The 64th National Film Awards were announced on Friday to honour the best of Indian performances in 2016. While social media was flooded with congratulatory messages for all the winners, there was an air of surprise and shock when some of the awards were announced.
Akshay's win was much celebrated and social media went ahead calling him the most deserving actor. The announcement of the special jury award for Mohanlal made his day all the more special. It was another feather in the cap for the actor basking in the success of back-to-back hits.
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But as always, there were disappointments as well. Out of the many Priyadarshan films, Mohanlal has always been his number-one choice and Akshay Kumar has done most of Priyan's Bollywood movies. And this is no secret. While many said the jury chairman Priyadarshan gave the awards as a token of friendship, others opined that Aamir Khan and Vinayakan were the more deserving ones. Priyadarshan even said it was a close race between Akshay and Mohanlal. And trolls surfaced online in no time. Check out a few hilarious responses:
Well, in 2005 Saif Ali Khan got the best actor award for his performance in the film, Hum Tum, many blamed that Saif's mom Sharmila Tagore, who headed the Censor Board of India then, influenced the decision of the National Film Awards jury.
Did Priyadarshan unfairly reward his buddies this year? trollers ask. And with this, we rest our case!
