Dangal was the highest grossing film of 2016, and to our surprise, they did not make it to IIFA nominations.
IIFA was bashed for not nominating the two box office hits, to which they responded, “The makers of Dangal did not send in an entry for the 18th IIFA Weekend and Awards.”
“So basically, in IIFA, forms are sent to various production houses. They fill those forms up and send it back to us. Those forms are then put out to the industry for voting and from there it becomes a nomination,” explained the organisers.
The IIFA gala was held in New York last week; Neerja was given the Best Film, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury walked away with the Best Direction award for Pink, while Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt were lauded as Best Actors for Udta Punjab.
After questions were raised on the credibility of the awards event and censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani called it an ‘international farce’, the IIFA organisers issued a statement.
The organisers of the award show were apologetic about Dangal not making it to the international awards, and director Andre Timmins remarked, “So, Dangal has not sent their entry in even though we would love it to be part of the nominations. I think it’s a movie that’s broken all records. We love Aamir Khan and the two little girls-they did a great job. But unfortunately, they didn’t send their entry in. We feel sad.”
