65th National Film Awards! Several Winners To Skip The Prestigious Event?
65th National Film Awards! Winners are disappointed that President Ram Nath Kovind will present the award to only 11 winners and the rest will not be handed over by him.
The
65th
National
Film
Awards
is
all
set
to
be
given
today
by
the
President
of
India,
Ram
Nath
Kovind
and
reports
state
that
a
lot
of
winners
have
decided
to
skip
the
event
as
the
President
will
personally
present
the
award
only
to
11
winners
and
the
rest
will
not
be
given
by
the
President.
Upset
by
this,
many
winners
have
decided
to
skip
the
prestigious
event
as
they
feel
disrespected.
Omerta
director
Hansal
Mehta
opened
up
by
saying
that
winners
feel
humiliated
by
this
as
it's
a
big
recognition
to
bag
the
award
from
the
President's
hand.
He
was
quoted
as
saying
to
Indian
Express,
"It's
extremely
disappointing.
It's
unfair.
Not
to
undermine
any
Minister
but
it's
the
biggest
recognition
that
an
artiste
gets
from
his
or
her
nation
and
it's
given
by
the
President.
These
winners
had
already
reached
Delhi
and
they
were
in
the
middle
of
their
rehearsals
when
they
were
informed.
That's
humiliating."
The
winners
expressed
their
disappointment
to
Shekhar
Kapur
and
he
requested
them
to
attend
the
event
and
stated
that
an
announcement
on
the
regard
will
be
made
shortly.
Sandeep
Pampally,
who
won
the
Best
Jasari
Film
National
Award
for
Sinjar,
said,
"Yesterday,
during
rehearsals
we
got
to
know
that
not
all
awards
will
be
presented
by
the
President
and
then
the
winners
decided
to
boycott
the
ceremony."
He
further
commented,
"Today,
Shekhar
Kapur
met
with
the
upset
winners
and
they
requested
him
that
they
should
be
awarded
by
the
President.
Shekhar
Kapur
has
said
that
there
will
be
a
decision
made.
But
there's
no
clarity
as
to
what
will
finally
happen."
However,
whether
all
the
National
Film
Awards
will
be
presented
by
President
Ram
Nath
Kovind
or
not,
is
yet
to
be
announced.