National Film Awards 2018 Controversy: Mollywood Celebrities & Other Winners To Boycott The Event?
65th National Film Awards distribution ceremony will be held today (May 03, 2018). Meanwhile, a controversy has struck the awards and reportedly, some of the winners will boycott the event.
Malayalam
cinema
and
the
celebrities
of
the
industry
had
sparkled
during
the
announcement
of
the
results
65th
National
Film
Awards
with
Mollywood
bagging
many
of
the
big
awards.
The
award
ceremony
is
scheduled
to
be
held
this
evening
but
a
controversy
has
struck
the
65th
National
Film
Awards.
Earlier,
during
the
rehearsal
of
the
ceremony,
which
was
held
yesterday
(May
02,
2018),
it
was
revealed
that
the
President
Of
India
would
be
presenting
the
awards
to
only
11
of
the
winners
and
for
the
others,
the
awards
would
be
handed
over
by
Smriti
Irani,
Minister
Of
Information
and
Broadcasting.
Reportedly,
awards
for
the
Best
Actor,
Best
Actress,
Best
Director,
Dadasaheb
Phalke
Award,
Best
Actor
etc.,
will
be
distributed
by
the
President
Of
India.
This
stirred
up
a
controversy
with
the
big
winners
expressing
their
displeasure
over
this
new
change
in
the
awards.
Now,
according
to
a
latest
report
by
Manorama
News,
Mollywood
celebrities
and
majority
of
the
other
winners
are
gearing
up
to
boycott
the
ceremony.
According
to
the
report,
the
winners
have
decided
to
boycott
the
ceremony
if
the
awards
are
not
presented
to
the
winners
by
the
President.
Reportedly,
majority
of
the
winners
have
signed
on
a
complaint
petition
addressing
the
same.
According
to
the
report,
even
singer
Dr.
KJ
Yesudas
has
signed
on
this
petition.