 "'The Kerala Story' director Sudipto Sen takes a dig at Aamir Khan-Kiran Rao's 'Laapataa Ladies' for winning multiple awards: 'A blatantly plagiarised film…'")
At the recently held 70th Annual Filmfare Awards, Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies won multiple awards including Best Music, Best Supporting Actor and many more. ‘The Kerala Story’ director Sudipto Sen is furious at the way his 2023 blockbuster was snubbed.
Taking to his Instagram account, Sudipto Sen took massive digs at this year’s winners and wrote- “This year Filmfare truly is an expose of Indian ‘nouvelle vague’… A blatantly plagiarised film… a film which is a tutorial of brutality and a film which did not survive the box office for more than 72 hours took away most of the crowns.”
The filmmaker added, “As expected the best work of 2024 remain elusive. Realised, why Filmfare was so vocal against The Kerala Story receiving National Awards. I am happy that this ‘wood’ community does not recognise, invite or choose us.”
‘Happy that we are saved from…’
The Kerala Story director added, “We are spared from faking smiles, faking comradier, and most importantly, not indulging in any sycophancy. In the end- I am happy that we are saved from hobnobbing with this tamasha in the name of cinema in Mumbai and clicking selfies in Cannes. At least we are saved from these ugly hypocrisies and fake tapestry in the name of cinema.”
Caption by Sudipto Sen
I never expect anything great from any Indian cinema establishment, particularly when it is media or cinema journalism. They are mostly enamored by the glamor and rich-world of the stars, exactly the way people from villages and small cities gather in front of Mr. Bachchan or SRK’s house.
They actually have ZERO contribution towards Indian cinema, cinema art - contrary to the way world media does for world cinemas.