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A petition submitted to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan by a group of 20-odd male writers, filmmakers, and cultural figures has sparked a debate in Kerala’s film circles. The signatories — among them Malayalam literary stalwarts like Paul Zacharia and MN Karassery and filmmaker Don Palathara — urged the state government to review its film funding scheme for women, scheduled caste (SC), and scheduled tribe (ST) filmmakers, implemented through the Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC).

The petition leaned on veteran filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s at the film policy conclave in Thiruvananthapuram, where he described the scheme as “extravagant” and argued that some beneficiaries lacked the training to produce quality fi

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