10 filmmakers return national awards
"I am returning this award...You all must think whether the thing that is happening in the FTII is correct," Dibakar Banerjee said while addressing a press conference.
Speaking at the press conference, Patwardhan said: "We are disenchanted with what is happening in the country."
Earlier, several recipients of Sahitya Akademi award had returned their awards in protest against incidents like the Dadri lynching and murder of rationalist writer M M Kalburgi.
Meanwhile, students of the FTII have called off their 139-day-long strike on Wednesday.
They have been holding strike in protest of appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the new chairman of the institution.
Students said they will continue the protest.
Chauhan was well known for playing the role of "Yudhishthira" in the popular Indian TV serial Mahabharat and he is also a member of ruling party BJP.
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