Indias Oscars?

March 26, 2015 11:20

They may come with the ecumenical name of "National' Awards, but every time the announcement arrives, it becomes an occasion for parochial chest-thumping.

"Tamil cinema gets 8 National Awards,' say Tamil Nadu-based newspapers and websites. Publications based in the north, meanwhile, trumpet the many wins of Haider and Queen, adding almost as an afterthought that one of the most prestigious and major awards -- for Best Actor -- has gone to Vijay for the Kannada film Nanu Avanalla, Avalu. What purpose, then, do these awards serve, if not to alert us of the best of Indian cinema, make us care about not just what our State has made and won but what other States are making? Read

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