
Shyam Rajankar and the sorry state of affairs

The Times of India edition dated November 19th 2009 carried an article about film maker Shyam rajankar who got an award for his film 17 years after he was declared the winner. Who is Shyam rajankar one might be tempted to ask ?? Well Shyam rajankar had made a film titled ‘Ashwa’ (Horse) and had submitted the film for the NFDC (National Film Development Corporation Of India) script competition. He won the second prize and was promised a shield and a cash prize of Rs 15000/- . The article also states that the film had a won a lot of critical acclaim in various film festivals around the world. This incident took place way back in 1992-93. But, it was not till recently that he had received his award. And this included fighting a long battle …










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