Recently,
filmmaker
Shekhar
Kapur
slammed
Bollywood
awards
in
a
tweet
and
wrote
that
they
are
not
for
the
appreciation
of
creativity
but
'negotiations.'
Adnan
Sami
backed
Kapur's
allegations,
and
revealed
an
incident
when
he
was
offered
an
award
in
exchange
of
a
free
performance.
The
singer
further
said
that
he
turned
down
the
offer.
Adnan
Sami's
tweet
read,
"Absolutely
correct!
I
have
faced
similar
'negotiations'
where
they
have
wanted
me
to
perform
free
of
charge
and
bag
the
award...
I
told
them
to
F***
Off-
I
will
never
'buy'
an
award!!
My
dignity
&
self
respect
is
all
that
I
will
take
into
my
grave-
nothing
else!!"
he
wrote
on
Twitter,
sharing
Shekhar's
tweet
saying
Bollywood
awards
functions
were
more
of
a
'negotiation'
than
an
'appreciation
of
creativity'.
Since
the
last
few
years,
Bollywood
awards
shows
have
been
under
the
scanner
with
many
celebrities
calling
out
the
unfair
practices
existing
there.
Recently,
Abhay
Deol
had
called
out
Bollywood's
lobby
culture
in
his
Instagram
post.
He
had
revealed
how
he
and
Farhan
Akhtar
were
"demoted
to
supporting
actors" for
Zindagi
Na
Milegi
Dobara,
while
Hrithik
Roshan
and
Katrina
Kaif
were
nominated
as
actors
in
a
leading
role.
Ranvir
Shorey
had
said
that
his
work
has
been
overlooked
at
awards
shows
for
several
years,
and
he
only
gets
nominated
if
they
have
nowhere
to
hide.
"Let's
be
honest
that
award
shows
these
days
are
nothing
but
glamourised
shows
business
and
nothing
else," Raveena
Tandon
recently
told
Hindustan
Times.
In
2017,
Kangana
Ranaut
had
opened
up
about
how
she
once
lost
out
on
an
award
because
she
failed
to
reach
the
ceremony
on
time.
Meanwhile,
celebrities
like
Aamir
Khan
and
Ajay
Devgn
have
boycotted
award
functions
and
refrain
from
attending
them.