Odia film director lipika Singh Darai, along with nine other eminent filmmakers, has returned her three national awards protesting against the Government’s intolerance and curb on individual freedom.
Ten filmmakers including Darai and her husband Indraneel lahiri, along with Dibakar Banerjee, Anand Pathwardhan, Paresh Kamdar, Nishtha Jain, Kirti Nakhwa, Harshvardhan Kulkarni, Hari Nair and Rakesh Sharma returned their national awards in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Concerned about the rising intolerance and shrinking personal freedom lipika is deeply disturbed by the recent happenings in the country. lipika, a native of Damasahi village of Mayurbhanj district, belongs to the Ho tribe.