India’s National Film Award’s Melee
by Andre Soares
”The government feels that some element of censorship is required to preserve our cultural bearings. How can public awards like the [National Film Awards] be given to a film that the people can’t watch in its original form?’
So says an official from India’s Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), apparently afraid that if Indian films are shown uncensored, the country will lose its bearings and will thus be annexed by Pakistan.
The DFF, by the way, is the entity responsible for India’s National Film Awards (NFA). This year’s rumored results — the awards were never officially announced — have been called "illegal," as a Mumbai high court ruling has sided with documentary filmmakers Anand Patwardhan, Simantini Dhuruv, and Gaurav Jani, who filed suit against the DFF requirement that competing films hold a censorship certificate.
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Hollywood’s Academy Awards need a “melee” of that sort to spice things up a bit. It’s gotten waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too predictable.