New Delhi National Film Award Oscar winner Rasul Pookutty against the decision. It is alleged that the award for sync sound was given to the dubbed film. Malayali Jobin Jayan won the award for the Kannada film ‘Dollu’. Nitin Lukos, the sound designer of the film, also came forward alleging the failure.
Nitin told Manorama News that there was no sync sound in the film. It was a studio dubbed movie. It is not known whether the jury gave the award after watching the film. Nitin also said that he doesn’t know if they don’t understand the difference between a dubbed movie and a sync sound movie. Jobin also responded that the jury may have made a mistake.
English Summary: Resool Pookkuty against 68th National Film Awards jury over Sync Sound category