The film, partly inspired by the life of Air Deccan founder Captain G R Gopinath, won five national awards, including the one for the best feature film.
Hours before the National Awards were announced, Soorarai Pottru was already trending on Twitter in India, with Suriya fans sensing the movie was going to emerge a winner. Aparrna Balamurali , for her role of Sundari "Bommi" Nedumaaran, won the Best Actress prize. Suriya, who played Nedumaaran Rajangam (Maara), a character inspired by the life of Captain Gopinath won the national award for the best actor.
Suriya shares Best Actor award with Ajay Devgn; Aparna Balamurali named Best Actress.
Devgn bagged the Best Actor award for his film Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, the highest Bollywood grosser of 2020. The jury comprised eminent film makers and personalities from across the Indian cine-world, the statement added. (example: u cannot substitute for you, d is not 'the', n is not 'and').
Aparna Balamural, the lead female actor of Soorarai Pottru, won the best Actress award, while Suriya shares the best Actor award with Ajay Devgn for his ...
Manoj Muntashir has won the award for Best Lyrics for the Hindi movie ‘Saina’. Devgn shared the Best Actor award with Suriya, who got the recognition for “Soorarai Pottru”, which has been directed by Sudha Kongara. Late Sachidanandan KR has got the Best Director award for Malayalam movie, AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum, while the Best Female Playback Singer prize went to Nanchamma for the same movie.
G V Prakash Kumar, Sudha Kongara took to social media expressing their happiness over the win.
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Akshay Kumar has tweeted celebrating the big win of Soorarai Pottru at the 68th National Film Awards. Starring Suriya, the film won awards for best feature ...
He will be appearing in the Hindi remake in a cameo role. Reacting to the big win, Akshay Kumar, who is starring in the film's Hindi remake, congratulated the original's lead Suriya on Twitter. (Also read: National Film Awards 2022 list of winners) The Hindi adaptation of Soorarai Pottru will feature Akshay stepping into Suriya’s shoes.
The Sudha Kongura directorial goes home with four awards for best acting, direction and music.
The political satire, featuring Yogi Babu in the lead role, was a commentary on caste and politics inTamil Nadu. Vasanth S Rai directorial Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum won the award for the best feature film in Tamil. Sreekar Prasad, who was on board as the editor, has bagged the award for best editing, and actor Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli who played the role of Sivaranjani, won the award for best supporting actor. Soorarai Pottru which was released on November 2020, has won a total of four awards including Best Screenplay and Best Music Director award. The 68th National Film Awards were handed out on Friday, July 22, and Sudha Kongura’s Tamil directorial Soorarai Pottru won big, taking the Best Feature Film title.
Sudha Kongara, director of Tamil film Soorarai Pottru, has reacted to the film winning five awards at the 68th National Film Awards announced on Friday, ...
It was a collaborative effort, filmmaking is the most collaborative process in the world. The film also won the awards for best background score and best original screenplay. Tamil film Soorarai Pottru emerged as the biggest winner at the 68th National Film Awards announced on Friday evening.
Soorarai Pottru won multiple awards at this year's National Film Awards.
Aparna Balamurali won Best Actress for the film. Soorarai Pottru won multiple awards at this year's National Film Awards. Suriya won Best Actor for his performance in the film. Suriya will also have a cameo appearance in the Hindi remake of Soorarai Pottru. Last month, Suriya posted a picture from the sets of the film on social media and he wrote: "Akshay Kumar sir to see you as Vir was nostalgic!
Congatulating all the winners of the 68th National Film Awards which were announced on Friday, actor Dhanush said that it is a big day for Tamil cinema for ...
Director Sasikumar, who made the cult classic 'Subramaniapuram', greeted Suriya, saying, "Congratulations Best Actor Suriya sir. A big congratulations to all the national award winners. Especially— Dhanush (@dhanushkraja) @Suriya_offlsir and my good friend @gvprakashA big day for Tamil cinema. A wonderful co-star who I so deeply admire and respect -- not just for his acting skills, but as a human being too! Actress Divya Spandana, who had acted with Suriya in 'Vaaranam Aayiram', tweeted, "This win makes me so happy! Especially Suriya sir and my good friend G.V. Prakash. A big day for Tamil cinema.
Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn bagged his third national film award while 'Soorarai Pottru' won five awards at India's National Film Awards.
Manoj Muntashir bagged the award for best lyrics for the sports biopic, Saina which featured Parineeti Chopra in the lead role. The award for the best director went to Sachidanandan KR for his Malayalam film AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum, posthumously. Soorarai Pottru bagged a total of five awards - it won the award for the best feature film while Devgn’s Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior won the award for best popular film providing wholesome entertainment.