The 71st Nationwide Movie awards have been introduced on Friday, August 1 and ‘The Kerala Story’ could have received large. The movie received the ‘Greatest Director’ award for Sudipto Sen and ‘Greatest Cinematography’ for Prasantanu Mohapatra. Nevertheless, not everybody on the jury agreed with the choice.Filmmaker Pradeep Nair, a jury member for the Characteristic Movie class, informed Manorama that he strongly opposed the movie being chosen. He known as it “propaganda” and mentioned it unfairly confirmed Kerala in a foul gentle. “As a Malayali on the panel, I raised severe objections. I questioned how a movie that defames a state like Kerala and serves as propaganda may very well be thought of for a nationwide honour,” he mentioned.Regardless of his robust views, Pradeep mentioned the opposite jury members didn’t agree with him. He added, “I even conveyed my considerations on to the jury chairperson. Nevertheless, I used to be the one one who labelled it as propaganda. Others argued that, even when it was controversial, it addressed a related social problem.”One other movie, ‘Ullozhukku’ by Christo Tomy, was additionally being thought of for Greatest Director. However the jury selected The Kerala Story as a substitute. Pradeep mentioned some jury members known as Ullozhukku “only a household drama,” whereas they felt ‘The Kerala Story’ handled a extra pressing social matter.Nonetheless, ‘Ullozhukku’ didn’t go unrecognised. It received Greatest Malayalam Movie and Greatest Supporting Actress for Urvashi.The Kerala Story, directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Shah, stirred main controversy when it was launched. The movie tells the story of ladies from Kerala who’re compelled to transform to Islam and be a part of ISIS. The makers mentioned it was based mostly on actual occasions, claiming that 32,000 ladies from Kerala had been radicalised—although this quantity has been extensively questioned. The movie starred Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Siddhi Idnani and Sonia Balani.