Oscars Remember, but B-Town Forgets Om Puri: Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Nawazuddin Siddiqui calls out Bollywood’s hypocrisy, and lauds Hollywood’s choice to pay tribute to Om Puri.

Bollywood should hang its head in shame over how they hold their award functions. On 6 January 2017, Bollywood lost one of its most shining gem, Om Puri.

The late actor’s name was included in the tribute that the Oscars made for actors lost in the past year. Nawazuddin Siddiqui took to Twitter to rightly point out how the Oscars paid homage to the late Om Puri, but Bollywood award functions couldn’t even mention his name in their 5-hour-long-something award functions.

@TheAcademy #Oscars paid homage 2 late #OmPuri, But in #bollywood award functions nobody converse single word for his contribution... SHAME

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui (@Nawazuddin_S) February 27, 2017

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Late actor #OmPuri amongst those remembered during the #Oscars #inmemoriam pic.twitter.com/icjLi2bVVG

— MissKyra (@MissKyra12) February 27, 2017

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