Joining an increasing number of writers and poets who have returned honours and given up positions in recent weeks, Filmfair awards today announced that they are revoking Fardein Khan's 'Best male debut' award for the film 'Prem Agan' given back in 1998.
"We are very afraid in the new India. It is intolerant of religious diversity, mediocre performances and stuff like that. This is not the free India of 1998 where we could give the award to just about anyone", said Filmfair's official spokesperson.
"This is our small way of revolting against the growing intolerance. We protest the restrictions on freedom of expression in the country today. We'd in fact given this award to encourage more facial expression in his subsequent films but that clearly didn't work out for us"
Filmfair's governing council earlier passed a powerful resolution protesting the killings of noted rationalists in the country and miraculously enough, not only did that bring back the dead, the perpetrators found themselves behind bars as well, as a direct result of the signing of the minutes of this meeting and subsequent scanning and uploading on their website.
