Apurva Asrani is overjoyed with Manoj Bajpayee's win at Filmfare

Actor Manoj Bajpayee's victory as the Best Actor (Male) at Filmfare Awards for "Aligarh" is a huge achievement for the LGBTQ community, says the movie's co-writer Apurva Asrani, who had "lost faith in awards".

Asrani tweeted on Sunday:

To that, Manoj, who shared the award with Shahid Kapoor ("Udta Punjab"), tweeted: "It's all due to your writing and Hansal Mehta."

In "Aligarh", Manoj played a gay professor.