national film awards have been linked to controversies for many years. many times the jury is accused of foul play in selecting the winners.. in 2001 national award, raveena tandon was given best actress award while there were many actresses who deserved the award more than raveena. the reason for this as stated was that during that year raveena's uncle, macmohan was the jury member.
The 53rd National Film Awards seem to have run into a controversy yet again with a member jury alleging foul play in selecting the winners. Kolkata-based film critic Shyamli Banerjee has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court levelling charges of corruption and fixing in deciding the 53rd Awards. Banerjee has alleged that there is pressure on the members of the jury by the Directorate of the Film Festivals (DFF) to decide in favour of particular films. She has said that the 53rd National Awards has been "hijacked" and there is a nexus of producers, distributors and directors. Banerjee has listed out that director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Black or it's actors in the film cannot get the National Awards as the movie is an adaptation of the film The Miracle Worker and according to the rules no adaptations can be given awards. The 53rd National Awards is for films produced between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005. Past not perfect The National Film Awards ran into a controversy last year also when documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan filed a petition in the Bombay High Court. Patwardhan challenged the entry criteria for the National Awards, which does not allow films without a censor certificate. The Bombay High Court upheld the petition in July last year, but the Directorate of Films later challenged the decision. I didn't believe at this earlier but today when arr didn't win i damn m sure that there's a foul play by the jury.. POSTED BY MUKUL in orkut... On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 9:10 PM, worldspanthion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if arr gets national award its a pride to the award only not to arr:) > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > "rahmanfever" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I'm so sad.. :-( > > > > > > Best Music for ASHOK , for a Konkini movie.. > > > > Hearty Congrats for all the Winners.. God Bless them all for all the > > success... > > > > BETTER LUCK FOR US AND OUR BOSS , NEXT TIME :-( > > > > > -- regards, Vithur HELP EVER; HURT NEVER; LOVE ALL; SERVE ALL
