Malayalam music composer Ramesh Narayan has come under limelight for refusing to accept an award from actor Asif Ali. The two along with several other actors were present at the trailer launch of 'Manorathangal', an upcoming anthology for ZEE5. At the event, Asif walked towards Ramesh to present him with a memento.
However, he refused to accept the award and instead asked Jayaraj to present it to him. The video instantly went viral on social media. In the viral video, the anchor is heard announcing that Asif Ali will present Ramesh Narayan with a memento for his contribution to Malayalam cinema.
However, he takes the memento from Asif without looking at him and instead calls for the anthology's director Jayaraj. Initially, the filmmaker hesitated to fill Asif’s shoes. He reluctantly presented the memento to Ramesh Narayan.
In the background, actors Biju Menon and Indrajith were also visibly surprised and taken aback by this action. ADVERTISEMENT After the video went viral netizens began to guess what might have undergone at the event for Ramesh to behave in such a manner. Many also called out Ramesh for his inappropriate behaviour towards A cinephile who had shared the video on X (formerly called Twitter) gave a context to the video.
"Context:I guess Ramesh Narayan the Music Director stubbornly wanted to receive the award from his director Jayaraj. However he should have requested the same to organisers rather than disrespecting Asif by not even having eye-contact." Another.