Apurva Asrani questions on the admissibility of Akshay Kumar at a national award, clarifies Rahul Dholakia

Akshay Kumar, who claimed to be a Canadian citizen, was interviewed on social media about winning the national award. However, the director Rahul Dholakia supported the actor and declared that "foreign nationals can get national awards"

Saturday, several social media users including the award-winning national publisher and filmmaker and writer Apurva Asrani, asked Akshay about the price.

Asrani tweeted: "Are Canadian citizens eligible for the National Awards of India?" Year (2016) Akshay Kumar won the "Best Actor" award, we were expecting that Manoj Bajpayee wins the "Aligarh Award." If the jury / ministry made a mistake in Kumar's case, will there be a revote. "
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Yes, it is a very important question. Are Canadian citizens eligible for national awards from India? Year (2016) Akshay Kumar won the "Best Actor" award. We expected Manoj Bajpayee to win for Aligarh. If the jury / department has made a mistake in the case of Kumar, will there be a revote ?? https://t.co/CvFRzw5aXS

– Apurva (@Apurvasrani) of May 4, 2019

However, in accordance with the regulations of the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization that presents the National Film Awards, under the eligibility section of a candidate, it is written: "Film professionals and technicians of foreign origin can also be considered for awards."

Director Rahul Dholakia, who also served on the National Film Awards before, went to Twitter to clarify the issue.

Sharing a screenshot of the rules book, he writes: "Details of national awards – foreign nationals can get national awards, it is legal, legitimate and the books have been judged by the jury (not for that a) and so discovered by an official, Manoj Srivastava, who sent me this. "

Clarification on national awards – foreign nationals can get national awards. it is legal, legitimate and according to the books, I was a member of the jury (not for this one) and learned it from an official, Manoj Srivastava, who sent me this. 1945 #NationalAward pic.twitter.com/wrAORcPdLC

– rahul dholakia (@rahuldholakia) of May 4, 2019

Akshay was awarded the "Best Actor" for ] Rustom in 2016.

Earlier this week, the star of Khiladi was criticized on social media after interviewing Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was also criticized for speaking of patriotism while he was not an Indian citizen.

On Friday, expressing his disappointment with critics, Akshay issued a statement on his Canadian citizenship and declared that he did not understand negativity and "unjustified interest". around the subject.

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