Filmmaker Suseenthiran expressed disappointment after the critically acclaimed film, Jai Bhim, starring actor Suriya as a Communist lawyer, failed to win National awards in any category.
He said: “I congratulate filmmaker Manikantan and composer Srikanth Deva for winning national awards for Best Tamil film and Karuvarai. I have a 1000 questions over why Jai Bhim didn’t win any awards. I am surprised.”
While the film received almost unanimous acclaim upon its release on OTT, Pattali Makkal Katchi opposed the film for what it called insulting the Vanniyar community. A senior leader of the party even wrote to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry urging it to not consider the film for any national awards.
