Rani Mukherjee and Amitabh Bachchan in a still from the film Black.New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday put a stay on the announcement of the National Film Awards, which was scheduled for Saturday.
Justice Kailash Gambhir issued a notice to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, asking it not to announce the awards before considering objections raised by a jury member Shayamli Banerjee Deb.
Deb has challenged the decision of Directorate of Film Festival to give away the award of best film to Black, best debut director to Parineeta, best actress to Parzania, best screen play to Apaharan and best special effect to Tamil film Anniyan.
The court fixed July 26 as the date for next hearing into the matter and asked the Ministry to file the reply by this date.
Dev has reportedly objected to giving Sanjay Leela Bansali’s Black the award for the best film on the grounds that it was an adaptation of the English feature film The Miracle Worker of 1962. (ANI)