Manoj's Filmfare win huge for India's LGBTQ: Aligarh writer
Apurva Asrani, the writer of 2016 film 'Aligarh', said that Manoj Bajpayee winning a mainstream award for playing a gay protagonist in the film is huge for India's LGBTQ community. Manoj won the Critics' Choice Best Actor award for 'Aligarh' at Filmfare Awards 2017. In the film, he played the role of a professor who's sacked for his sexual orientation.