weighs around five kg.

This is the first time, the grand event was held outside Mumbai.

The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest film events in India.

ATDC Chairman Jayanta Malla Barua had earlier said that the sole purpose of holding the Filmfare Awards function in Guwahati is to promote Assam’s huge tourism potential by involving Bollywood. He said since the State will give all logistics to the organizer, the event will highlight Assam as one of the best tourist destinations in India.

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