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Such impartial behaviour eventually led Abhay to boycott the awards.

Recalling how he was "demoted" to supporting categories for his 2011 film "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara" during award functions, actor Abhay Deol on Friday said the industry lobbies against an individual in "covert and overt ways".

His comments come in the aftermath of actor Sushant Singh Rajput's untimely death that has sparked a debate in Bollywood about insiders versus outsiders. Abhay had starred in Zoya Akhtar's "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara" as one of the three leads alongside Hrithik Roshan and Farhan Akhtar. The movie also featured Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin in pivotal roles.