10 Filmmakers Return Awards to Protest 'Threat to Diversity'

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After writers and artists, now filmmakers have decided to return awards to protest against what they call rising intolerance. A group of 10 filmmakers, including Dibakar Banerjee and Anand Patwardhan, announced today that they would return their national awards to protest against the "threat to diversity and freedom of speech."

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