The month of August started on a rocking note for superstar Shah Rukh Khan. On August 1, the winners of the 71st National Film Awards were announced and SRK won the award for Best Actor for his stupendous performance in Atlee’s Jawan (2023). Many celebrated his victory, but some had reservations. A few of them claimed that performances in a masala film shouldn’t be honoured, while some felt that it was not a National Award-worthy performance. Bollywood Hungama recently spoke with Nikhil Dwivedi and we asked him to comment on this matter. Interestingly, Shah Rukh Khan was the chief guest at a promotional event of Nikhil’s first film as an actor, My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves (2008).

EXCLUSIVE: Nikhil Dwivedi defends Shah Rukh Khan’s National Awards victory: “We can’t say that the jury is right about the 5 awards but wrong about the rest. That makes NO sense…I am sure jury has taken decision in full wisdom”

Nikhil Dwivedi said, “The National Awards have a jury which always consists of eminent people. The problem is that a section of people questions everything. Either we should reject each and every award that they have chosen. We can’t say that the jury is right about the 5 awards but wrong about the rest of the 5 awards. That makes no sense to me. Either reject the jury’s outcome completely.”

Nikhil Dwivedi continued, “It’s not fair to say ‘I like this artist and hence, you have chosen correctly’ or ‘This artist should not have won’. Then, you become the jury! This commentary is absurd. I am sure the jury has taken its decision in full wisdom. These are the people who have been in the world of cinema for years. They must have thought it well and we must respect it.”

In Jawan, Shah Rukh Khan played the double role of Vikram Rathore and his son, Azad. Vikram is attacked by the goons of the antagonist, Kalee Gaikwad (Vijay Sethupathi) and loses his memory. His son, Azad, is born in prison. 30 years later, he is a police officer and is also a vigilante who goes out of his way to deliver justice. Both Azad and Vikram are unaware of each other and fireworks happen when they both meet, amid a lot of madness.

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