Members quit from Film Awards Committee
The State Film Awards Committee met with a setback yesterday with two of its members opting to quit for different reasons. Senior actor-director C.R Simha, who was recently appointed as the chairman of the committee was forced to quit when some sections of the media and film fraternity raised complaints of possible foul play since Mathad Mathad Mallige which is competing for the awards has Simha among its actors. Sources suggest that since there is no time to select and appoint a new person, a member from the committee will be selected as the chairman.
Actor
Sankeeth
Kashi,
another
member
of
the
awards
committee,
quit
saying
that
he
does
not
have
enough
time
since
the
job
involved
watching
and
reviewing
films
continuously
for
15
days.
The other members of the committee include directors Kesari Haravu and Anand P. Raju, cinema journalist K.S. Vasu, theatre personality Malathi Sudhir, popular singer Rathnamala Prakash, cameraman Ashok Naidu and producer of Simhadriya Simha Vijayakumar.
More than 40 films are participating in different segments and the committee members have started reviewing films from 26th December.