Originally posted by: atominis
Diljit is probably being sidelined due to his open vocal stand on contentious political issues. Same as Kangana.
Award juries like to play safe. Aamir, Anupam, Naseer, Paresh, Ratna, Shabana are others who were slowly sidelined by commercial awards after their vocal, open stand on political issues.
Brands like to play safe. Abhishek is diplomatic and non controversial, hence easy to give awards, besides being a nepo kid which gives him distinct advantage over Diljit or a film like Jogi based on 1984.
Yeah but Haidar was a controversial film it still won awards. So was Udta Punjab. But a lot of Bollywoodites are loyal to congress. But come on look at this scene. And tell me it did not deserve recognition. Even the actor in Darlings was more deserving then Abhishek. IMO
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