Joju George and Keerthy Suresh receive national awards, other Keralites boycott function

NEW DELHI: Actors Joju George and Keerthy Suresh did not join hands with filmmakers boycotting national awards expressing solidarity with those protesting against the CAA. Joju George received the award (special mention) for his brilliant performance in ‘Joseph’ from vice president Venkaiah Naidu. Keerthy got the award for her performance in ‘Mahanadi’. The awards were presented to them at a function held at the Vigyan Bhawan. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar were also present at the function. Actors Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal shared the awards.Keerthy

Only Joju and Keerthy were present from Kerala. Crew and actors of ‘Sudani from Nigeria’ boycotted the function in protest against CAA and National Register of Citizens (NRC). Savithri Sreedharan who portrayed a main role in Sudani boycotted the award.