By Admin 
On August 1, the 71st National Film Awards were announced in which ‘The Kerala Story’ was awarded two awards. Sudipto Sen won the Best Direction Award for ‘The Kerala Story’ and Prashantu Mahapatra won the Best Cinematography Award. ‘The Kerala Story’ became a controversial release due to its subject. Many people condemned the film, calling it propoganda and also criticized it for incorrectly presenting the facts and giving it a communal color to Kerala. Two National Awards received by “The Kerala Story” surprised some people, while Jury President Ashutosh Gowariker explained why the film won the award.
,The Kerala Story ‘ Why do two National Awards received?
Actually, the chairman of the jury Ashutosh Gowariker told during an interview to NDTV,
- “One award is of cinematography. The cinematography of” The Kerala Story “was very Stark and realistic.”
- He further said, “It never tried to dominate the Nent, the images were composed in the reality. Therefore, we appreciated it.”
- Regarding the award received by Sudipto Sen, Gowariker said, “This is a difficult subject and to express it with clericity, we felt the need to appreciate it as a jury.”
- Gowariker said that the jury had an ‘discussion’ about “The Kerala Story”, but the film was unanimously awarded the award.
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Where is ‘The Kerala Story’ on OTT
The ‘The Kerala Story’, released in 2023, depicts the alleged fundamentalism and smuggling of women from Kerala by ISIS, which has been dismissed by many people as misleading. This film was also banned in many Indian states. Please tell that in ‘The Kerala Story’, Play Sharma played the lead role. It was directed by Sudipto Sen. The film had a net collection of 241.74 crores in India. At the same time, worldwide was 302 crores. This film has been seen on the OTT platform G5.
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