Hyderabad, June 22 -- A collective of social activists, academicians, and legal practitioners has raised strong objections to the Telangana government's decision to confer the Gaddar Telangana Film Award to the film Razakar (Silent Genocide of Hyderabad), terming it a "polarising and propaganda-driven film."

In a letter addressed to Telngana chief minister A Revanth Reddy, Cinematography minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, and the managing director of the Telangana state film development corporation, the signatories demanded the immediate withdrawal of the award, an enquiry into the jury's decision-making, and a reaffirmation of the Film Corporation's commitment to secular values.

"We social activists, academicians, legal practitioners a...