After the Filmfare Awards got flak for not nominating Akshay Kumar (Airlift) or Manoj Bajpayee (Aligarh) in the Best Actor category, the National Awards are being slammed for their decisions. Filmmaker AR Murugadoss also alleged on Twitter that the National Awards were biased this time. He wrote on Twitter, "When I expressed my disappointment about the National Awards it was personal and not directed at anybody. Aligarh was not considered worthy in that framework by the appointed juries just like Lunchbox was ignored in the year that Shahid won two national awards. "\When I expressed disappointment about the National Awards it was personal and not directed at anybody.

Source: India Today April 09, 2017 06:56 UTC