Tamil Film Producer Council boycotts South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce elections

Chennai:

Tamil Film Producer Council and various entities from Malayalam cinema will be boycotting the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce elections scheduled to be held on Sunday.

The bone of contention is that two candidates are being nominated to contest the post of South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce President from Kerala.

While a section claims Kuselan fame director G P Vijay Kumar is the official candidate of Malayalam film associations a rival group selected Sashi Kumar of Kerala Film Exhibitors Association for the post.

A majority of entities from Malayalam cinema has opposed Sashi Kumar’s nomination. Tamil Film Producers Council president A Kothandaramaiah, who is backing Vijaykumar, said that this is the first time South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce is facing such a situation. He said that the decision to boycott the election is being taken because of voting by proxies. “He alleged the election won’t be a fair one and also won’t be a favourable one for Vijay Kumar, who was selected as candidate by majority of Kerala film entities.”

G Suresh Kumar, president of Kerala Film producers Association, said that his association along with Kerala Film Distributors Association and Kerala Film Exhibitors Association will be boycotting the elections.

G P Vijaykumar said that he doesn’t want to stand in a election which is allegedly a fraudulent one. “Why should I have to stand and waste my time,” he said. Kameela Nasser, executive committee member of film producer council said that apart from Tamil Film producer Council, the election is also boycotted by Film and Television Producers guild of south India and other entities. The total votes are 2,088 for the elections.

The elections are being held after four-and-a-half year. The chamber is represented by Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Kerala film bodies. Currently, it is the chance of Kerala to have a president to head the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce.

During the meeting there was also a call to have Tamil Film Chamber of commerce backed by the state government.