The 69th National Film honors were revealed recently, and Telugu film had a field day, collecting up to ten honors. However, Tamil cinema had a disappointing day as critically praised films such as Sarpatta, Jai Bhim, and others were denied national recognition.
There has been a lot of discussion regarding why Jai Bhim did not win the national award despite addressing such an important societal topic and having an earnest narration.
Netizens are now claiming that there is one sequence in the film that could have resulted in the picture not receiving a national award.
Prakash Raj slaps a man for speaking in Hindi and then instructs him to talk in Tamil.
According to netizens, this contentious sequence may have irritated the central BJP administration as well as the national jury, causing them to reject the movie.
This is one of the logical causes for Jai Bhim, a well-deserved film, missing out on the National Awards, but we will never know for definite what caused this ignorance.
Ratnavali