Dulquer won the award for ‘Chup’ and Rishab for ‘Kantara’; Shine Tom lashes out Samyuktha for not attending ‘Boomerang’ promotions.
Dulquer Salmaan and Rishab Shetty won Dada Saheb Phalke awards for 2022 for their performances in 'Chup' and 'Kantara' respectively. (Twitter)
Malayalam actor Dulquer Salmaan won the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Award for best actor in a negative role for his performance in Chup: Revenge of the Artist (2022).
The actor played a florist with a traumatic past in the movie directed by R Balki. He also delivered successive hits Sitaramam (Telugu) and Kurup (Malayalam) last year.
On receiving the award, Dulquer shared his joy with his fans on Twitter.
This one felt special ! Big thanks to the jury of @Dpiff_official @abhialmish for the honour. And all thanks to my dearest Balki sir for giving me Danny. This one’s for the entire team of #Chup ! pic.twitter.com/mbCoiF4xQt
— Dulquer Salmaan (@dulQuer) February 21, 2023
He will be next seen in King of Kotha, directed by Abhilash Joshiy. The movie also stars Shabeer Kallarakkal, Gokul Suresh, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Chemban Vinod Jose, Prasanna, and Shammi Thilakan.
Meanwhile, Kannada actor-filmmaker Rishab Shetty too bagged the award for the most promising actor for his performance in the 2022-released Kantara (Hindi).
He directed the movie. The actor recently announced a prequel to Kantara.
The movie courted controversy after Malayalam music band Thaikkudam Bridge alleged plagiarism in the “Varaha Roopam” song which is the soul of Kantara. The matter is still pending in court.
The awards were presented at a ceremony held in Mumbai on Monday, 20 February.
ಈ ಪ್ರೀತಿ, ಪುರಸ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ನಾನು ಸದಾ ಚಿರಋಣಿ. ದಾದಾಸಾಹೇಬ್ ಫಾಲ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿರುವುದು ನನಗೆ ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಸಿನೆಮಾ ಮಾಡುವ,ನನ್ನ ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಿದೆ. pic.twitter.com/dUOmpKdxnK
— Rishab Shetty (@shetty_rishab) February 20, 2023
Malayalam actor Shine Tom Chacko blamed Vaathi actor Samyuktha for not attending the promotions of their upcoming movie Boomerang. He was addressing the film promotions in Kochi on Monday, 20 February.
Recently, Samyuktha dropped her surname of Menon which is an upper caste in Kerala.
When a journalist asked about this, Shine Tom Chacko reacted: “If somebody isn’t doing their work properly, what is the use in changing the name to Menon, Nair, Christian or Muslim? Everyone gets a name!”
Shine Tom Chacko and Samyuktha are the lead actors in upcoming Malayalam film ‘Boomerang’. (Twitter)
The actor hastened to add: “We are not saying that her commitment was bad. But she must have felt that the work she did for the movie is not up to the mark and hence isn’t attending the promotions.”
He also pointed out that those who cooperated with film promotions have survived in the industry.
Boomerang’s producers Aji Medayil and Thoufeek R also found fault with Samyuktha for not attending the promotions.
The actress said she won’t do Malayalam movies again when, in fact, all her films are made with a budget of ₹35 crore. Moreover, our agreement included film promotions which she is not willing to do for reasons best known to her, the producer duo claimed.
Samyuktha performed well and has been extremely cooperative till now. But now, she is restraining from Boomerang promotions saying that Shine Tom Chacko would give enough content to the media, they alleged.
Boomerang is directed by Manu Sudhakaran. It also casts Dain Davis, Chemban Vinod Jose, and Baiju Santosh in key roles.
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