Diljit won the award for his stint in "Udta Punjab" and Harshvardhan, who was also nominated in the same category for "Mirzya," believes debut award should be given to people who are actually newcomers, and not to somebody who has worked in several films before heading to Bollywood.
"Don't feel entitled to any award, I'm questioning the principle of who is a newcomer, have zero problems losing to a genuine newcomer," the 26-year-old tweeted.
"@jimSarbh was amazing in #neerja and is a newcomer would've been happy to lose to him," he added.
Apart from the recent one, Harshvardhan has won most of the best debut awards this year.
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