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 on Sunday.
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.
