Malayalam cinema held the banner of the South Indian film industry aloft at the recently announced National Awards, winning in as many as 13 categories, including a couple of jury mentions, sharing four of these awards with other films. The industry, where the economic viability of films continues to be a big question mark, has in the recent past shown a penchant for films on offbeat themes and this has caught the jury’s eye. Tamil cinema won five awards, four of which were shared by two films, Telugu had just one film winning two awards and Kannada cinema netted just one award for the Best...
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