Show Name : Think Can Change Things Production : MNFS (My Novelty For Sale) Line Producer : RGT Anchor : RGT Concept : RGT Director : RGT Editing: MNFS Team Other Credits : Moni, RGT, Charlie, Yash, Prakhar and all the heplful persons direct or indirect. It's All About Award And Reward Return Action Against Indian Government By Soldiers OROP Writer Musician 1. Litterateurs Have Returned The Prestigious Akademi Award, While ... To Protest The Increasing Incidents Of Communal Violence In India. 2. OROP Row: Irked By Govt, Military Veterans To Return Medals Today 3. Marathi Writer Returns State Award 4. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro Director, Kundan Shah, Is Among The 23 Filmmakers Who Will Return Their Awards At The Press Conference That Will Be Held ... With Return of Prize, India's Literary Stars Protest Rising ... Another Writer Returns Award, Says, 'Not The Free India.... Artists Refusing To Return Awards Lends Intolerance Debate ... After writer Nayantara Sahgal returned her Sahitya Akademi award protesting against what she called a "vicious assault" on India's diversity and debate, poet Ashok Vajpeyi has also given up the prestigious literary honour. "It is high time that writers take a stand," Mr Vajpeyi, a former chairperson of the Lalit Kala Akademi, said. After writers, artists and scientists it is the turn of filmmakers. A group of them announced on Wednesday that they will return their National Awards to the government in support of the striking students at the Film and Television Institute of India and also in protest against the rise in intolerance Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher have voiced out their opinions on rising intolerance in India in the backdrop of Shiv Sena's inking incident and authors returning their Sahitya Akademi awards. In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Raveena Tandon, Actor; Ashoke Pandit, Filmmaker & Social Activist; Vivek Agnihotri, Director; Mukesh Bhatt, President of the Film and Television Producers Guild of India; Vinay Shukla, Filmmaker and Writer (Gold Medalist in Direction, FTII); and Arunaraje Patil, Filmmaker (National Award Winner) & Alumni FTII (1969 Batch) -- discuss actors and writers, who had criticised the filmmakers returning their awards to protest "rising intolerance" in the country, leading a tolerance debate counter march on Saturday against the Indian rebel league. In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Manoj Joshi, Actor; Vivek Agnihotri, Director; Rashneek Kher, Founder Member, Roots in Kashmir; Tapan Bose, Filmmaker; Dinesh Abrol, Prof, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development; Madhuresh Kumar, National Convener, National Alliance of Peoples Movements; and Prof Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Professor, Centre for Comparative Politics & Political Theory, JNU -- discuss thousands marching to Rashtrapathi Bhawan to reinforce that India is not intolerant, actor Anupam Kher leading the march, Govt throwing its weight behind the march against the award wapsi league, and whether Rahul Gandhi has taken the tolerance talk too far by calling BJP fascist. To express solidarity with the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) students — who called off their 139-day strike on Wednesday — as many as 12 filmmakers, including two students, returned their national awards. Those who returned their awards included Dibakar Banerjee, Anand Patwardhan and two students, who recently won awards. Listen in to Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Urban Development and Former President of BJP Venkaiah Naidu speak about protests by writers and authors, the rising intolerance in India as well as the govt's response. A special debate on the increasing number of writers returning their literary honours following attack on rationalists and the overall freedom of expression in the country? Actor Kamal Haasan on Tuesday made it clear that he would not return his National Award to protest the growing level of intolerance in the country. Talking to mediapersons, the actor pointed out that he was not one for intolerance. "I tolerate all religions though I am not religious," he said and added that intolerance must be debated once every five years. On several esteemed writers returning their awards to protest the growing level of intolerance, he said, "Nothing will happen by returning the awards except that you will insult the government and the people who gave the awards to you with love." Agreeing that the move did draw attention to the issue, he said, "You'll bring attention to it. But then, there are many more ways of drawing attention. One article by you will help bring more attention." The actor said that he thought that the award winners should keep their awards and yet continue the fight against intolerance.

• published: 10 Nov 2015
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