National
award
winner
Salim
Kumar
is
extremely
upset
with
state
film
award
jury
for
excluding
his
documentary
Pokkali,
in
the
state
awards
announced
last
week.
Salim
Kumar
plans
to
file
a
petition
against
the
jury
for
not
including
his
film
Pokkali
and
mentioned
some
of
the
rules
needed
for
a
documentary
to
contest
in
the
state
award.
He
alleged
that
the
jury
refused
to
watch
his
film
Pokkali
stating
that
it
did
not
have
a
lab
certificate.
Salim
Kumar
further
argued
that
according
to
the
rules,
a
movie
that
is
to
contest
in
state
film
award
need
not
have
a
lab
certificate
in
the
first
place.
Besides,
he
said
that
all
other
required
certificates
have
been
submitted.
Salim
Kumar
also
alleged
that
Blessy's
Pranayam
is
a
copy
of
Hollywood
movie
Innocence
and
hence
the
movie
ideally
has
no
right
to
contest
for
state
film
award.
As
per
Salim,
the
jury
was
biased
and
played
favouritism.
"If
such
a
thing
happens
to
a
National
award
winner
like
me,
then
what
would
be
the
state
of
new
comers," Salim
Kumar
questioned.