Director
Priyadarshan
has
got
into
the
center
of
debates
and
controversies.
The
National
award
winning
director
has
proven
that
he
can
easily
handle
off-beat
themes
with
the
same
ease
with
which
he
handles
comedy.
His
serious
movie
Kanchivaram
has
a
poignant
story
to
render
to
the
audiences.
Priyadarshan
has
decided
to
view
cinema
as
a
medium
with
much
more
seriousness.
Therefore
he
has
decided,
"My
next
films
are
not
comedies.
I
am
planning
to
make
a
film
on
AIDS
and
another
one
on
female
infanticide.
Issues
like
AIDS
and
female
infanticide
are
very
close
to
me
and
have
been
lying
in
my
heart
for
so
long.
Now
I
have
the
encouragement
to
try
my
hands
on
them".
However
the
director
is
getting
entangled
in
issues
which
at
times
even
hamper
his
credibility
as
a
director.
Therefore
when
the
director
snubbed
the
Indian
entries
to
the
Oscar
Awards,
it
was
evocative
of
the
famous
Aesop
Fables,
where
you
have
to
painfully
acknowledge
that
'the
grapes
are
sour".
He
made
it
point
blank,
"We
send
trash
to
the
Oscars.
The
government
should
request
that
the
films
selected
for
National
Awards
should
be
sent."
Has
anybody
heard
him?
Did
they
consider
Kanchivaram
in
the
entries
list?
So,
it
needs
to
be
debated
whether
the
filmmaker
is
getting
serious
or
rather
too
silly?