Tamil Nadu Film Directors Association Condemns CIFF

 

Indo Cine Operations Forum , a private concern has organized the 9th Chennai International Film Festival that kick started today. The directors association has backed off from the Film Festival since they were aware of the fact that National Award Winning movie , Seenu Ramaswamy's Thenmerku Paruvakaatra and Indian Panaroma nominated movie Sengadal were neglected for screening for some reasons .The press release also alleged that organizers of the film festival had included Director Association President Bharathiraja and Secretary Ameer names to the Advisory committee list without permission , have also procured Rupees 25 Lakhs from the Government of Tamil Nadu for organizing this event. With all these allegations , Tamil Nadu Directors Associated has decided not to participate in this film festival and has also requested the Government of Tamil Nadu to take necessary to avoid this kind of situation in future.