W*F**kery of Priyadarshani - Criteria for NA - Page 2

Originally posted by: ImagineMe

Jury chair reasoning like this 😵 😵 😵 ... KILL ME !!!

Originally posted by: anonymous39

^Nothing. He's just looking for excuses for the bizarre selections. He obviously can't outright just say that he wanted to give it to his friends.

And Ash even being in the running is hilarious.

Weren't people here giving lectures about the body of work not mattering to justify some of their favorites getting the awards before? 😆

http://www.bollyarena.net/akshay-kumar-won-national-award-because-he-has-survived-for-so-long-priyadarshan/

Talking about National Awards, Priyadarshan said,"Bollywood films have not lost, but the regional cinema has excelled. New attempt and new content was there from the regional filmmakers' side. That's why they have dominated. It's not that Bollywood was bad. It's because these people were better."

"For the Best Actor category, we had four people in the final round. Akshay had two films. Mohanlal had three films. Besides them, two other Bengali actors were there. Akshay and Mohanlal were the main two contenders."

He justified Akshay Kumar's win by saying, "Sometimes, an actor looks impressive because of a tailor-made role. But that's not an actor. An actor is somebody who does different roles and survive for years... So considering that we found Akshay the suitable one."

By this logic, it seems that it was more of Lifetime Achievement Award, than for a performance. However Priyadarshan defended that by saying, "The selection criteria was basically on quality and the content of films. Regional films did well in both ways. With my 40 years' experience in this field, I kept it in my mind that I will look it (films) as a jury chairman. Also, the jury was equally supportive to me. There is no biased decision made in any of the categories. That's why you find a very well balanced result.

He also talked about India's biggest hit Dangal which released last year. "Dangal was recalled actually. I called it back to see it again. Dangal' missed out because of the powerful regional films. It's not because of anything else. Some of the Marathi and Bengali films were brilliant and better."

He also responded to the allegations. "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 jury, Ajay Devgn won. o none questioned at that time. So why all these questions are cropping up today.

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.