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Veteran Manipuri Filmmaker Returns Padma Shri To Protest Citizenship Bill
Veteran Manipuri filmmaker Aribam Syam Sharma on Sunday said would like to return his Padma Shri that he was awarded in 2006 in protest against the central government's Citizenship Bill. The 82-year-old made the announcement in Imphal.
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Deepika Padukone Is Up For A Teen Choice Award. Her Competition - Wonder Woman
Deepika Padukone has been nominated in Teen Choice Awards for her performance in her Hollywood debut film xXx: Return of Xander Cage
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Returning Awards is the Easiest Thing to do, Says Shekhar Kapur
"The problem is that intellectuals have become the voice of the society and that is very less in terms of percentage. We should take everyone into account. There is a tendency of intellectuals to become a club and that arrogance of the club becomes oppressive. It is a burden on the society," said Shekhar Kapur
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Anurag Kashyap Says India has Always Been 'Intolerant'
"When we talk of intolerance, it depends on who is empowered. For example, there may be people who think that they might dislike something but cannot do anything about it. Also, there can be people who feel that they can do something about it when they are empowered," said Anurag Kashyap
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Sharmila Tagore's Calling, Had She Not Been Cast by Satyajit Ray
Several filmmakers, including Dibakar Banerjee and Anand Patwardhan, have returned their National Awards in solidarity with the FTII students and against growing intolerance in the country. Sharmila Tagore also finds it offensive to label audiences as educated or uneducated, Indian or non-Indian
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Learn to Fight Government Politically, Says Filmmaker Shyam Benegal
Filmmaker Shyam Benegal is against the recent trend of filmmakers and writers returning National awards as a protest against the growing intolerance in the country. He believes it's not a healthy trend.
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Mahesh Bhatt Describes Returning of Awards as a 'Brave Act'
"I find nothing wrong in the fact that filmmakers are returning their National Awards. It is a brave act. They, as citizens of India are entitled to express their dissent through the means which they choose," said Mahesh Bhatt
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BJP Launches 'Know the Truth' as Filmmakers Join 'Intolerance' Protest
At the same time as 24 filmmakers announced on Thursday that they were returning their National Awards to protest against what they called "rising intolerance", Amit Shah, the president of the ruling BJP launched a book titled, 'Know the Truth'.
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Hema Malini Calls Returning National Awards 'Politically Instigated'
"It (returning national awards) is not a right thing to do. I feel it is a politically instigated matter. People are dying to get a National Award. It's a national reputation. People come to me saying if I can help them in getting a National Award. And here, these people are returning awards," said Hema Malini
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24 Filmmakers Including Kundan Shah, Saeed Mirza Return National Awards
Kundan Shah, the maker of the iconic film 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron', and Saeed Mirza, were among the 24 filmmakers who returned their National Awards today and added their voice to what has come to be known as the "Award Wapsi" protest against "rising intolerance".
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Bollywood Divided: 9 Actors Who Don't See the Point in Returning Awards
The decision of a varied group of filmmakers, authors and poets to return government-granted awards as a form of protest has left opinion divided and India's film fraternity fractured. Supriya Pathank asked: "Are we gaining anything from that? Have you been able to make a point that something has changed? Whom are we pressurising by this?"
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'Dibakar Banerjee is Trying to Get Attention by Returning National Award'
"I am very hurt that my film has got involved in this controversy. Dibakar has no right to return the award because this award is not his. It is given for the film that includes everyone - actors and the producer. How can he return the award," said Savita
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Shabana Azmi: Returning Awards is a Symbolic Gesture
A group of 10 filmmakers, including Dibakar Banerjee and Anand Patwardhan, announced on October 29 that they would return their national awards to protest against the "threat to diversity and freedom of speech."
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Returning Awards is a Symbolic Gesture: Shabana Azmi
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi today said the decision of several artistes and filmmakers to return their awards in protest against "a culture of intolerance" is a "symbolic gesture" of bigger things to come.
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Exclusive: Zubin Mehta Says Ink Attacks Shameful, Wants Pakistanis To Play In IPL
If public intellectuals are ostracized or vilified from speaking their minds, India risks becoming a "cultural dictatorship", world famous music conductor Zubin Mehta has said, calling the protest by writers, filmmakers and scientists returning honours "brave".
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Veteran Manipuri Filmmaker Returns Padma Shri To Protest Citizenship Bill
Veteran Manipuri filmmaker Aribam Syam Sharma on Sunday said would like to return his Padma Shri that he was awarded in 2006 in protest against the central government's Citizenship Bill. The 82-year-old made the announcement in Imphal.
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Deepika Padukone Is Up For A Teen Choice Award. Her Competition - Wonder Woman
Deepika Padukone has been nominated in Teen Choice Awards for her performance in her Hollywood debut film xXx: Return of Xander Cage
-
Returning Awards is the Easiest Thing to do, Says Shekhar Kapur
"The problem is that intellectuals have become the voice of the society and that is very less in terms of percentage. We should take everyone into account. There is a tendency of intellectuals to become a club and that arrogance of the club becomes oppressive. It is a burden on the society," said Shekhar Kapur
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Anurag Kashyap Says India has Always Been 'Intolerant'
"When we talk of intolerance, it depends on who is empowered. For example, there may be people who think that they might dislike something but cannot do anything about it. Also, there can be people who feel that they can do something about it when they are empowered," said Anurag Kashyap
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Sharmila Tagore's Calling, Had She Not Been Cast by Satyajit Ray
Several filmmakers, including Dibakar Banerjee and Anand Patwardhan, have returned their National Awards in solidarity with the FTII students and against growing intolerance in the country. Sharmila Tagore also finds it offensive to label audiences as educated or uneducated, Indian or non-Indian
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Learn to Fight Government Politically, Says Filmmaker Shyam Benegal
Filmmaker Shyam Benegal is against the recent trend of filmmakers and writers returning National awards as a protest against the growing intolerance in the country. He believes it's not a healthy trend.
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Mahesh Bhatt Describes Returning of Awards as a 'Brave Act'
"I find nothing wrong in the fact that filmmakers are returning their National Awards. It is a brave act. They, as citizens of India are entitled to express their dissent through the means which they choose," said Mahesh Bhatt
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BJP Launches 'Know the Truth' as Filmmakers Join 'Intolerance' Protest
At the same time as 24 filmmakers announced on Thursday that they were returning their National Awards to protest against what they called "rising intolerance", Amit Shah, the president of the ruling BJP launched a book titled, 'Know the Truth'.
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Hema Malini Calls Returning National Awards 'Politically Instigated'
"It (returning national awards) is not a right thing to do. I feel it is a politically instigated matter. People are dying to get a National Award. It's a national reputation. People come to me saying if I can help them in getting a National Award. And here, these people are returning awards," said Hema Malini
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24 Filmmakers Including Kundan Shah, Saeed Mirza Return National Awards
Kundan Shah, the maker of the iconic film 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron', and Saeed Mirza, were among the 24 filmmakers who returned their National Awards today and added their voice to what has come to be known as the "Award Wapsi" protest against "rising intolerance".
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Bollywood Divided: 9 Actors Who Don't See the Point in Returning Awards
The decision of a varied group of filmmakers, authors and poets to return government-granted awards as a form of protest has left opinion divided and India's film fraternity fractured. Supriya Pathank asked: "Are we gaining anything from that? Have you been able to make a point that something has changed? Whom are we pressurising by this?"
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'Dibakar Banerjee is Trying to Get Attention by Returning National Award'
"I am very hurt that my film has got involved in this controversy. Dibakar has no right to return the award because this award is not his. It is given for the film that includes everyone - actors and the producer. How can he return the award," said Savita
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Shabana Azmi: Returning Awards is a Symbolic Gesture
A group of 10 filmmakers, including Dibakar Banerjee and Anand Patwardhan, announced on October 29 that they would return their national awards to protest against the "threat to diversity and freedom of speech."
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Returning Awards is a Symbolic Gesture: Shabana Azmi
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi today said the decision of several artistes and filmmakers to return their awards in protest against "a culture of intolerance" is a "symbolic gesture" of bigger things to come.
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Exclusive: Zubin Mehta Says Ink Attacks Shameful, Wants Pakistanis To Play In IPL
If public intellectuals are ostracized or vilified from speaking their minds, India risks becoming a "cultural dictatorship", world famous music conductor Zubin Mehta has said, calling the protest by writers, filmmakers and scientists returning honours "brave".
