Ten leading filmmakers returns national awards in protest against the union government

Ten leading filmmakers returns national awards in protest against the Union government. Taking a cue from the writers who took the rather extraordinary step of returning Sahitya Academy awards in protest against the alleged fascist policies of Central government ten leading filmmakers have decided to return their national awards. The filmmakers are Dibakar Banejee Anand Patwardhan Paresh Kamdar Nishtha Jain Kirti Nakhwa Harshavardhan Kulkarni Hari Nair Rakesh Sharma Indraneel Lahiri Lipika Singh Darai. The Government of India must urgently reveal its committment to protect the freedom of expression of each citizen a statement signed by these filmmakers read. The joint statement went like this. Government of India must urgently reveal its committment to protect the freedom of expression of each citizen. We the undersigned stand alongside the writers who have returned the countrys highest literary honour and hereby return our National Awards. As filmmakers we stand firmly with the students of FTII and are determined not to let them shoulder the entire burden of the protests. They have mounted a historic struggle and we urge others within our fraternity to come forward and carry this protest forward.

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