India, Nov. 11 -- Malayalam rapper Vedan winning the Best Lyricist Award at the recently declared 55th Kerala State Film Awards sparked a major row as he had been accused and even arrested in a sexual assault case. But Vedan, who won the State honour for the Manjummel Boys soundtrack Kuthanthram, remains unfazed even amid the barrage of brickbats, stating that he takes "all the criticism in a positive way". Noted scriptwriter Deedi Damodaran are among those who denounced the honour to an assault accused, even as jury members such as Gayatri Asokan have stood by their decision to award Vedan for his talent.

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