National Film Award 2018: Shekhar Kapur Had First OPPOSED Sridevi's Best Actor Award For Mom!
National Film Award 2018: Shekhar Kapur, who is the jury head of the National Film Award 2018 revealed that he first opposed Sridevi's name for Best Actor Award (Female) for Mom.
Sridevi
wins
Best
Actress
Award
for
Mom
at
65th
National
Film
Awards
|
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Sridevi
passed
away
due
to
accidental
drowning
in
a
bath
tub
at
her
hotel
room
in
Dubai
on
February
24,
2018
and
the
whole
nation
was
shocked
at
the
untimely
death
of
the
legendary
actress.
Sridevi
has
now
been
posthumously
awarded
the
Best
Actor
Award
(Female)
for
Mom
at
the
National
Award
2018
and
the
jury
head
Shekhar
Kapur
was
first
opposed
to
her
bagging
the
award.
Shekhar
Kapur
opened
up
by
saying,
"The
best
actress
is
Sridevi
for
Mom
and
I
promise
you
it
is
not
my
relationship
with
her.
Every
morning
when
I
came
here,
I
would
ask
everyone
to
vote
once
again.
I
would
look
at
all
the
actors,
talk
about
them
and
I
would
say,
'there
should
be
not
Sridevi,
not
Sridevi'!
We
used
take
a
vote
and
it
always
came
back
to
Sridevi.
It
was
me
who
fought
that
it
shouldn't
be
Sridevi.
We
are
all
emotionally
involved
with
Sridevi.
I
used
to
say,
'don't
give
her
an
award
because
she
died,
it
is
unfair
on
the
other
girls'.
They
have
also
worked
hard
for
10-12
years,
they
too
have
a
career."
Sridevi
&
Shekhar
Kapur's
Journey
Sridevi
and
Shekhar
Kapur
had
worked
together
in
the
superhit
movie
Mr.
India
which
released
in
the
year
1987
and
Shekhar
Kapur
along
with
Boney
Kapoor
had
also
planned
to
shoot
a
documentary
on
the
life
of
Sridevi
a
week
after
her
death,
which
did
not
go
through
as
of
now
and
is
still
in
the
pipeline.
Sridevi
&
Mom
Director
Ravi
Udayawar
Mom
director
Ravi
Udayawar
reacted
to
Shekhar
Kapur's
statement
by
saying,
"She
deserves
it.
I'm
really
happy
it's
a
great
news
for
me
because
it
was
our
film.
She
had
done
a
fabulous
job.
We
all
are
missing
her
now."
Boney
Kapoor's
Statement
Boney
Kapoor,
Jhanvi
Kapoor
and
Khushi
Kapoor
release
a
statement
after
Sridevi
won
the
National
Film
Award
2018
for
Mom,
"We
are
overjoyed
to
know
that
the
Jury
has
conferred
the
Best
Actor
Award
to
Sridevi
for
her
performance
in
‘MOM'.
It's
a
very
special
moment
for
all
of
us.
She
was
always
a
perfectionist
and
it
showed
in
all
the
300
plus
films
she
did."
Boney
Kapoor's
Statement
Further
Read
"She
was
not
just
a
Super
Actor
but
a
Super
Wife
and
a
Super
Mom.
Its
time
to
celebrate
her
life
and
her
achievements.
She
is
not
with
us
today
but
her
legacy
will
always
live
on.
We
thank
the
Government
of
India,
the
Hon'ble
Jury
Members
for
this
honor.
We
also
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
all
our
friends,
her
fans
who
have
been
sending
us
congratulatory
messages.
Thank
you,
Janhvi,
Khushi
&
Boney
Kapoor."