Robbers return director Manikandan's National Award medal, leave an apology note
Robbers return National Film Award medal after stealing from Manikandan
Look who had a change of heart! In an unexpected move, therobbers who stole the National Award medal of director Manikandan returned it with an apology note.
Robbers apologise for stealing National Film Award medal
"Forgive, your toil is for you”, wrote the robbers in their apology note as they dropped the medal back after police started searching for them.The thieves had stolen from Manikandan’s house in Usilampatti of Madurai district. The director currently lives in Chennai while the house that was robbed is maintained by his employees.
On February 8 when the employees went to his home to feed the dogs, they found that the lock was broken. They alerted the director who later foundthat the National Film Award medal he received for his film Kadaisi Vivasayi, was missing. Along with the medal, five sovereign gold jewels and cash of one lakh were looted from the house.
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The Usilampatti town policeregistered a case and initiated an inquiry. When the news of the theft became viral, the robbers returned the looted medal in a bag, placing it at the entrance gate of Manikandan's house in Usilampatti. Accompanying the returned item was the apology note written in Tamil.
The police are still on the lookout for the robbers as the cash and gold are unaccounted for even though the medal has been returned.
Manikandan and his National Film Awards
Manikandan is known for his work in films like Kaaka Muttai, Kuttrame Thandanai, Aandavan Kattalai. Hemade his feature film debut as a filmmaker with the critically acclaimedKaaka Muttai. Thefilm won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film.
His last film, Kadaisi Vivasayiwon the National Film Award for Best Feature Film. Currently, he is directing a web series for Disney+ Hotstar, which features Vijay Sethupathi.
