Friday,
September
22,
2006
The
appreciations
and
encomiums
for
the
Jury
committee
which
decided
the
state
film
awards
for
the
year
2005-06
stayed
only
for
a
brief
while
and
the
dissenting
voices
have
already
started
pouring
in.
Actor
Jaggesh
who
was
the
recipient
of
the
state
government's
Best
Actor
in
a
supporting
role
for
his
performance
in
Mata
has
fired
the
first
salvo
against
the
jury
committee
by
announcing
that
he
will
be
rejecting
the
award,
as
he
had
considered
it
as
demoting
him
from
the
status
of
a
hero
to
that
of
a
character
actor.
Ashwini
Ramaprasad,
the
producer
of
the
film
Jogi
is
also
displeased
about
the
omission
of
Guru
Kiran
for
the
Best
Music
award
though
the
album
became
the
biggest
audio
hit
of
2005.
Jaggesh
says
that
he
feels
this
award
not
as
an
honour
but
an
insult
to
him.
"I
am
not
a
character
actor
in
the
film.
I
am
the
hero
of
the
film
and
the
film
was
publicised
as
my
100th
film
in
the
leading
role.
The
media,
the
film
industry
and
my
fans
who
have
viewed
and
appreciated
this
film
have
considered
me
as
the
hero
of
the
film.
This
is
my
first
state
award,
but
I
am
really
unhappy
over
the
category
for
which
I
am
selected.
It
is
like
demoting
my
stature
in
the
industry.
There
is
no
point
in
accepting
this
award
when
many
of
my
fans
and
well
wishers
in
the
industry
have
been
upset
with
this
decision
of
the
Jury
Committee'
asserted
Jaggesh
in
a
hurriedly
convened
press
conference.
Jaggesh
said
that
though
he
was
initially
happy
when
he
heard
the
news
that
he
was
selected
for
the
award,
he
had
not
thought
that
the
Jury
committee
had
decided
to
select
me
in
the
Best
Actor
in
the
Supporting
role
category.
"This
was
a
film
in
which
I
had
acted
as
a
hero.
I
have
done
many
films
in
which
I
had
played
the
supporting
cast.
I
am
not
demeaning
the
importance
of
supporting
characters.
But
this
award
is
unacceptable
because
it
is
like
insulting
my
present
stature
in
the
industry' he
said.
Jaggesh
said
that
he
will
be
conveying
to
the
government
his
decision
to
reject
the
award
and
at
the
same
time
he
will
adduce
reasons
for
the
same.
Guru
Prasad,
the
director
of
Mata
was
also
present
and
he
added
that
the
entire
unit
was
displeased
with
the
selection
of
Jaggesh
for
the
supporting
role
award.
He
also
disapproved
the
selection
of
awards
which
are
not
exhibited
for
the
people.
It
is
not
the
first
time
that
a
state
government
film
awardee
has
rejected
the
award.
Earlier,
Producer_Director
B.R.Panthulu
had
rejected
the
Best
Actor
State
award
given
to
him
for
his
performance
as
Thirmmarasu
in
the
film
Sri
Krishnadevaraaya
by
the
Jury
arguing
that
he
did
not
deserve
the
award
as
much
as
Dr.
Raj
Kumar
who
had
acted
in
the
role
of
Krishnadevaraya.
The
film
was
released
in
1969.
Vishnuvardhan,
Ramesh
during
1997-98In
the
year
1997-98,
Dr.
Vishnuvardhan
and
Ramesh
Arvind
were
adjudged
the
Best
actors
in
the
film
Veerappa
Nayaka
and
America
America.
But
Dr.
Vishnuvardhan
received
the
award
on
the
stage
and
said
that
the
award
should
actually
go
to
the
film's
director
S.Narayan
who
was
able
to
extract
the
best
performance
from
him.
It
meant
virtual
rejection
of
the
award
and
it
was
obvious
that
the
veteran
actor
did
not
want
to
share
the
Best
Actor
award.
Jaggesh
has
been
uniformly
supported
by
many
top
personalities
in
the
film
industry
including
actors
Ramesh
Bhat
and
Umashri.
"I
feel
it
is
an
insult
to
an
actor
like
Jaggesh
to
select
him
for
an
award
in
the
supporting
role
when
the
fact
is
he
is
the
hero
of
the
film'
says
Ramesh
Bhat.
RamprasadAshwini
Ramaprasad,
the
producer
of
Jogi
said
that
the
Jury
committee's
decision
to
ignore
Guru
Kiran
for
the
Best
Music
director
award
has
surprised
him.
"I
am
happy
that
the
film
got
three
awards
and
my
hero
Shivaraj
Kumar
and
the
film's
director
Prem
have
been
rewarded
for
their
efforts.
But
how
on
earth
could
the
Jury
committee
ignore
Guru
Kiran
when
the
audio
album
has
created
big
records
and
the
music
was
the
soul
of
the
film'
said
Ramaprasad.