Uri, Andhaadun, Padmaavat, 'Badhai Ho' hog honours at 66th Natfilm awards
New Delhi:Sriram Raghvan's 'Andhaadun' bagged the National award for Best Film and along with Hindi films 'Uri', 'Padmaavat' and 'Badhai Ho' , it hogged the honours at the 66th National film awards announced here on Friday.
Besides winning the National award for best film, 'Andhaadun' also fetched for its lead actor Ayushmann Khurana the National film award for best actor, which he shared with Vicky Kaushan for 'Uri'.
'Andhaadun' also bagged the award for Best Adapted Screenplay.'Uri' , based on the 2016 surgical strikes, 'Padmaavat' and 'Badhai Ho' also made their presence felt at the awards. While 'Padmaavat' bagged awards for Best choreography for the song 'Ghoomar', Best Male Playback Singer award for Arijit Singh for 'Binte Dil' and the award for best music director for Sanjay leela Bhansali, 'Uri' also bagged Best director award for Aditya Dhar, Best background music and Best sound design at the awards, which were announced by jury chairman and filmmaker Rahul Rawail.
Another film 'Padman', featuring Akshay Kumar, also made its presence felt at the awards, bagging the award for best film on social issues.The Best Actress award was bagged by Keerthy Suresh for Mahanati while the Best Supporting Actor award went to Swanand Kirkire for Chumbhak