Deepika Padukone was nominated in the Best Actress category (courtesy deepikapadukone)
Strong points
- Deepika Lost Filmfare Best Actress Award to Alia Bhatt
- Deepika’s comment, apologizing to her fans, was spotted on a fan-page
- “Promise to work harder than ever,” she wrote
New Delhi:
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh went to the Filmfare Awards together and went home with a trophy – Ranveer Critics’ Best Actor Award. Deepika, who was nominated in the Best Actress category for “Padmaavatlost the spot to Alia Bhatt, who won big for Raazi tonight. “Padmaavat“, which had the highest number of nominations with 17 nominations, won 4 trophies in categories like Playback Singing, Best Album and Choreography. After Deepika’s nil score at the Filmfare Awards and “PadmaavatLosing out in major categories, some of the actress’ fans looked visibly upset and called Bollywood’s biggest night ‘paid awards’.
Meanwhile, on an Instagram fan page named “deepika.padukone.fanpage”, the actress posted some sort of apology for “letting her fans down” and promised to come back with a stronger job: “A All my fans, I’m sorry for letting you down and promise to work harder than ever.
Deepika and Alia were nominated for the Filmfare Best Actress Award along with Neena Gupta (Badhaai Ho), Rani Mukerji (Hichki) and Tabu (Andhadhun). Neena Gupta won Critics’ Best Actress Award for Badhaai Ho while Ayushmann Khurrana tied with Ranveer for the Critics’ Best Actor award. The award for best film went to Raazi with Meghna Gulzar winning Best Director for the film. RaaziArijit Singh’s fifth and final award went to Best Male Playback Singer for Ae Watan.
Looks like Deepika is already on her ‘up and up’ journey as she gets everyone talking about her new movie Chhapaak, in which her character is based on acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. Deepika’s first look as the film’s Malti received massive appreciation. Chhapaak is directed by Fimfare Best Director winner Meghna Gulzar.
By Deepika Padukone Chhapaak hits screens on January 10 next year.