Victor Banerjee whose torrid 65-second long smooching sequence with Keira Chaplin in Chaurahen have been voluntarily snipped out by the film's director, could be very angry with this year's National award jury. His wrath is directed on the jury for rejecting the Assamese director Bidyut Kotoki's film As The River Flows for not being Assamese.
Victor plays a central part on this highly-acclaimed film. Lashing out on the jury, Victor says, "WE MUST ALWAYS set rhinos and wild water buffalos on those members of the jury whose constipated vision needs a socio-cultural suppository shoved into them."
Victor can't see the logic of an Assamese film being rejected for not being Assamese. "I'm flummoxed by the absurdity of a countrywide jury watching a movie within the Assamese language, directed by an Assamese, shot in Assam being proclaimed as being 'not Assamese'. Hello? How a lot more Assamese did they would like the film to be?"
Victor feels it's such ignorant evaluations of the region that has resulted in the neglect of the world. "ALL THE nation is unaware of the truth within the North East and its ridiculous circumstances just like the one Bidyut Kotoki has faced, that makes me realize why the North East is up in arms, and why for many years the region desires to sever ties with the remainder of India."
Becoming progressively agitated by what he sees because the neglect and ignorance of the area, Victor states, "Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Darjeeling are only curiosity pieces of primitive tribal individuals who provide a circus of amusement in Delhi."
Delhi, Victor feels, is taken up with its own agenda. "THEY'RE slowed down by the OBC casteism, fodder and tele-scams and the perpetuation of corruption on all levels, sports, politics, and now even culture."
Re-directing his wrath on the National award jury, Victor says, "I'm ashamed on the high-handed arrogance of a jury that has no business calling national. Because the River Flows is a crucial Assamese film with a message for all to ponder upon. I've nothing more to say."
