'The Kashmir Files' director Vivek Agnihotri calls Filmfare Awards 'unethical'

Days after Bollywood actor Salman Khan took a dig at Filmfare Awards openly at a press conference in Mumbai now the Kashmir Files director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri has slammed the award show on Twitter and called it unethical and anticinema awardsOn Wednesday the filmmaker took to Twitter and made an announcement where he politely explained why he doesnt want to be a part of one of Bollywoods most coveted award showsVivek Agnihotris muchtalkedabout directorial The Kashmir Files which starred Anupam Kher Mithun Chakraborty Chinmay Mandlekar Darshan Kumar Pallavi Joshi among others was reportedly nominated in seven categories for Filmfare AwardsAt his blatant best Agnihotri wrote ANNOUNCEMENT FILMFARE AWARDS I learnt from media that TheKashmirFiles is nominated in 7 categories for the 68th Filmfare Awards But I politely refuse to be part of these unethical and anticinema awards Here is why According to Filmfare other than the stars nobody has a faceANNOUNCEMENT FILMFARE AWARDSI learnt from media that TheKashmirFiles is nominated in 7 categories for the 68th Filmfare Awards But I politely refuse to be part of these unethical and anticinema awards Here is why According to Filmfare other than the stars nobody hashellip pictwittercom2qKCiZ8Llhmdash Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri vivekagnihotri April 27 2023While the Tashkent Files director called Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Sooraj Barjatya master directors Vivek also took a dig at filmstars like Amitabh Bachchan Alia Bhatt Salman Khan Kartik Aaryan etc who according to him tend to hog all the limelight and bag all the credit from the filmmakers and directors and eventually become the face of the movie Vivek wrote Nobody matters Thatrsquos why in the sycophant and unethical world of Filmfare Master Directors like Sanjay Bhansali or Sooraj Barjatya have no faces Sanjay Bhansali looks like Alia Bhatt Sooraj like Mr Bachchan and Annes Bazmi like Karthik AryanThe director has also dropped the same note against Filmfare Awards on his official Instagram handle as well take a lookView this post on InstagramA post shared by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri vivekagnihotriTouted as a fearless filmmaker of Bollywood by the fans of his cinema and his social media followers Mr Agnihotri further tweeted Itrsquos not that a filmmakerrsquos dignity comes from Filmfare Awards but this humiliating system must end Therefore as my protest and dissent against a corrupt unethical and sycophant establishment of Bollywood I have decided to not accept such awardsHe also highlighted the fact that how technicians writers and all of those who work behind the camera are often ignored by such a corrupt system talking about the same Vivek wrote I refuse to be part of any oppressive and corrupt system or awards which treats writers directors and other HODs amp crew members of a film inferior to andor as slaves to starsExtending his congratulations to all the nominees he further wrote My congratulations to all those who win and more to those who do not The brighter side is that I am not alone The Kashmir Files director concluded his fiery tweet with popular lines of the legendary Indian poet Dushyant Kumar in Hindi Vivek wrote Slowly but steadily a parallel Hindi film industry is emerging Until thenhellip Sirf hungama khada karna mera maksad nahin meri koshish hai ki yeh surat badalni chahiye Mere seene mein nahin toh tere seene mein sahi ho kahin bhi aag lekin aag jalni chahiye Dushyant Kumar HumDekhenge