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The 65th Filmfare Awards Ceremony scheduled to be held in Guwahati this month has been opposed by chief advisor of All Assam Studentsโ€™ Union (AASU) Dr Samujjal Bhattacharjya.

Attending the first day of Kalaguru Sangeet Mahotsav 2020 hosted by Zubeen Garg at Tangla H S playground in Tangla town of Assamโ€™s Udalguri district on Friday, Bhattacharjya said the Filmfare Awards ceremony has been organized as a part of governmentโ€™s attempt to divert peopleโ€™s attention from anti-CAA agitation across Assam.

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Expressing his resentment on the awards ceremony to be held on February 15 in Guwahati, Bhattacharjya said, โ€œWe are not against the artistes from Mumbai. But the matter to ponder over is that government has donated Rs 30 lakh to a private event and if required they will offer more donation.โ€

โ€œJyoti Prasad Agarwala was the first filmmaker of Assam. Has this organisation done anything for Jyoti Prasad? It is a question every common man is asking todayโ€ Bhattacharjya questioned.

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However popular Assamese singer Zubeen Garg came out in support of the Filmfare Awards 2020.

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He said thatโ€™s โ€˜goodโ€™ for us.

He said, โ€˜our protests are not against sports and culture or any Filmfare Awardโ€™.

โ€œSome artistes have opposed it but it is uncalled for as we must not boycott such extravangza event because the Bollywood mega stars and others will never visit Assam if such events are not held,โ€ he opined.

Shajid Khan is Northeast Now Correspondent in Udalguri. He can be reached at: [email protected]