Kangana Ranaut’s Award Nomination Withdrawn After ‘False Accusation’; Magazine Issues Statement

Kangana
Ranaut
is
back
in
the
news
for
another
controversy.
The
actress
recently
took
to
her
Instagram
stories
and
lashed
out
at
a
popular
magazine
for
nominating
and
inviting
her
to
their
award
show.
The

Dhaakad
actress
even
claimed
that
she
will
sue
the
magazine
for
the
same.

Now,
the
magazine
has
revoked
Kangana’s
nomination
for
the
Best
Actress
Award
for

Thalaivii
and
condemned
her
remarks
with
a
strongly-worded
statement.

The
statement
read,
“It
pains
us
at
Filmfare,
today,
to
be
subjected
to
unwarranted
malicious
remarks
by
Ms.
Kangana
Ranaut.
For
six
decades,
Filmfare
Awards,
and
Filmfare,
at
large,
has
been
a
platform
that
celebrates
and
honours
talent
in
the
Film
industry
impartially
and
with
utmost
transparency.
It
is
our
strong
ethic
that
has
helped
us
in
gaining
the
trust
of
our
audiences
and
the
film
industry”.

It
further
mentioned,
“As
is
customary
during
the
awards,
Filmfare’s
Executive
Editor
informed
Ms.
Ranaut
about
her
nomination
in
the
Best
Actor
in
a
Leading
Role,
Female
category
and
asked
for
her
address
to
send
across
the
invitation.The
exact
message
was
as
follows
‘Hello
Kangana,
heartiest
congratulations
on
your
nomination
for
the
Filmfare
Awards.
It’ll
be
a
pleasure
to
have
you
there,
do
confirm
your
presence
at
the
awards
ceremony
on
August
30
at
Jio
World
Convention
Centre
at
BKC,
Mumbai.
It’ll
help
us
plot
your
seats.
P.S.
Please
send
us
your
residential
address
so
that
we
can
send
you
the
invite.
Regards.’
At
no
time
was
there
any
insinuation
of
an
award
being
given
to
her
or
any
request
for
performance
at
the
event
made.
This
is
a
patently
false
accusation
being
made
by
Ms
Ranaut.
Our
invitation
to
her
was
our
effort
in
bringing
together
everyone
in
a
collective
celebration
of
what
brings
this
nation
together,
i.e.
Indian
Cinema.
Filmfare
Awards
are
a
celebration
of
cinematic
excellence
and
are
awarded
irrespective
of
the
fact
that
a
nominee
attends
or
performs
at
the
function.
Further,
Ms.
Ranaut
a
5-time
Filmfare
Awardee,
was
given
the
award
twice
in
absentia
(2014
&
2015)”.

“Despite
knowing
that
she
would
neither
attend
nor
perform.
Given
the
irresponsible
remarks
made
by
Ms.
Ranaut
about
Filmfare
Awards,
we
are
withdrawing
her
Best
Actress
nomination
for
the
movie
Thalaivii.
We
reserve
all
rights
to
pursue
any
legal
action
against
her
malicious
and
defamatory
statements
tarnishing
our
reputation
and
goodwill,”
the
publication
concluded
its
statement.

Following
this
statement,
Kangana
Ranaut
once
again
took
to
social
media
and
thanked
her
fans
for
supporting
her
in
her
fight
against
‘corrupt
system’.
However,
she
also
added
that
she
will
go
ahead
with
her
decision
of
taking
a
legal
action
against
the
reputed
publication.
She
claimed
that
her
endeavour
is
to
put
an
end
to
‘unethical
practices
and
malicious
award
shows.”

Speaking
about

Thalaivii,
the
film,
a
biopic,
helmed
by
AL
Vijay
features
Kangana
Ranaut
as
late
Tamil
Nadu
Chief
Minister
J
Jayalalithaa.