Prakash Raj ready to return national awards

Prakash Raj said he wants to return all the national awards he won. He said “bigger actors” including the PM deserve the honours. He took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his silence on the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru.

He was speaking to a public meeting in Bangalore.

“We don’t know who killed my dear friend Gauri Lankesh, but we can see the people who are celebrating her murder. In my life, I have never seen so much abuse like what happens on social media. Some people followed by our Prime Minister on Twitter spew venom. And the Prime Minister turns a blind eye to this,” he said.

Prakash Raj won national awards for acting for films – “Iruvar aka Iddaru”, “Anthapuram”, and “Kanchipuram”. He also won couple of special Jury awards.