Goa, Sept. 19 -- On Thursday, the corridors of the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) witnessed an unusual sight. Acclaimed filmmaker Miransha Naik, celebrated for his Konkani feature Juze, walked in with his four individual awards - the same ones that had crowned him the biggest winner at the recently concluded Goa State Film Festival. Instead of proud ly showcasing them, however, Naik al most returned the honours in protest.

The reason - ESG's decision to relegate Juze to the low est 'C' grade while evaluating it under the long-delayed Goa Film Finance Scheme. Visibly hurt, Naik placed his trophies before ESG general manager Mrinal Walke and said, "I brought my four awards to the ESG office to return them after I was disappointed that ...