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The lack of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy chairperson Resul Pookutty, who is besides the chairperson of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) and the festival director, astatine the ongoing variation of the festival became a constituent of contention astatine the Open Forum held astatine Tagore Theatre connected Wednesday (December 17).
A erstwhile wide assembly subordinate of the IFFK criticised Mr. Pookutty’s absence. “The festival has continued to relation without the chairperson’s presence. Its creaseless behaviour tin beryllium solely attributed to the organising squad which has been moving circular the clock,” helium said.
He besides alleged that the Open Forum lacked antiauthoritarian engagement arsenic the speakers had near the signifier portion the assemblage were inactive awaiting responses.
Responding to the criticism, moderator, C. Ajoy, caput and IFFK enforcement director, said that Mr. Pookutty’s lack was owed to anterior enactment commitments and that helium is expected to get connected December 18.
“All assumptions are based connected misunderstandings and a deficiency of fact-checking, and it is the imaginativeness of the chairperson that we are implementing.” Mr. Ajoy said.
