‘Human error’: Assam Minister on state movie awards goof up involving singer Nahid Afrin
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By PTI
GUWAHATI: As an argument erupted over an artist being introduced with the most effective playback singer within the state movie awards just lately purportedly for a track she had not lent her voice to, Assam Cultural Affairs Minister Bimal Borah on Wednesday claimed that the award was given to the proper singer.
He maintained that the identify of the track for which the award was given was “wrongly” written within the certificates, in search of to downplay it as a “human error”.
Nahid Afrin was given the most effective playback singer (feminine) award on the eighth Assam State Film Awards on Monday for the movie ‘Nijaanor Gaan’.
Afrin, who had sung one of many songs within the movie, had acquired the award from the State Legislative Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary at a ceremony right here.
However, the controversy began when it was displayed on display on the ceremony, as she acquired the felicitation, that the award was for a track which was not sung by Afrin.
Claiming that it was a “human error”, Borah stated, “The Award was meant for Nahid Afrin. There is no confusion over it. The lyrics of the song were wrongly mentioned in the citation displayed. It was a human error,” he stated.
Borah stated the makers of the movie have to say particulars whereas making use of for any award and it was not talked about within the utility the track for which Afrin’s identify was really useful. “Since Afrin had sung a song in that same film, our jury decided to give her the award,” the minister stated.
When the confusion was delivered to mild on Tuesday, Afrin, in a social media submit, maintained that she was not conscious that the lyrics of one other track have been displayed as she was receiving the award.
“The details were displayed behind me. It is not possible for any awardee to read what is being written behind them as we are concentrating on the audience in front of us. If the jury says the award was actually meant for the singer of the other song, I will happily return it,” Afrin who had shot to fame by profitable the junior phase of a tv singing actuality present added.
Afrin maintained that she was knowledgeable by a jury member over cellphone that she had gained the award quickly after the names have been made official and he or she had additionally acquired an inventory circulated by means of WhatsApp which had her identify because the winner, together with the movie’s identify however with no point out of the track.
GUWAHATI: As an argument erupted over an artist being introduced with the most effective playback singer within the state movie awards just lately purportedly for a track she had not lent her voice to, Assam Cultural Affairs Minister Bimal Borah on Wednesday claimed that the award was given to the proper singer.
He maintained that the identify of the track for which the award was given was “wrongly” written within the certificates, in search of to downplay it as a “human error”.
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Afrin, who had sung one of many songs within the movie, had acquired the award from the State Legislative Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary at a ceremony right here.
However, the controversy began when it was displayed on display on the ceremony, as she acquired the felicitation, that the award was for a track which was not sung by Afrin.
Claiming that it was a “human error”, Borah stated, “The Award was meant for Nahid Afrin. There is no confusion over it. The lyrics of the song were wrongly mentioned in the citation displayed. It was a human error,” he stated.
Borah stated the makers of the movie have to say particulars whereas making use of for any award and it was not talked about within the utility the track for which Afrin’s identify was really useful. “Since Afrin had sung a song in that same film, our jury decided to give her the award,” the minister stated.
When the confusion was delivered to mild on Tuesday, Afrin, in a social media submit, maintained that she was not conscious that the lyrics of one other track have been displayed as she was receiving the award.
“The details were displayed behind me. It is not possible for any awardee to read what is being written behind them as we are concentrating on the audience in front of us. If the jury says the award was actually meant for the singer of the other song, I will happily return it,” Afrin who had shot to fame by profitable the junior phase of a tv singing actuality present added.
Afrin maintained that she was knowledgeable by a jury member over cellphone that she had gained the award quickly after the names have been made official and he or she had additionally acquired an inventory circulated by means of WhatsApp which had her identify because the winner, together with the movie’s identify however with no point out of the track.