Returning Awards Has Become an Epidemic: Filmmaker Shyam Benegal
Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal expresses his views on ‘award-wapsi’.
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Shyam Benegal, veteran filmmaker. (Photo: ANI screengrab)
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Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal has expressed his disagreement with the decision of returning national awards by some people in the industry. He said if filmmakers have a problem with the government and not the nation, then why return these awards?
Surely you have to raise your voice against religious intolerance, I don’t disagree with that, but returning theses awards is not a solution. If you are going to fight the government, fight it on democratic terms.
<b>— Shyam Benegal, Veteran Filmmaker</b>
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