As the FTII protest weakens from the student’s side it is empowered at the same time with notable award winning filmmakers returning their national awards. Here’s a complete list of filmmakers who have returned their awards & films for which they received it… What’s your take did they deserve it in the first place or it’s the right step towards the current scenario?
Dibakar Banerjee – Khosla Ka Ghosla – Best feature film in Hindi 2007
Anand Patwardhan – Bombay Our City – 1985 – National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film
Paresh Kamdar – Rasayatra – 1995 – national film award for best non feature film editing
Nishtha Jain – Gulabi Gang – 2014 – National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues
Kirti Nakhwa – Lost and Found – 2010 – National Film Award for Best Promotional Film
Harshavardhan Kulkarni – Lost and Found – 2010 – National Film Award for Best Promotional Film
Hari Nair – 1997 – Shams Vision – National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography
Rakesh Sharma – 2007 – National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Non-Feature Film)
Indraneel Lahiri – 2015 – Best Biographical Film / Best Historical Reconstruction Film – Aamaar Katha : Story of Binodini.
Lipika Singh Darai – 2010 – The Spell – National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Audiography
The students, too, said they would return to classes but “continue to protest and resist the current appointments in whatever peaceful and non-violent form we are able to”.
Compiled and researched by: Anurag Pandey
