At the 89th Academy Awards, a tribute was paid to late legendary actor Om Puri. Post the award function, actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui criticized popular award functions of India for not doing the same.
Nawaz told to the tabloid about his not so usual tweets, "After Omji’s death, whichever award function happened, his name wasn’t even mentioned. Though I must admit that I don’t know how many of them took place. As an actor, you feel bad because he was a legend, who made a huge contribution to not only Indian but also world cinema, if not more. As they say, ‘two words’ could have been spoken about him as a tribute."
The acclaimed actor says, "In fact, I want to clarify that my emphasis is only on popular award functions and not the country or the film industry. They have become very shallow. Sometimes, I feel that they should shut down," he explains.
On attending only few award functions, "Yes, I don’t. In fact, I have requested them not to nominate me in any of their categories. I get irritated if I get nominated."
Nawaz says at last, "They have lost their seriousness and credibility. Not just me, everyone has now started saying the same thing. It would be better if they shut down such functions and have a song-and-dance evening to create an episode where all the celebrities also converge. But let’s not call them award functions because awards are supposed to be prestigious. Upcoming actors and the even general public look up to them. But actually, no one is bothered about them now and nobody even remembers who all got the awards last year."
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