'Aligarh' co-writer: Had lost faith in awards

Actor Manoj Bajpayee's victory as the Best Actor (Male) at Filmfare Awards for 'Aligarh' is a huge achievement for the LGBTQ community, says the movie's co-writer Apurva Asrani, who had 'lost faith in awards'.

"I had lost faith in awards. But Manoj Bajpayee winning a mainstream award for playing a gay protagonist is huge for India's LGBTQ! Aligarh," Asrani tweeted.
To that, Manoj, who shared the award with Shahid Kapoor ('Udta Punjab'), tweeted: "It's all due to your writing and Hansal Mehta."
In 'Aligarh', Manoj played a gay professor.