popular filmmaker vinayan has recently made serious allegations against chalachitra academy chairman ranjith accusing him of influencing the award committee for the 2022 annual state film awards in kerala following the announcement of the awards vinayan took to facebook to claim that ranjith misused his position to prevent his latest movie pathonpatham noottandu from receiving significant recognitionread alsorahmans scifi film samara sets a new release date beyond august 4malayalam scifi thriller samara featuring rahman and bajrangi bhaijaan actor mir sarwar will now release on august 11 due to unforeseen technical issues directed by charles joseph the film follows the battle for power in the business world gopi sundar and deepak warrier have composed thein a series of facebook posts the director expressed his concerns about the academy chairmans interference in the award jurys decisions vinayan further stated that he had brought this matter to the attention of the authorities but no action was taken despite the issue being reportedthe situation has sparked controversy within the film industry with many closely observing how the allegations unfold and whether any investigations or actions will be taken against the accused chairmanvinayan challenged the chairman to refute the charges by releasing a purported voice clip of nemom pushparaj one of the jury members who allegedly confirmed ranjiths interference in the award selection processcheck out the audio clip hereamidst the controversy in kerala cultural affairs minister saji cheriyan firmly rejected the allegations against chalachitra academy chairman ranjith on tuesday describing ranjith as a legend and gentleman the minister clarified that ranjith has no role in the award selection process he emphasized that the entire responsibility was entrusted to the award jury which is headed by bengali filmmaker gautam ghosh when reporters inquired about the issue the minister stood by ranjith asserting his innocence in the mattermeanwhile in response to the statements made by cultural affairs minister saji cheriyan vinayan took to facebook on tuesday to express his disagreement the filmmaker rejected the ministers claims and questioned how a clean chit could be given to ranjith without conducting a proper investigation into the matteron the other hand director ranjith hasnt responded to the issue as of now