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The 71st National Film Award was announced on 1 August. In this, Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant Massey received the Best Actor and Rani Mukherjee received the Best Actress Award. This award has been received for the first time after three decades of career of both Shahrukh and Rani. There have always been two opinions in the industry about the awards to be given to films. There are many veteran actors and actresses in the industry who never received the National Film Award. At the same time, many actors have claimed that they were offered awards for money.
Moushumi Chatterjee, who started his career as a child artist in the industry, has given several hit films in the 70-80s. Seasonal Bengali and Hindi cinema have been a popular face. In his career, he has worked in the best films like ‘Balika Badhu’, ‘Anurag’, ‘Angoor’, ‘Roti Clot and House’. Moushumi had told in an interview about the National Film Award that he was offered an award for money twice. In a conversation with waves retro, he said- ‘I got an offer for my film Anurag and Roti Close and House. I said that I will not give money for the award. ‘
In this interview, the actress had also revealed about Rishi Kapoor that she had bought the award by paying money for the film ‘Bobby’. Rishi Kapoor also mentioned the award for money in his book ‘Khullam-Khullam’. In his book, he wrote that he had bought an award for 30 thousand through a PR. However, later he also regretted this.
The award for money was also given to Peshakeshke singer and actor Kishore Kumar. This claim was made by his son Amit Kumar in an interview given to Vicky Lalwani. Amit Kumar had told that Kishore Kumar was very close to winning the National Award for ‘Far Ale Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein’. The film, which came in 1964, was written and directed by Kishore Kumar. In this, he played a role with son Amit Kumar. The film was very successful at the box office and there was also talk of giving the National Award to the film. But someone in the ministry demanded bribe, due to which the film did not get the award.
Amit said in the interview- ‘He received a call from a man from the Ministry of Delhi. He said to my father, ‘If you give something, we can nominate you. My father said, why are you behind my life? My film is a hit.
