Lyricist
Manoj
Muntashir,
who
penned
down
the
lyrics
of
'Teri
Mitti'
from
Akshay
Kumar's
Kesari,
has
vowed
to
never
attend
an
award
show
after
losing
to
'Apna
Time
Aayega'
from
Gully
Boy
at
Filmfare
Awards,
this
year.
In
his
Twitter
post,
the
lyricist
wrote,
"Dear
Awards...Even
if
I
try
all
my
life..
I
won't
be
able
to
write
a
better
song
than
#TeriMitti,
a
better
line
than..
'Tu
Kahti
Thee
Tera
Chaand
Hoon
Main
Aur
Chaand
Humesha
Rahta
hai'.
You
failed
to
honor
the
words
which
made
millions
of
Indians
cry
and
care
for
their
motherland.
It
would
be
a
great
disrespect
to
my
art
if
I
still
continue
caring
for
you.
So
here
I
bid
you
a
final
good
bye.
I
officially
announce-
I
won't
attend
any
award
show
till
I
breathe
my
last.
Alvida
(sic)."
Singer
Neha
Bhasin
also
reacted
to
Muntashir's
post
and
wrote,
"We
music
industry
make
your
films
as
much
as
your
actors
do
@filmfare
and
we
are
stars
too,
our
fans
love
us
with
all
their
might.
If
i
can
afford
a
certain
standard
of
living
n
stature
i
refuse
to
be
treated
otherwise
I
#BoycottFilmFare
thank
u
@manojmuntashir
for
speaking
up."
She
further
wrote,
"I
hope
you
take
this
criticism
constructively
we
attend
@filmfare
eyes
with
our
family
to
celebrate
our
art
but
the
discrimination
between
who
u
consider
imp
n
not
is
apparent
every
year.
Fighting
for
a
car,
a
room,
a
seat
etc
is
not
a
mark
of
celebration
or
acceptance."
Many
netizens
reacted
to
Muntashir's
post
and
lauded
the
lyricist
for
speaking
up.
Some
netizens
also
slammed
Filmfare
for
snubbing
'Teri
Mitti'
and
called
the
award
show
'fake'.