CinemaSnippets: Dulquer Salmaan and Rishab Shetty bag film fest awards

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By Arjun Ramachandran

February 21, 2023

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).

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He also delivered successive hits Sitaramam (Telugu) and Kurup (Malayalam) last year.

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He will be next seen in King of Kotha, directed by Abhilash Joshiy.

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Kannada actor-filmmaker Rishab Shetty too bagged the award for the most promising actor for his performance in the 2022-released Kantara (Hindi).

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The movie courted controversy after Malayalam music band Thaikkudam Bridge alleged plagiarism in the “Varaha Roopam” song which is the soul of Kantara.

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In other news Malayalam actor Shine Tom Chacko blamed Vaathi actor Samyuktha for not attending the promotions of their upcoming movie Boomerang.

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Recently, Samyuktha dropped her surname of Menon which is an upper caste name in Kerala.

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“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”

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Boomerang’s producers Aji Medayil and Thoufeek R also found fault with Samyuktha for not attending the promotions.

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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, the producer duo claimed.

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