After Alia Bhatt suffered injuries at an awards function, Piku producer Sneha Rajani escaped near death at another awards function
Subhash K Jha (DNA; December 25, 2015)
You won’t see this on television. Sneha Rajani of Sony Pictures India was on stage receiving an award for Piku when a huge sandbag dropped just inches away from where she stood.Said an onlooker, “We were all stunned. The sandbag missed the lady by a hair’s breadth. Had it hit her, she would’ve lost her life.” This was not the only mishap that plagued that awards show -— during a Sonakshi Sinha performance, stray fireworks hit the carpet below the stage setting it on fire. Alia Bhatt suffered several burns during her performance at an earlier awards function.
Vishal Bhardwaj spoke out recently against awards functions and how they keep audiences waiting hungry and thirsty for many hours before the function actually starts. Have these functions lost their relevance and become desperate television tamashas?
In the rush to book stars during awards season, are organisers flaunting safety rules? Piku writer Juhi Chaturvedi who was on stage with Sneha Rajani sure feels so. Says she, “Perhaps we are still celebrating films more for their collections rather than content. I am not sure that not attending these awards will be able to change this outlook. In some way, the message has to be conveyed that things are not right.”
An eyewitness adds that Sneha was visibly shaken and as she delivered her thank-you speech, her hands were shaking so much that Juhi had to take the award from her.
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