Alia Bhatt BEATS legends Nutan and Kajol in Filmfare wins, netizens clash: 'It is disrespectful to...'

Alia Bhatt immediately holds the record for most Best Actress wins, beating legends like Nutan, Kajol, Meena Kumari, and Vidya Balan.

At the 70th Filmfare Awards held on Saturday, in Ahmedabad, even Laapataa Ladies dominated with a record 13 awards, the most by a film ever. Alia Bhatt, Abhishek Bachchan, and Kartik Aaryan took home the big awards for acting. Alia’s win was historic, as she broke the record by winning her sixth Best Actress Filmfare Award. She is the only actress to win this award six times. The actress beat Kajol and Nutan for the record, both of whom had won five Best Actress awards in their celebrated careers. And though it was a cause for celebration, many on social media are debating if it’s accurate or not.

Alia Bhatt wins the 6th Best Actress award

Alia immediately has 6 Best Actress trophies with her Jigra win. She previously won this award for Udta Punjab, Raazi, Gully Boy, Gangubai Kathiawadi, and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani. This is her 3rd win in a row. The record for most Best Actress wins was held by Meena Kumari for the longest time after she won her 4th award in the category for Kaajal in 1966. Nutan broke the record with her 5th win for the movie Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki in 1979. Later, Kajol equalled her with her 5th win for the film My Name Is Khan in 2011.
Vidya Balan and Madhuri Dixit have four Best Actress trophies each, while Vyjayanthimala, Jaya Bachchan, and Shabana Azmi have three each.

Internet is divided

The internet feels that some of Alia’s wins are not well-deserved. On Reddit, one person complained, “They received so much backlash for giving her award back to back, and I thought this year they won’t give her since that movie was not that good, and some new person will win, but no.” Another added, “At least, they should stop nominating other actresses, it’s disrespectful to them, or scrap the best actress category and officially declare Alia as the forever winner.”
Comparing Alia’s career with other actresses with fewer wins, one fan said, “I don’t know much about Bollywood, but even I can recognise names like Waheeda Rahman, Nutan, Sridevi to be iconic ones which my parents talked about or we grew up hearing about them in popular culture. If, say, in a TV show, there is a female character who likes acting very much, people will refer to her as Sridevi or Madhuri Dixit. No one will ever think of Alia even in their 4th- 5th attempt.” Another person said, “Alia Bhatt is better than Waheeda, Vaijayanti, Meena, Vidya… kya baat hai (what’s this).”
“Is she really that good?” asked one, adding, “The most Best Actor wins are shared between Shah Rukh Khan and Dilip Kumar. Nobody doubts their acting skills or stardom. Alia is not at that level.”

Alia Bhatt wins this year for Jigra

Jigra was directed by Vasan Bala, for which Alia received the award. The movie also starred Vedang Raina in the lead. Alia’s performance as a sister attempting a jailbreak to free her brother from death row was appreciated, but the film did not do well at the box office. Made on a budget of ₹80 crore, Jigra earned only ₹55 crore worldwide despite having amazing reviews.