Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Bollywood
superstar Amitabh Bachchan in his blog has lashed out against Shatrughan
Sinha's insinuations that the nominations list of the International
Indian Film Academy awards were fixed.
He says in the blog: "A section of the print media carried comment from
my colleague and friend and neighbor, Mr Shatrughan Sinha. It reportedly
quoted his reactions to the nomination list of the IIFA Awards, wherein
he has purportedly stated that " Sab kissika beta hai, ya kissiki bahu,
ya kissiki biwi " , and the media adding there interpretation to it,
stating that this was directed to a particular family of 'guru' fame.
I believe what is being insinuated is that there is partiality or some
'fixing' in the choice of the nominations carried by IIFA. And as the
report concluded, the indication was towards one family, not difficult
to guess which one.
I am surprised at this observation, especially since, during the time of
the National Award selection for Best Actress in one of the past years,
when the Award went to Raveena Tandon, it was alleged that Mr Shatrughan
Sinha's wife, the lovely and graceful Poonam, a great friend of
Raveena's mother had recommended the appointment of MacMohan, the
brother of Raveena's mother, on the board of the Jury ( structured by
the Govt., in power - in this case the BJP, of which Mr Sinha was a
Minister of State ) in order that he may cast his vote in favor of
Raveena Tandon.
If this alleged story is true then i do value Mr Shatrughan Sinha's
alleged statement of "Sab kissika beta, kissiki beti, kissiki biwi" -
you are so right Shatru !!
Of course this does not take anything away from Raveena's very deserving
Award - she has been a wonderful and talented coartiste in many films of
mine, or, MacMohan, the Sambha of Sholay, who has remained a dear friend
and has worked with me in several films. As has Mr Shatrughan Sinha !!
And may i also state that IIFA nominations come from the film fraternity
through computerised voting systems, audited and compiled by Price
Waterhouse Coopers, an International Company of repute and standing.
And Shatru !! I have seen some very encouraging reports of the film,
where your son is being introduced to this great Industry. May he
prosper and succeed even more than his illustrious father and may he
never have to face a slighted accusation of 'fixing', when his name
comes up for an Award in the future !!
I post separately a speech that i made at the book release in Delhi
recently. The book is called 'Icons' and is written by the renowned
senior journalist Anil Dharkar. It compiles 60 years of Independence and
the Icons that made an impact on the country. I thought it was a
pertinent piece. It never received any attention by the media. Perhaps
it was not of their standard. I would love for you to read it and send
me your impressions of it.
Namaskar, Shubh Ratri, Shabba Khair, Satsriakal and Good night !!"
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