Kangana Ranaut Slams Filmfare Awards, Calls It "Unethical, Corrupt Practice"

Kangana Ranaut has decided to sue a film magazine for inviting her to their awards night and also for nominating her for an award for her work in biopic Thalaivii. The actor shared a note on Instagram, explaining her decision.

Ranaut is nominated in Best Actress in a Leading Role this year for Thalaivii alongside Kiara Advani, Kriti Sanon, Parineeti Chopra, Taapsee Pannu and Vidya Balan.

Kangana Ranaut to sue Filmfare

Sharing a lengthy note on Instagram, the actor wrote, “I’ve banned unethical, corrupt and totally unfair practices like Filmfare since 2014, but since I have been getting many calls from them for attending their award function this year as they want to give me award for Thalaivii… I am shocked to know that they are still nominating me. It is beneath my dignity, work ethics and value system to encourage such corrupt practices in anyway, that is why I have decided to sue Filmfare … thanks.”

Elaborating further on her stance, Ranaut questioned the purpose of the awards, "Back in 2013, Filmfare clearly told me that if I don’t attend their award show or dance on the stage, I won’t get awards and I made clear to them back in 2013 that I will never attend anything which is morally deprived and unethical. So when they know I won’t attend and as a policy they won’t give awards to those who don’t attend so why nominations?? Making desperate blackmailing calls to attend awards after pitted against mediocre work… what is the purpose of all this.”

After this uproar, Filmfare has withdrawn Ranaut's Best Actress nomination and put out a long statement calling her remarks 'unwarranted malicious' and also stated her accusations as false. The statement read, "We reserve all rights to pursue any legal action against her malicious and defamatory statements tarnishing our reputation and goodwill."

The actress will be next seen in the own directorial venture Emergency, a biographical drama inspired by the life of India’s first female Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. Co-written by Ritesh Shah, the film is also made under the actor’s own production banner, Manikarnika Films.

“It is not the biopic of Indira Gandhi, it is a grand period film, to be precise a political drama that will help my generation to understand (the) socio-political landscape of current India,” said the actor in a statement.

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