How the National Film Award Winners List Gets Leaked Again and Again

The list of final nominees for the National Film Awards 2021 was suddenly unveiled on the evening of January 5. Instantly, this list spread throughout the net world. Colleagues, supporters and fans congratulated the stars and crew who won the National Film Awards in 27 categories. When the officials of the cinema wing of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting were contacted, they said that they had given no notification of the list of winners of the National Film Award, they did not know anything about the published list. The next day, some of the national film winners want to know if the published list is final or not. Later, officials did not open their mouths about it. Finally, after about three weeks, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Sunday announced the National Film Awards 2021 in 27 categories through a notification. The list published on January 5 is 100% identical to this list.

The leak of the final slate before the announcement of the National Film Awards is nothing new. The list has been leaking for years. Also in 2019 and 2020, the list was leaked before the notification was released. Whenever there is controversy over the leaked list, the situation has not changed. The winners had to deal with the embarrassment of issues such as national prizes as they were leaked before the official announcement. As for who is disclosing this confidential list, the people concerned admit their vulnerability.