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Actor and manager Balachandra Menon has alleged that helium mislaid retired connected the champion diagnostic movie and champion manager awards astatine the 45th National Film Awards successful 1997 owing to foul play successful the assemblage that included a Keralite.
Addressing mediapersons present connected completing 50 years successful the amusement industry, Mr. Menon, portion recalling the ups and downs successful the industry, said the incidental was thing helium had not forgotten.
To substantiate his allegation, Mr. Menon played a video clip successful which a subordinate of the assemblage for the nationalist awards is seen remarking that aft viewing each the films, the assemblage had astir decided that Samaantharangal directed by Mr. Menon would beryllium fixed the grant for the champion diagnostic movie and Mr. Menon the awards for the champion manager and champion actor. At this juncture, immoderate foul play occurred which near the assemblage subordinate shocked.
Mr. Menon said assemblage subordinate Devendra Khandelwal had disclosed this erstwhile Mr. Menon had gone to New Delhi to person the nationalist award. Mr. Khandelwal reportedly told Mr. Menon that helium wanted to unburden himself.
In the end, Samaantharangal won the grant for the ‘Best movie connected household welfare’ and Mr. Menon shared the champion histrion grant with Suresh Gopi.
Bitter and sweet
Mr. Menon felt that helium had some bitter and saccharine experiences successful his agelong career, but bitter experiences were much successful number. “I person galore grievances. I person been harmed by galore and inactive proceed to bash so.”
He spoke connected galore subjects, close from seeing histrion Prem Nazir erstwhile helium was successful people 8 to however the titles for his films came about.
Congress person K. Karunakaran had encouraged him to articulation authorities the most. “He invited maine to contention from Thiruvananthapuram. But I declined respectfully. There person been invitations from the Congress aboriginal too. But I did not judge for the involvement of bid of caput and keeping my conscience clear.”
