Yes, I'm doing the anti awards vapsi march: confirms Anupam Kher

Mumbai: For the first time, the outspoken Anupam Kher is quiet about his plans.

When Deccan Chronicle quizzed him about his ?eyebrow-raising plans to undertake a march to the Rashtrapati Bhavan on 7 November to protest against artistes, who have returned their awards as a mark of protest, Anupam answers cautiously, “Yes, it is a fact. I am undertaking an anti awards-vapsi march on the morning of November 7 to the Rashtrapati Bhavan. I’ve an appointment with the President Shri Pranab Mukherjee for 10 am on November 7.And that’s all I am willing to tell you right now.”

When asked how much support he has from within the film and theatre fraternity for this unus?ual for?m? of protest against the protesters, Anupam shoots back, “There is support, of course, thought it may not be direct or open. The march on November 7 is not about numbers. It’s about conviction. Even if I’ve to march alone to the Rashtrapti Bhavan on November 7 I’ll do so.”