Adnan Sami Reveals He Was Offered Award In Exchange For Free Performance

via https://youtu.be/gKDLvdqPzWs There's been quite a debate over the award functions in the entertainment industry. Be it Bollywood, Hollywood or Pakistani showbiz industry, many have come forward and shared how certain awards are sold. The Tera Chehra crooner retweeted a tweet by popular film-maker Shekhar Kapur calling Bollywood awards shows a ‘negotiation’. Adnan revealed that he was once offered an award in exchange for a free performance but he refused because of his ‘dignity and self-respect’, reported Hindustan Times. “Absolutely correct! I have faced similar ‘negotiations’ where they have wanted me to perform free of charge and bag the award. I refused, saying, I will never ‘buy’ an award! My dignity and self-respect is all that I will take into my grave, nothing else! — Shekhar’s Absolutely correct! I have faced similar ‘negotiations’ where they have wanted me to perform free of charge and bag the award... I told them to F*** Off- I will never ‘buy’ an award!! My dignity & self respect is all that I will take into my grave- nothing else!! https://t.co/TDmt7Hx6m5 — Adnan Sami (@AdnanSamiLive) July 26, 2020 Similarly, last month, Abhay Deol called out awards shows and said that he and Farhan Akhtar were demoted to ‘supporting actors’ in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara when the nominations were announced, while Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif were nominated as actors in a ‘leading role’. He blamed this on Bollywood’s ‘lobby’ culture. I would like to mention that almost all the award functions demoted me and Farhan from main leads, and nominated us as ‘supporting actors’. There's been quite a debate over the award functions in the entertainment industry. Be it Bollywood, Hollywood or Pakistani showbiz industry, many have come forward and shared how certain awards are sold. The Tera Chehra crooner retweeted a tweet by popular film-maker Shekhar Kapur calling Bollywood awards shows a ‘negotiation’. Adnan revealed that he was once offered an award in exchange for a free performance but he refused because of his ‘dignity and self-respect’, reported Hindustan Times. “Absolutely correct! I have faced similar ‘negotiations’ where they have wanted me to perform free of charge and bag the award. I refused, saying, I will never ‘buy’ an award! My dignity and self-respect is all that I will take into my grave, nothing else! — Shekhar’s Absolutely correct! I have faced similar ‘negotiations’ where they have wanted me to perform free of charge and bag the award... I told them to F*** Off- I will never ‘buy’ an award!! My dignity & self respect is all that I will take into my grave- nothing else!! https://t.co/TDmt7Hx6m5 — Adnan Sami (@AdnanSamiLive) July 26, 2020 Similarly, last month, Abhay Deol called out awards shows and said that he and Farhan Akhtar were demoted to ‘supporting actors’ in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara when the nominations were announced, while Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif were nominated as actors in a ‘leading role’. There's been quite a debate over the award functions in the entertainment industry. Be it Bollywood, Hollywood or Pakistani showbiz industry, many have come forward and shared how certain awards are sold. The Tera Chehra crooner retweeted a tweet by popular film-maker Shekhar Kapur calling Bollywood awards shows a ‘negotiation’. Adnan revealed that he was once offered an award in exchange for a free performance but he refused because of his ‘dignity and self-respect’, reported Hindustan Times. “Absolutely correct! I have faced similar ‘negotiations’ where they have wanted me to perform free of charge and bag the award. I refused, saying, I will never ‘buy’ an award! My dignity and self-respect is all that I will take into my grave, nothing else! — Shekhar’s Absolutely correct! I have faced similar ‘negotiations’ where they have wanted me to perform free of charge and bag the award... I told them to F*** Off- I will never ‘buy’ an award!! My dignity & self respect is all that I will take into my grave- nothing else!! https://t.co/TDmt7Hx6m5 — Adnan Sami (@AdnanSamiLive) July 26, 2020 Similarly, last month, Abhay Deol called out awards shows and said that he and Farhan Akhtar were demoted to ‘supporting actors’ in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara when the nominations were announced, while Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif were nominated as actors in a ‘leading role’. He blamed this on Bollywood’s ‘lobby’ culture. I would like to mention that almost all the award functions demoted me and Farhan from main leads, and nominated us as ‘supporting actors’.