Manoj Bajpayee on Aligarh snub: I don’t want to talk about National Awards

Am getting calls asking me if Aligarh was entered for the National Awards and if i was disappointed with the.. pic.twitter.com/93cw80iv7b

— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) April 7, 2017

My only hope is that the debate over Section 377 and LGBTQ rights is not ignored. If Aligarh has shone a light on.. pic.twitter.com/pusrCThOkl

— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) April 7, 2017

Directed Hansal Mehta shared his views on Twitter and said that the team was definitely disappointed. “Am getting calls asking me if Aligarh was entered for the National Awards and if I was disappointed with the results. Yes, Aligarh was entered and while we are disappointed like many other colleagues I would like to congratulate winners. The jury has a difficult job every year and there are bound to be disappointments for many, a few debatable awards and much hurt over being overlooked. At the same time, some fine films have been rewarded and some excellent work has been recognised. To all my colleagues who poured their hearts out into Aligarh, lets juts keep making ou films with love and care- awards or no awards. There is no point brooding over the results. There is merit in only moving on and continuing to work, to make movies that we believe in. Manoj, Apu, Raj, Satya, Neil, Mandar and the entire team, you are all my champions.”

“My only hope is that the debate over Section 377 and LGBT rights is not ignored. If Aligarh has shone a light on these issues and if India’s ignored LGBTQ population are able to move forward with dignity, rights and unconditional integration into the mainstream we will consider our task in making Aligarh accomplished,” Hansal added.