Musician Ramesh Narayan faces online ire for not accepting award from Asif Ali

Acclaimed music director Ramesh Narayan is facing backlash after a video of him not accepting an award from Asif Ali went viral. Protests erupted in social media following allegations that Narayan insulted actor Asif Ali during the event.

The controversy sparked when Asif Ali was invited to present an award to Ramesh Narayan at the trailer launch of "Manorathangal”, a film based on MT Vasudevan Nair's series of nine stories.

Narayan did not accept the award from Asif Ali and instead asked director Jayaraj to come over. Narayan took the award from Asif Ali's hand and handed it over to Jayaraj, asking him to present the award back to him.

Social media users claim that Narayan did this to avoid interacting with Asif Ali after receiving the award. The incident, captured on video, quickly went viral on social media, sparking outrage among fans who demanded Narayan to apologise.

As of now, neither Ramesh Narayan nor Asif Ali has publicly responded to the incident.