
Abhay Deol hinted at favouritism when he was demoted to the supporting actor category while his co-star, Hrithik Roshan, was nominated for the leading actor category on an Instagram post in June 2020.
The nominations were for an award show in which Farhan Akhtar and Abhay Deol were nominated supporting actors despite the equal screening the three actors had in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.
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During a conversation with Zoom TV , Abhay said, “Why should we put Farhan and Abhay in the same category as Hrithik and Katrina? Because they are bigger stars. It doesn’t make sense. The plot of the film is about three friends on a journey and they would so shamelessly go out there and do it. I didn’t say anything at the time, kept quiet. I was like forget it, whatever, I just won’t go. Even Zindagi, that was my 10th movie, I had done and said so much already that I felt like I am going to be the only one screaming and will look like bitter or cynical. So forget it.”
“This was just shameless, it was shocking, it was just out there and it was so blatant. Like we don’t care what people have to say, we can just do this because we can. And that sort of cavalier, cocky attitude needed to go and now they will be more careful. I am not saying they will necessarily change but they will be careful. Just give the award to one you think is the biggest star but don’t demote me and Farhan,” he added hoping for the industry to be more thoughtful about actions.
Deol hopes that his revelations will bring about a change in the industry.