A day after Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut decided to sue Filmfare magazine after they invited and nominated her for Best Actress in a Leading Role this year for 'Thalaivii', the publication issued a statement announcing the removal of the actress from their list.
The statement read as follows, “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. 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. 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.”
Reacting to the same, Kangana once again took to Instagram and wrote, “@filmfare has finally withdrew my bets actress nominations, thanks to everyone who supported me in this fight against corrupt system but this doesn’t stop me from taking legal action against them…my endeavour is to put an end to these unethical practices and stop such malicious award shows…see you in court @filmfare.”
Kangana was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role this year for 'Thalaivii' alongside Kriti Sanon, Parineeti Chopra, Taapsee Pannu, Kiara Advani, and Vidya Balan.
Meanwhile, Kangana is currently busy working on her film 'Emergency', which revolves around the life of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and it features Kangana in the titular role of the late politician. She is also directing the project. Anupam Kher, Mahima Chaudhry, and Shreyas Talpade are also a part of 'Emergency'.
