Film awards and controversies are always interlinked. Film awards the world over has always been in the thick of controversies at all times. A day after the Kerala Film awards was announced; controversies marred the show. This time the fight ranked between two great directors -- Adoor Gopalakrishnan and T V Chandran.
Soon after the Kerala film awards were announced, Chandran, whose film “Bhoomi Malayalam” bagged the second best film, lambasted Adoor and the Kerala cultural department over the film awards.
Chandran said Adoor's work “Oru pennum Randanum”, which was adjudged the best film, was “not a film but only a tele serial”. Adoor's film “Oru pennun randanum" was produced as part of Doordarshan's project of making short films based on late Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai's short stories, Chandran said. He also said that "Nalu Pennungal," which was released last year was part of this project and it was not considered for the film awards then.
Noting that it was not the first time that his films were being sidelined, he also opined that the jury and the cultural department were afraid of Adoor.
Lashing out at Chandran’s criticism, Adoor said the criticism only showed his ignorance of the difference between a film and television serial. The persons who make films should have to know the difference between cinema and Television serial.
Adoor’s film 'Orupennum Randanum'' had bagged three major awards, including best feature film, best director and best screen play writer awards, in the Kerala state film awards-2008. The second best feature film award went in favour of ''bhoomi malayalam'' directed by Chandran.
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