'Pledge this nomination to all-embracing spirit of India': Emmy nominee Arjun Mathur shares undelivered speech

Arjun Mathur was the only Indian actor to be nominated at the recently held 2020 International Emmy Awards. The actor was among the Best Actor nominees for his incredible performance as a homosexual man and a wedding planner named Karan Mehra in Amazon Original show Made in Heaven. The actor had shared his look and excitement for the virtual awards event held on Monday at 9:30 pm in India. Now, Arjun took to his Instagram page and shared the winning speech which he would have said if he had won the award.

The speech read as "International recognition for an Indian is an opportunity, not the celebrate the self, but to acknowledge the millions of marginalised downtrodden and victimised Indians who are locked in a daily battle for dignity, livelihood and survival.

As a child of privilege myself, I pledge this nomination to all those who risk themselves to protect the affirming, all-embracing spirit of India and to all the brave individuals across the world, who fight to resist the malicious forces of oppression, bigotry and injustice every single day."

Arjun captioned his post stating, "So there was this speech that I didn’t get a chance to make. I did say I’ll share it here, regardless. Bear with the handwriting. Peace and Love."

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At the 2020 International Emmy Awards, Netflix original film Delhi Crime won the Best Drama Series and finally, India got its first trophy. Along with Arjun Mathur and Delhi Crime, Amazon Original Four More Shots Please! was also nominated at the awards.