Jury to re-examine ONV Kurup literary award to Vairamuthu after public outrage
The ONV Cultural Academy is “re-examining” its resolution to award songwriter Vairamuthu following a huge social media outrage. “As per the demand of the award committee, the ONV Cultural Academy has made up our minds to field the ONV Literature award to reconsideration,” mentioned the academy in an announcement.
The academy came beneath fireplace by excessive-profile individuals of the Malayalam movie commerce for zeroing in on Vairamuthu because the recipient of the fifth ONV Kurup literary award. Vairamuthu has been accused of predatory behaviour by numerous females, all over the tip of the #MeToo motion in India a pair of years ago.
Actor Parvathy led the criticism against the jury chaired by famed filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan for no longer pondering the allegations against Vairamuthu sooner than selecting him for the award. The jury turned into accused of undermining the chance of of us which occupy suffered from Vairamuthu’s alleged predatory behaviour.
“In the occasion you come at me with the art work vs artist debate, let me speak you that for me the humanity of the particular person rising the art work is basically the most easy insist I’d whisper to detect at. I will stay with out the “art work” of of us that hollow out lives with absolute impunity,” Parvathy had slammed the jury in a post on her Instagram web page.
ONV Sir’s title resounds with deep sensitivity, dignity and admire for any Malayalee. Which strategy of this fact very nervous to take hang of that ONV Academy has chosen an alleged perpetrator (known as out by 17 females) for the #ONVAward. Are these the values they celebrate? https://t.co/Y87dOIcGfj
— Anjali Menon (@AnjaliMenonFilm) Can even honest 27, 2021
Here is how our society validates and provides extra energy to someone who has been known as out by numerous females as a sexual predator.
Utterly Crude! https://t.co/WB3VMjFTff— T M Krishna (@tmkrishna) Can even honest 26, 2021
Filmmaker Anjali Menon furthermore joined the snort. “ONV Sir’s title resounds with deep sensitivity, dignity and admire for any Malayalee. Which strategy of this fact very nervous to take hang of that ONV Academy has chosen an alleged perpetrator (known as out by 17 females) for the #ONVAward. Are these the values they celebrate?,” she wrote on her Twitter web page.
Musician TM Krishna turned into among of us that puzzled the jury’s wisdom. “Here is how our society validates and provides extra energy to someone who has been known as out by numerous females as a sexual predator. Utterly Crude! (sic),” he tweeted.
