They were honoured with the Hero Indian Sports Academy Indian sportsman and sportswoman of the year award respectively.
Prohibitory orders have been imposed after parents and students staged a violent protest.
'I belonged to the working class, not the middle class.' 'I was a rag-picker. I used to pick up coal from the railway tracks.' 'I was rejected from the FTII, as I was very unkempt and skinny.' 'I did not look like a hero, villain or comedian.' 'But Girish Karnad and Jairaj said I should be taken based on merit, not looks.'
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