There have been lot of controversies when Nivin Pauly and Dulquer Salmaan, won the state award for best actors in the recent years as majority of the audiences believed that there are many others who acted better than the two. And now, popular Mollywood director Sajin Baabu came out with a controversial statement against Nivin Pauly and Dulquer Salmaan related to this award issue.

Recently, Sajin shared a news about Bollywood veteran Rishi Kapoor who confessed that he had given money to get an award for his performance in his 1973 movie Bobby, when the award was actually deserved to Amitabh Bachchan that year. Sajin wrote on his social media page that if Rishi Kapoor was able to buy an award back in 1973, then the situation would be worse now. He remarked that many years later if the audience can we expect such a revelation from Nivin Pauly and Dulquer Salmaan in their autobiographies. The director's statement didnot go well among the fans of both stars and has already created a huge uproar on social media.

Sajin Baabu rose to fame with his directotial Asthamayam Vare, which won recognition at 2014 IFFK. Sajin is now doing a movie titled Ayaal sasi, with Sreenivasan in the lead.