Vishal Bhardwaj comment after winning hi five for Haider` at the 62nd National Awards has not gone well with the Kashmiri Pandit and Bollywood actor Anupam Kher.

Vishal Bhardwaj in statement dedicated the National award of Haider to Kashmiri Pandits.

Reacting on this, Anupam Kher tweeted, "While I congratulate Vishal Bhardwaj for National Awards but dedicating them to #KashmiriPandits genocide is such a fraudish thing to do. When was last time Vishal Bhardwaj spoke about d plight of #KashmiriPandits? He in fact humiliated us by doing dance of devil at our temple. The so called 'Hindu' centric Govt. gave Haider 5 National Awards which many felt was anti-Hindu & anti Indian Army. This is NOT Talibanism. My reactions to V Bhardwaj comes from d press con he held after winning National Award & dedicated his award to #KashmiriPandits genocide.

Haider won five National awards for Best Male Playback Singer for Sukhwinder Singh for the song Bismil; Best Dialogues and Best Music Direction for the film`s director Vishal Bhardwaj; Best Choreography for Norway-based Sudesh Adhana; and Best Costume Designer for the effervescent Dolly Ahluwali.

After winning the award, the director said, "Yes I dedicate my award to them and I feel very sad because they misunderstood my feelings. I have said it before that the tragedy of Kashmiri Pandits is very big".