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Kerala CPI(M) Condemns Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Proposal to Split and Train SC/ST and Women Filmmaker Grants

The SC/ST Commission has called for a police report following his pitch to split ₹1.5 crore grants into ₹50 lakh portions requiring pre-disbursal training.

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‘Promoting ill will against Dalits’: Activist files complaint against Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Overview

  • CPI(M) Kerala state secretary M. V. Govindan blasted the filmmaker’s remarks as “feudal putrescence” that betray the state’s progressive ethos.
  • The Kerala State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has sought a report from the Museum Police to examine potential violations of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
  • Dalit activist Dinu Veyil’s complaints over Gopalakrishnan’s comments are under review by both the Museum Police in Thiruvananthapuram and the SC/ST Commission.
  • Cultural Affairs Minister Saji Cherian and Higher Education Minister R. Bindu have reiterated that the full ₹1.5 crore grants are essential to remedy historical exclusion of women and marginalized filmmakers.
  • Gopalakrishnan has defended his call to reduce each grant to ₹50 lakh with mandatory training, a stance publicly backed by poet Sreekumaran Thampi.