A few days back, news channels celebrated the fact that a scene from Suriya’s controversial Jai Bhim film had made it to The Oscar’s official YouTube channel. It seemed like a great height reached, for a movie that was not one of the best made ones, according to film critics.
Now, on research, it has been found that anybody who pays ₹3,72,000 can get their ticket to feature their movie’s scene in the official Oscar YouTube channel. According to the channel’s guidelines, if the filmmaker/producer wishes to submit their movie’s clipping to the channel for a spotlight, then they have to pay $5000 as submission fee. In addition, the guidelines also says that the clipping can be 15 minutes or a maximum of 20 minutes.
This feature of the Oscar’s official YouTube page is called “Scene At The Academy” and it is just an opportunity for spotlighting the filmmaking and creative process behind movies. This is open to all, and does not have any qualifier or filter, or any other kind of competing process. If the required amount is paid, the scene will be featured on the YouTube channel. However, no news channel has covered the truth behind this news. They have been spreading the news as though the movie reached this height through some kind of jury selection.
If you pay Rs 3,72,000, the video will be published Oscar’s YouTube Channel. This is how Jai Bhim video is streamed in Oscar Channel. So actor Suriya started following cheap marketing tricks as like DMKians? pic.twitter.com/nFBA9YfG2D
— G Pradeep (@pradeep_gee) January 23, 2022
அனிதாவிற்காக பக்கம் பக்கமா எழுதிய @Suriya_offl லாவண்யாவிற்காக இதுவரை பேசவில்லை.
ஓ.. 3.72 லட்சம் கொடுத்து விளம்பரம் செய்வதில் பிசியா இருக்காரோ?அடுத்த படம் வேற சன் பிக்சர்ஸ் தயாரிப்பு.. பேச முடியாதில்ல#JusticeFor_TNHinduGirl https://t.co/MJX2MGKl9l
— Selva Kumar (@Selvakumar_IN) January 23, 2022
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