10 Bollywood Celebrities Who Refused An Award For Lame Reasons

Bollywood happens to be the biggest movie industry in India, producing more than a thousand movies every year. Awards are a great way to encourage talent and honor it. In Bollywood, there are many celebrities that received awards for their valuable contributions to cinema and got honored for it. The truth is, everyone craves for the appreciation that comes along with it. The awards inspire them to perform even better as it encourages their talent and their efforts.

But it would surprise you that some celebrities in Bollywood actually refused some of the biggest awards without thinking of the stature with their reasons. Actors like Aamir Khan and Ajay Devgn aren’t known for attending these award ceremonies because they believe in the fact that these awards are fake and they focus on getting the work satisfaction.

Here we have a list of such celebrities who refused awards and why!

1. Shashi Kapoor

He was a well-known actor as well as a film producer. He is one who has received four national awards and two Filmfare awards. Shashi Kapoor accounts to be the only actor who has ever refused a national award. The awards were given to him for this great delivery in the movie Dharma Putra. He believed that his performance wasn’t great enough for the award.

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2. Lata Mangeshkar

She is also known as the Nightingale of Bollywood and is one of the biggest playback singers in Bollywood. Lata has a big list of awards under her name that includes Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, etc.

Lata Mangeshkar once denied accepting her first Filmfare award because the trophy was designed as a lady that didn’t have any clothes on. So, the Filmfare team redesigned the award and gave it to her.