Bollywood fan-favorites that steer clear of award shows
- 1/10
John Abraham
Though it has been close to 20 years since this hunk debuted, he has always maintained a distance from the awards. He has been nominated in "Best Actor" and "Best Supporting Actor" categories few times, but has expressed how he thinks these are a circus act. - 2/10
Emraan Hashmi
Ever since his 2003 debut with Footpath, the actor has won multiple award nominations in all kinds of categories. But he has always steered clear of these shows. He prefers spending time with his family or be at the shooting than be at one of these awards show. - 3/10
Paresh Raval
The seasoned Bollywood veteran chooses to stay away from these glamorous nights too. Seeing how active he stays in twitter and opts to get embroiled in political debates, he would rather invest that time in his political involvements, we assume. Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 4/10
Akshay Kumar
Favorite among the masses, Akshay 'Khiladi' Kumar has a long list of hits against his name. He, however, doesn't have too many awards to boast, nor does he repent their absence. He once shared how these organizers have offered awards on the condition that he performed for the show for free. Akshay would rather have the reward and not an award for his hard work. - 5/10
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
An immensely talented actor who has struggle through his ways to finally reach the heights he deserved so rightly. He could have flaunted all kinds of awards, had he not signed up for the 'no-awards please' list. The Babumoshai Bandookbaaj actor maintains that no award or reward can be above the love of his audience. - 6/10
Aamir Khan
Being one of the biggest stars in B'town, Aamir could have boasted a mansion pilled up with awards. But the Dangaal star has no faith in the concept of award shows. Undeserving actors walking away with coveted trophies year after year irks the super star who considers the acceptance of his movies by audience as his biggest award. Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 7/10
Ajay Devgn
Ajay has bagged the Filmfare twice - once on his debut with Phool Aur Kaante, and then in 2002 for the negative role he essayed in Deewangi. But it has been over a decade since he announced his revulsion for awards as he believes that they are nothing but a sham. - 8/10
Kangana Ranaut
Though she has 3 National Awards to pride over, commercial awards are something she has a special aversion for. Kangana minces no words talking about the lobbying and rigging that goes on behind these awards. - 9/10
Naseeruddin Shah
The stellar actor has quite the list of awards to his name that were accorded to him for his excellent performance in Masoom, Paar, Sparsh and Chakra, but, these days he finds them to be a joke. Shah has boycotted these awards and defines them as a mockery of artists. Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 10/10
Saif Ali Khan
After a slow start, the chote nawab is now tasting some unparalleled success. That does need mean he would be taking home an award every year, however. He finds such shows wanting in ethics and finds titles like Best Smile, Glamorous Diva, funny