KTR urges I&B Ministry to consider C/O Kancharapalem for National Awards 2018

The makers of C/O

Kancharapalem

found an ally in TRS Working President KT Rama Rao. After the film was deemed ineligible to compete at the National Awards because its producer is an NRI, KTR has called for a change in the archaic rules in film submission. Responding to producer Praveena Paruchuri’s plea on Twitter, KTR tagged Union ministers Arun Jaitley and Rajyavardhan Rathore, requesting them to review the eligibility rules for films to compete at the National Awards and make way for criteria that’s relevant for the times. “I appeal to Union I&B Minister Sri @arunjaitley Ji and MoS @Ra_THORe Ji to kindly review the below appeal National awards are a matter of pride for all filmmakers. An award cannot be denied for a #MadeInIndia product because of archaic rules that are redundant in today's India (sic),” KTR tweeted.