Kerala State Awards To Be Announced This Week!
The much awaited Kerala State Awards 2013 shall be announced towards the end of this week amidst a lot of controversies within the jury and film industry. Director Bharathiraja is chairing the jury and there was an issue recently stating that he hadn’t viewed all the films that had been put before the jury for the awards. This allegation had come during the screening time itself and has led to rumours about the credibility of the awards to be announced. The jury had explained saying that the DVDs of films that weren’t watched by Bharathiraja were sent to his house for viewing purposes. This statement backfired as director Dr.Biju said that there were several films battling for awards which hadn’t released theatrically and hence the DVDs of these films aren’t available which made the jury’s excuse invalid.
However, regardless of all that, the jury shall have a sitting on 16th,17th and 18th of April to have a discussion on the award nominees before taking a final call on the same. The awards are expected to be announced on 19th April.
