‘Recognition belongs to all of us’: Nationwide Movie Award winners

Mumbai: Mammootty, Yami Gautam and Kartik Aaryan expressed their gratitude for profitable prime honours on the 72nd Nationwide Movie Awards introduced on Saturday.

Veteran Malayalam actor Mammootty and Aaryan shared the ‘Greatest Actor’ award for ‘Bramayugam’ and ‘Chandu Champion’, respectively. Mammootty, who performs a menacing position within the interval people horror movie, posted on ‘X’, “Thanks Group Bramayugam and Rahul Sadasivan (writer-director) for entrusting me with ‘Kodumon Potty’ (his character within the movie). The 74-year-old actor, who gained his fourth Nationwide Movie Award, additionally congratulated the opposite winners, saying, “Actually properly deserved!”

Veteran actor-politician Kamal Haasan congratulated the Malayalam star and his good friend on profitable one more Nationwide Award. “You as soon as promised me you’ll overtake me within the variety of Nationwide Awards. As at all times, you’re a man of your phrase! Right here’s to many extra accolades, my good friend,” Haasan mentioned.

Haasan’s Telugu sci-fi film, ‘Kalki 2898 AD’, gained the ‘Greatest Common Movie Offering Healthful Leisure’ award on the nationals. “Congratulations as properly to all of the winners of the 72nd Nationwide Movie Awards. Particular congratulations to @Nagashwin7 @vyjayanthifilms and the whole #Kalki2898AD household. Indian cinema is richer due to your excellence,” Haasan mentioned.

Manufacturing banner ‘Vyjayanthi Movies’ additionally shared a observe of gratitude on social media for the popularity of ‘Kalki 2898 AD’, calling it a ‘celebration’ of each artiste and technician related to the movie. “The following chapter carries not simply our imaginative and prescient, however your perception. We promise to make the look forward to #Kalki2 price it,” the submit mentioned.

Actor-filmmaker Dhanush expressed his gratitude after profitable two Nationwide Awards – for his directorial enterprise ‘Raayan’ and for his efficiency in ‘Captain Miller’. “This recognition for ‘Captain Miller’ is particularly near my coronary heart as a result of I’ve at all times believed it to be my most interesting efficiency to this point,” Dhanush mentioned in a observe, including that receiving a ‘Particular Point out’ for a efficiency he holds so dearly made the honour much more significant.

Reacting to the honour, Aaryan mentioned he’s ‘nonetheless processing’ his first Nationwide Award for ‘Chandu Champion’, by which he performed India’s first Paralympic gold medallist, Murlikant Petkar. The movie is directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. “Some moments are merely larger than phrases and that is one in all them. A dream I’ve carried for years has lastly come true. Ceaselessly humbled, endlessly grateful,” the actor mentioned.

Nadiadwala congratulated Aaryan and mentioned it’s a second of ‘pure pleasure and immense pleasure’ for the whole group of ‘Chandu Champion’.

Yami Gautam expressed gratitude for profitable her first Nationwide Award for her efficiency as an intelligence officer within the political drama ‘Article 370’. “Each journey has a second that reminds you why you by no means gave up. As we speak is that second for me. I’ll cherish it for the remainder of my life,” she wrote on ‘Instagram’.

Based mostly on the 2019 revocation of Article 370 of the Structure that granted particular standing to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the film additionally gained ‘Greatest Characteristic Movie’ for Aditya Suhas Jambhale and ‘Greatest Music Path’ for Shashwat Sachdev.

Calling the honour the end result of perseverance and dedication to her craft, Gautam, who lately accomplished 14 years in Hindi cinema, mentioned, “It’s a dream I’ve carried in my coronary heart for years and at the moment, I obtain it with immense gratitude and humility.”

She added that it’s a deeply emotional second because the movie is a house manufacturing pushed by a shared dedication to inform an sincere story. Gautam additionally mentioned the award is just not the ‘finish of a dream; it’s the starting of a higher accountability’. “Continue to grow, to maintain taking dangers and to maintain telling tales that matter. Goals do come true, however solely when ardour refuses to surrender. This one’s for each dreamer who remains to be ready for his or her second. By no means cease believing,” she mentioned.

Gautam’s filmmaker husband Aditya Dhar, who backed the film, described the popularity as ‘deeply humbling’ and credited the movie’s success to its forged, crew and audiences. “Your love gave this movie a life far past the display,” he mentioned.

Director Suhas Jambhale mentioned, “That is my third Nationwide Award and the sensation of receiving this honour is simply as overwhelming and deeply humbling.” Jambhale had gained the Nationwide Award for his Marathi brief movie ‘Kharvas’ (2018) and for his debut brief movie ‘Aaba Aiktaay Naa?’ (2016). Jyoti Deshpande, President of ‘Jio Studios’, termed the movie’s triple honours an ‘extremely emotional second’.

Randeep Hooda, who gained the ‘Greatest Debut Director’ award for ‘Swatantrya Veer Savarkar’, expressed his gratitude to his group for believing in him and standing by him by means of the highs and lows. “This recognition belongs to all of us, and I hope it conjures up extra individuals, particularly the youthful technology, to find and replicate on Veer Savarkar’s legacy,” the actor mentioned. Hooda, who additionally co-wrote the movie and starred within the titular position, described it as essentially the most demanding challenge of his profession.

Sanjay Mishra was honoured with the ‘Greatest Supporting Actor’ award for his efficiency in ‘Bhakshak’. The ‘Netflix’ movie, which starred Bhumi Pednekar within the lead position, uncovers the sexual abuse of younger kids at a shelter house. “Receiving the Nationwide Award is a large honour for me. This actually touched my coronary heart,” mentioned the veteran actor, who performed a small-town cameraman working for an area information channel in ‘Bhakshak’.

Pednekar took to ‘Instagram’ to congratulate Mishra on profitable the award. “My dearest @imsanjaymishra, you’re a drive of nature and it’s at all times an honour to work with you. Hearts completely satisfied,” she wrote.

Within the function movie class, the Rajkummar Rao-starrer ‘Srikanth: Aa Raha Hai Sabki Aankhein Kholne’ gained the Greatest Movie award. Directed by Tushar Hiranandani and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Nidhi Parmar Hiranandani, the movie is a biopic of Srikanth Bolla (Rao), a visually impaired industrialist.

Hiranandani mentioned the award is a tribute to Bolla’s life and the collective effort of the forged and crew. “Making ‘Srikanth’ has been some of the fulfilling journeys of my profession. This award is a tribute to Srikanth Bolla’s inspiring life and to each member of the forged and crew who poured their hearts into telling this story,” he mentioned. Bhushan Kumar mentioned the popularity is an honour for the whole group and credited Srikanth Bolla’s story for uplifting audiences.

Introduced by the Ministry of Data and Broadcasting, the awards recognised and celebrated achievements in Indian cinema in 2024.