Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal were two stars, who shined the brightest in 2018. Ayushmann’s Sriram Raghavan directorial, Andhadhun gave the actor’s chocolate boy image a massive twist, while Neena Gupta starrer Badhai Ho was one of the most popular entertainers last year. Vicky Kaushal had Love Per Square Foot, Lust Stories on the digital platform. The actor won over the audience with Meghna Gulzar’s Raazi and as Kamli in Ranbir Kapoor’s Rajkumar Hirani movie Sanju. In fact, in Sanjay Dutt biopic Vicky’s act stole the thunder from RK Jr. While the Kapoor lad faced flak for being a part of a movie that played out as a mouthpiece for the actor, Vicky’s part was called endearing by most. However, one of the first award ceremonies that took place this year to celebrate the stars of 2018 snubbed both these heroes badly.

Apparently, Vicky and Ayushmann together hosted this award function. And they were hopeful that the organisers would celebrate their great run at the movies in 2018. However, in the nth minute the award show helmers decided to give the Best Actor trophy to two other stars who also had good movies last year. Apparently, Vicky and Ayushmann were shocked to see how the organisers had chosen to give their performances a royal ignore and instead give two awards in the same category to Rajkummar Rao for Stree and Ranveer Singh for Padmaavat.

It’s known that Bollywood award functions have mostly believed in appeasing stars over celebrating genuine achievers. What miffed the two gentlemen was that the team had decided to not snub them, but give two awards in one category. And when the award was being presented all the four nominees (Vicky, Ayushmann, Ranveer and Rajkummar) happened to be on the same stage. Onlookers were in for a treat to see of four star performers nominated in the category at the same time on one platform. However, that made the loss even more sore for the two heroes who had indeed shined the brightest in 2018. Also see: Uri: The Surgical Strike Box Office Collection Day 12: Vicky Kaushal's Film Is on High Josh, Rakes in Rs 122.59 Crore

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No wonder we see more and more actors skipping these award shows because they often end up hurting sentiments and ignoring truly deserving ones. And by that we are in no way questioning Ranveer and Rajkummar’s talent.

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