ISLAMABAD – Pakistani actress Sajal Aly, who made her Bollywood debut inlate actress Sridevi starrer ‘Mom’ has opened up about ill-treatment ofstars during award functions.
Sajal Aly has lashed out at hosts and organisers of Pakistan’s biggestaward shows for ill-treating against actors.
The report reveals that Sajal received two nominations in the Best Actresscategory but lost to ‘Hindi Medium’ actress Saba Qamar, who bagged theaward for starring in slain Pakistani model Qandeel Baloch’s biopic. Sajalwas a good sport and showed support to Saba but what disturbed her was the’ridiculing’ of actors during the award ceremony.
“I feel like we have gradually gone from treating awards as an evening ofcelebration of good work and art to ridiculing actors and our industry. Iwas quite disappointed.
During the award ceremony, Sajal found the Best Dressed segment distastefulin which the hosts lined up some male and female stars and left thedecision of who deserves the title to audience applause. Sajal was pittedagainst a fellow Pakistani actress who eventually walked away with thetrophy.
“It might sound harsh, but unfortunately that’s the reality. Actors weretreated as subjects of humiliation and were used for cheap laughs. I mayalso sound like I’m ranting, but does no one go over the script and pointout whether something is a bit much?” Sajal said. “Not a lot of actorsattend the awards in the first place and slowly that number will grow. Iknow I don’t want to be disrespected for the sake of a show’s rating, ” sheadded.
Sajal became a known face in Bollywood because of her path-breakingperformance as Sridevi’s daughter in Ravi Udyawar’s ‘Mom’. Sajal shared agreat rapport with Sridevi and when the actress passed away, Sajal posted aheartbreaking message on her social handle, that read, “Lost my momagain…’