The 69th National Awards has been dominated by Tollywood. It's been for the first time that the Telugu Film Industry outshined Tamil and Malayalam films on this stage. This has come as a shock to many of those industries as they believe that they have made films that are capable of bagging awards. This might come as a disappointment for them.
But, films like Pushpa and RRR which bagged major awards are nothing short of well-crafted films. Everyone knows how popular RRR has become around the globe. It is the first Indian film to get such wide acceptance across the world. Pushpa is also a widely accepted and popular film across the country. Lead actor Allu Arjun's performance, mannerisms, and body language have been appreciated in all languages. Its music became very popular in all languages which is a very rare feat.
RRR and Pushpa are completely eligible to win awards in their respective categories. Allu Arjun winning the Best Actor award is no mean feat. It happened for the first time for a Telugu actor in a main category. There are several contemporaries from Tamil and Malayalam industries who won awards as best actors like Kamal Haasan, Mammootty, Mohan Lal, Prakash Raaj, Vikram, Suriya, and Dhanush.
Except for Kamal Haasan, Suriya, and Mohan Lal, none of them acknowledged the achievement of Allu Arjun winning the Best Actor at the national level. That too Telugu film industry is witnessing such an award for the first time. It's a common courtesy to respect the achievements of your colleagues that too from an Industry where you act and release your films. This doesn't look good on their part. Yes, they might get disappointed that their films didn't get awards but being in a position of inspiring and guiding the young generation, this is not the way you treat the achievements of other language industries.