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GUWAHATI: National Award-winning filmmaker Jahnu Barua on Tuesday said he has withdrawn his film 'Bhoga Khirikee' (Broken Window), which was produced by Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra, from the upcoming Assam film awards in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Expressing anguish over the ongoing unrest across Assam and North East, the Padma Bhushan awardee said that the leaders are "disrobing the motherland" only because of power politics. "I am very unhappy at the ongoing situation regarding the bill. This bill should not have happened. We believed the leadership, but they are not trying to understand us. In such a situation, I do not want to participate in such a programme," Barua told PTI. The 8th Assam State Film Awards and Film Festival, 2019 is scheduled to take place on December 26 and 27 in Guwahati. Stating that he has always protested against the hugely controversial bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday midnight, the eminent film director said … [Read more...] about National award-winner Jahnu Barua withdraws ‘Bhoga Khirikee’ from Assam film festival in protest against CAB

Photo: Sundance Film Festival Photo: Sundance Film Festival Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: Sundance Film Festival ‘Give Me Liberty’ Grabs Best Film Award in Macao 1  /  1 Back to Gallery Kirill Mikhanovsky’s “Give Me Liberty” and Gu Xiaogang’s “Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains won the best picture prizes in the international and Chinese cinema sections on Tuesday at the International Film Festival and Awards Macau (IFFAM). “This film shouldn’t have existed because there were so many obstacles. Everything was a miracle. Us being here is an utter miracle,” said Mikhanovsky, who took the stage with his producer Alice Austen to describe the frenzy of trying to shoot their film for a … [Read more...] about ‘Give Me Liberty’ Grabs Best Film Award in Macao

(CNN)He may have endured a testing start to his defense of the Formula E championship, but Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne was given a reason to cheer at the Autosport Awards in London. The Frenchman picked up the Moment of the Year award having become the first driver to successfully defend a Formula E title last season. Vergne received the accolade a fortnight after gaining just four points from the opening two races of the season in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, where a steering issue had forced him to retire in the first race. Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, videos and features Really honoured to be awarded. I always looked up to those who received similar awards. Now I realise what it means to be recognised. Thanks all my fans and everyone for voting for me. Motorsport has been so good to me, makes me keep fighting and believing 🙏🏼 #AutosportAwards pic.twitter.com/KQSe6ePmea— Jean-Eric Vergne (@JeanEricVergne) December 9, 2019 But Sunday's award gave the … [Read more...] about Jean-Eric Vergne wins Autosport award to brighten difficult start to season

Real Madrid moved back to within five points of La Liga leaders Barcelona with a hassle free 3-0 victory over Eibar on Sunday. However, Eibar did most of the damage for them as Paulo Oliveira’s own goal and a goalkeeping mistake from Marko Dmitrovic to allow Marco Asensio’s shot through his grasp handed the European champions a 2-0 half-time lead. Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to pick up FIFA’s ‘The Best’ award in London for his goals in helping Real land a Champions League and La Liga double for the first time in 59 years earlier in the year. Yet, the Portuguese’s off colour La Liga form this season continued as it was Asensio who shone as his partner up front with Karim Benzema rested. Asensio teed up Isco inside two minutes only for Dmitrovic to parry the Spanish international’s tame effort. Real’s defending in the first period left a lot to be desired, but Eibar showed why they have only managed to score three times all season … [Read more...] about Routine win keeps Real pressure on Barcelona

Erdogan speaking at an event held on the occasion of Human Rights Day in Ankara. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that if he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize he would not accept it. Erdogan’s remarks came after the awarding of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature to Peter Handke, an Austrian writer who is accused of denying the 1995 Bosnian genocide. Speaking at an event held on the occasion of Human Rights Day in the capital Ankara, Erdogan said Turkey also would not participate in the Nobel ceremony, saying “awarding such a killer amounts to complicity in oppression.” The president described the Swedish Academy as a foundation which acts politically and ideologically. Handke is known to be a great admirer of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, who died in 2006 while facing trial in The Hague for war crimes and genocide. “Stand up if you support the Serbs,” Handke wrote … [Read more...] about Turkey’s Erdogan to decline Nobel Peace Prize if awarded

This year's laureates for the Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature and Economics will receive their awards on Tuesday in a ceremony in Stockholm. The event is being boycotted by Albania and Kosovo which condemned the decision to award the 2019 Literature Prize to Austrian author Peter Handke. He is criticised for being a supporter of the late former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. You can watch live in the video player, above, from 16:30 CET. Ahead of the ceremony taking place on Human Rights' Day, Kosovo's Foreign Affairs Minister Behgjet Pacolli said that "today is a shameful day for Europe and humankind". "It shows that Europe has an (sic) amnesia of what happened in Kosovo, Bosnia and Croatia. We have to counter these revisionist attempts," Pacolli added. His Albanian counterpart, Gent Cakaj, confirmed on Twitter on Monday that the country's ambassador to Sweden would not attend the ceremony. "Justification of war atrocities during the Yugoslavia break-up … [Read more...] about Watch live: Nobel laureates to receive their awards in ceremony clouded in controversy