The much awaited 68th National Film Awards took place in Delhi today. 3 films from Tamil have won a total of 10 National Awards. Tamil films have won many awards including Best Actor, Best Actress, Background Music and Best Film. The much awaited 68th National Film Awards ceremony was held in Delhi. President Draupadi Murmu attended the function and presented awards to the screen artists. Among them, Suriya’s Soorar from Tamil, Yogi Babu starrer Mandela, Vasanth’s Sivaranjani and some other girls won a total of 10 awards.
The movie Surarai Pototu, released in Suriya’s role, won a total of 5 awards. Directed by Sudha Kongara, Surarai Pothu is based on the life story of Air Deccan founder Gopinath. Suriya who acted in the film won the best actor award and Aparna Balamurali won the best actress award. Similarly, Jyothika, Sudha Kongara and music composer GV Prakash also received awards from President Draupadi Murmu. In this case, photos of Suriya and Jyothika with their daughter and son with the National Award are going viral. Similarly, GV Prakash also tweeted thanking everyone with the caption ‘Barundakutu Urkuruvi’.
3 awards were given to the movie ‘Sivaranjani and some more women’ directed by Vasant with the background of female slavery. Sivaranjani and some other women were awarded the best Tamil language film. He also won the Srikar Prasad Award for Best Editing. Also, Lakshmi, who gained attention for playing an important role, also bagged the Best Supporting Actress Award. It is noteworthy that the film was released directly on Sony OTT. 2 awards were given to the film ‘Mandela’ in which Yogi Babu played the hero of the political satire. The film’s director Madhoni Ashwin bagged the award for Best Script and Best Debut Director.
‘Mandela’ satirically criticized the rhetoric of two groups, forgetting caste for the sake of a single vote. The film was also released directly on Netflix OTT and was well received by the fans.Mandela director Madon Ashwin is currently directing the Sivakarthian starrer ‘Maveeran’. In total, the 3 films released in Tamil won 10 awards, delighting the Tamil film industry. Many celebrities have congratulated the artists who won the awards. Also, film enthusiasts have also commented that this is a very healthy thing for Tamil cinema. At the same time, they said that all the three award-winning movies should be taken into account when they release on different OTT platforms.
