The Bangla film industry won big at the 61st National Film Awards, announced on April 16.
With Jaatishwar winning four awards and three other Bangla films winning one award each, this definitely proved to be a big day for the film buffs of West Bengal.
Veteran singer and composer Kabir Suman, also very popular among the Bangladeshis, bagged the award for Best Music Direction for Jaatishwar.The film, directed by Srijit Mukherjee, aslo won the awards for Best Playback Singer Male (Rupankar), Best Costume (Sabarni Das) and Best Makeup (Vikram Gaikwad). Pradipta Bhattacharyya’s Bakita Byaktigoto won the Best Bangla Film award. Heyro Party, an animation short film by Deepak Gawade won the award for best film on family values while At the Cross Roads: Nondon Bagchi Life and Living by Rajdeep Paul and Sarmistha Maiti won a special mention award.
Jaatishwar stars Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Swastika Mukherjee, Rahul, Riya Sen, Mamata Shankar and many others.
Bollywood films like Ship of Theseus, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Shahid have been honoured for their contribution to Indian cinema.
While Ship of Theseus has been named the Best Feature Film, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag has won on the popularity meter. Another film, Shahid, has won double trophies for best direction as well as best acting. Congratulations poured in as soon as Shahid actor Rajkummar Rao has been announced the best actor.
Marathi films and actors have once again left a mark at the 61st National Film Awards, bagging as many as nine awards. The categories include best debut for a director, best film on social issues, best supporting actress, best female playback singer, best dialogues and special jury award among others.
