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Jury member expresses disappointment at quality of Tollywood feature films submitted for National Film awards

1 2 3 4 5 6 KOLKATA: A jury member of the 71st National Film Awards from Kolkata has expressed disappointment at the quality of films from Tollywood that were submitted in the feature film category. Aneesh Basu, who won Best Audiography for 'Jhilli' at the 69th National Film Awards, was the only one from Kolkata among the 11-member central panel of the feature film jury headed by Director Ashutosh Gowarikar this year. Arjunn Dutta's 'Deep Fridge' was the lone ranger from Tollywood whose name featured in the winners' list that was announced on Friday. Basu told TOI that the standard of submitted films from Tollywood left many in the jury wondering about the dip in the quality of Bengali feature films. "Even while watching films in the final round, we found most repeating the same locations. The characters are confined within the same room and talk about the same relationship problems. Cinema from Bengal was once a brand. But the quality of contemporary movies in submission left jury members disappointed. That is why not one Bengali feature film received any award in any category while competing with films from other languages. One Bengali feature film had to win in the language film category, but that category was not any competition with films from all other languages," said Basu. You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata As many as 16 Bengali feature films were submitted in the regional round. "That included 'Ardhangini', 'Niharika', 'Mujib: The Making of a Nation', 'Deep Fridge', 'Padatik', 'Matripokhho', 'Raktabeej', 'Projapoti', 'Bablir Bornoporichoy', 'Rabindra Kabya Rahasya', 'Bijoyar Pore', 'Kabuliwala', 'Kurban', 'Fatafati', 'Abhagi' and 'Ami O Manohar'. As part of the central jury, we only saw the four Bengali feature films that made it to the final round. Those were 'Ardhangani', 'Niharika', 'Mujib: The Making of a Nation' and 'Deep Fridge'. There was a neck-to-neck fight between 'Deep Fridge' and a film by a multiple national award-winning director. The jury unanimously wanted to give the award to a young director. Age and inexperience mattered since we wanted to recognise the efforts of a new voice," added the 36-year-old jury member. 'Deep Fridge' director told TOI, "My film was selected for the Indian panorama of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) too. While the National Award for 'Deep Fridge' completes a circle for me, I would definitely want more films from Tollywood to win awards in the national competition with other language movies in the feature film section." The story of Bengal's talent is slightly different in the non-feature film category. The top award in the non-feature category was picked up by Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar's 'Flowering Man'. His Swarna Kamal for the best non-feature film comes with prize money of Rs 3 lakh. There are two Rajat Kamal winners for Kolkata-based technicians. While editor Niladri Roy received it for 'Moving Focus', sound designer Shubharun Sengupta got it for 'Dhundhgiri Ke Phool'. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Friendship Day wishes , messages and quotes !