Overview
- Urvashi publicly challenged why her lead performance in Ullozhukku and veteran actor Vijayaraghavan’s primary role in Pookkaalam were placed in supporting categories, citing a lack of standardized criteria.
- She recalled winning Best Supporting Actress for a lead role in 2006’s Achuvinte Amma to illustrate the National Awards’ recurring inconsistencies in role classification.
- Urvashi has urged Minister of State Suresh Gopi to investigate the Directorate of Film Festivals jury process and champion transparent, fair assessment for Malayalam cinema.
- She is withholding her decision on accepting the Supporting Actress award until the jury issues a clear public explanation of its category criteria.
- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan denounced The Kerala Story’s award as legitimizing communal propaganda, intensifying regional and political scrutiny of the awards’ credibility.