CAA: national award winning movie crew to boycott national
The crew of the national award winning movie 'Sudani from Nigeria' has decided to bocyott the National awards function in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
The Soubin Shahir starrer movie bagged the National award for the Best Malayalam film in 66th National Film Awards.
Director Zakariya Mohammed took to Facebook, protesting against CAA and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
"Protesting against CAA and National Register of Citizens, I, as the director of Sudani from Nigeria, along with scriptwriter Muhsin Parari and the producers of the film, will not attend the National Award ceremony," he posted.
Sudani from Nigeria is a 2018 Malayalam comedy-drama sports film, written and directed by Mohammed, with dialogues co-written by Muhsin Parari.
It stars Soubin Shahir and Samuel Abiola Robinson.
The story follows a Nigerian football player who joins a club in Malappuram, Kerala for the sevens football match.
The movie, which was a commercial success, won ...