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on 2008/4/9 5:49:07
Every year the Kerala State Film awards brings its own share of controversies. The 2007 awards were announced by Education Minister M.A Baby on Tuesday (April 8) in Thiruvananthapuram, which stirred a hornet's nest.
The favourite horse the master director Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Nalu Pennungal, which was expected to win the best film and director ended up with two minor awards in technical department of art and costume. And to rub it in, the Jury headed by noted Assameese director Jahnu Barua said � "the director (Adoor Gopalakrishnan) has failed to put together and connect the four short stories as a film".
The jury instead lavished five awards on Adayalangal, directed by the little known M.G Sasi. The film won in the best feature film, director, cameraman, processing film lab, and a special jury award for veteran T.G Ravi for acting in the film. Adayalangal, is yet to be commercially released in theatres nor has it been screened at any festivals.
More shocking was the way Sreenivasan, noted actor, writer and director was totally ignored by the award committee. Last year was memorable for Sreenivasan as he had Lal Jose directed Arabikatha, in which he had come out with an outstanding performance as a communist leader who fails to come into grip with globalization. Probably his anti-communist tirade cost him the award! The award committee says off-the record that till the last round, he was a strong contender before Mohanlal piped him to the post for the best actor.
Sreenivasan's much acclaimed story and script of Kathaparayumbol was also forgotten by the award committee which gave it only the popular film with artistic merit award. Another strong contender for the best director and best actor Ore Kadal was also ignored. Shyama Prasad its director is the son of O.Rajagopal a former BJP Minister, and a bitter critic of the CPI (M) led government in the state.
When contacted Shyama Prasad said: " I understand the limitations of the jury and how it functions as an ex-jury member, and has no complaints to register. The jury has its own political ideology; still I strongly feel Mammootty should have won the award for the best actor for Ore Kadal"
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