Of stars, tales and Nationwide honours
From energy couple Yami Gautam and Aditya Dhar twinning in black as they collected Nationwide Awards for ‘Article 370’ to Kartik Aaryan in search of blessings at Mumbai’s iconic Lalbaugcha Raja a day after successful his first Nationwide Award for ‘Chandu Champion’, the 72nd Nationwide Movie Awards ceremony had a number of memorable moments. Hosted for the primary time at Gujarat’s Ekta Nagar in Narmada district, the ceremony noticed President Droupadi Murmu confer the Nationwide Movie Awards on the Statue of Unity on Tuesday.
A day after successful his first Nationwide Award for ‘Chandu Champion’, Kartik visited Lalbaugcha Raja in Mumbai on Wednesday to hunt Ganapati’s blessings. The actor touched the idol’s ft along with his Nationwide Award in hand. Sharing an image from the go to, he wrote, “My Sukh-karta dukh-harta. Blessed past phrases. Thanks, bappa!!”
In the meantime, Yami, who gained ‘Greatest Actress in a Main Position’ for ‘Article 370’ and her husband Aditya Dhar, who acquired the ‘Greatest Movie’ award as producer of the movie, twinned in black for the event. Yami, wearing a black saree with a golden zari border, advised the media, “That is the largest validation an artist can obtain. I do not suppose I’ll ever have the ability to specific how I’m feeling proper now. I’m nonetheless making an attempt to soak it in.”
Legendary Kannada actor Anant Nag was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the nation’s highest honour within the subject of cinema. Over a profession spanning 5 many years, Nag has featured in additional than 300 movies. The 72nd Nationwide Movie Awards, celebrating the best of Indian cinema in 2024, additionally noticed Malayalam celebrity Mammootty win his fourth Nationwide Movie Award for ‘Greatest Actor’ for his efficiency in ‘Bramayugam’. The veteran actor acquired a standing ovation on the ceremony. With the win, Mammootty has equalled Amitabh Bachchan’s file for probably the most Nationwide Movie Awards within the ‘Greatest Actor’ class.
Rajkumar Periasamy acquired the ‘Greatest Director’ award for ‘Amaran’, whereas Sanjay Mishra (‘Bhakshak’), Sachana Namidass (‘Maharaja’) and Ropashree Varkady (‘Mithya’) have been honoured within the ‘Greatest Supporting Actor’ classes.
Arun Matheswaran’s ‘Captain Miller’ gained the award for ‘Greatest Movie Selling Nationwide, Social and Environmental Values’. Randeep Hooda acquired the Nationwide Movie Award for ‘Greatest Debut Movie of a Director’ for ‘Swatantrya Veer Savarkar’, whereas Nag Ashwin’s ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ was named ‘Greatest In style Movie Offering Healthful Leisure’.
Dhanush had one other second of recognition as he acquired his second honour of the evening, the Nationwide Movie Award for ‘Greatest Tamil Function Movie’ for his directorial ‘Raayan’.
Bengal, too, had a number of causes to have fun. Kolkata-born Vijay Ganguly, brother of actor Rupali Ganguly, gained the ‘Greatest Choreography’ award for the blockbuster ‘Stree 2’. Riddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb and Gitashree Chakraborty collectively gained the ‘Greatest Youngster Artist’ award for his or her performances in Sourav Palodhi’s ‘Onko Ki Kothin’. Filmmaker Anjan Dutta, who marked the centenary of legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen by means of ‘Chaalchitra Ekhon’, was honoured with the award for ‘Greatest Bengali Movie’. His son, Neel Dutt, who produced the movie, accepted the honour alongside him.
