Bindu says she was denied an award for Do Raaste as she was a newcomer but Jaya Bachchan won it for Guddi: ‘This happened three to four times’

Yesteryear actor Bindu, who featured in many films of the 70s and 80s, opened up about not being given awards during the initial years of her career. She was nominated nine times for Filmfare Awards but won none. Bindu said she was denied an award for her debut film Do Raaste (1969) only because she was a debutante. But she said the same logic was not applied when Jaya Bachchan was given an award for Guddi (1971).

Recently, the 82-year-old actor said she was denied the Filmfare award for Do Raaste despite getting maximum votes from the jury. She told Bollywood Hungama, “Ye andar ki baatein hain, merko pata bhi chala tha ki sabse zyada votes milne ki bavajood, mujhe award nahi diya gaya (This all happens behind closed doors. I got to know that I had got the maximum votes, still they didn’t give me the award). This happened three to four times, and this has always happened at Filmfare.”

She continued, “I was nominated for Do Raaste. But they were like ‘How can we give you an award for your first film?’ But at the same time, they gave Jaya Bhaduri (Bachchan) an award for Guddi because she was the heroine. They didn’t give it to me. I was nominated for Dastaan also. I got votes, but again they didn’t give me the award.”

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Bindu said she did feel bad at the time because as a newcomer she would have gained confidence had she won awards. “Then I used to feel bad. Though this is now a very old incident, it stays with you. When an artiste is new in the industry and gets an award, the enthusiasm and happiness are of a different type only. It gives motivation. I would say give awards to budding artistes to boost their confidence,” the veteran actor said.