'Overwhelmed': National Film Award winners Kangana Ranaut, Dhanush and others thank fans, teams

NEW DELHI: Actors such as Kangana Ranaut, Manoj Bajpayee, Dhanush and Vijay Sethupathi on Monday expressed gratitude towards the members of the jury for recognising their work and honouring them with National Film Awards.

The 67th National Film Awards were announced yesterday where Ranaut bagged best actress for her films 'Manikarnika' and 'Panga', while Manoj Bajpayee and Dhanush shared the best actor award for their films 'Bhonsle' and 'Asuran'.

Overwhelmed by the recognition, Ranaut took to Twitter to thank her teams. The actress shared a video accepting the honours.



Bajpayee, who currently recovering from Covid, dedicated his award to his co-stars and producers who backed director Devashish Makhija's vision on the film.

On Tuesday, South actor Dhanush thanked his fans for his National Award win for Tamil-hit 'Asuran' by filmmaker Vetrimaaran, saying that being awared the top acting honour twice in his film career is a "blessing."



Whereas Sethupathi bagged National Award for best supporting actor for his critically-acclaimed role of trans woman Shilpa/Manickam in Tamil film 'Super Deluxe'. The actor thanked director Thiagarajan Kumararaja.



Nitesh Tiwari said the news of his film Chhichhore' winning the National Award for best Hindi movie "came out of the blue". "I was not even thinking about it. I am still surprised," He told PTI.

Praak, winner of best male playback singer for the song 'Teri Mitti' from the period patriotic drama 'Kesari', took to Instagram to share his gratitude to fans and the makers of the Akshay Kumar-starrer.

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South star Nani, whose sports drama 'Jersey' was named the best Telugu film, shared a picture of himself on Twitter celebrating the win for the Gowtam Tinnanuri directorial.

Director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri was named the best dialogue writer in the screenplay category for his film 'Tashkent Files', which also helped Agnihotri's actor-wife Pallavi Joshi land the best supporting actress win.

Agnihotri told PTI winning the award is a dream come true. Agnihotri's actor wife Pallavi Joshi was named best supporting actress for the film.

The director dedicated the award to Shastri and "the common people of India, who supported the film when everyone else had abandoned the project."

Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan, who won the best director honour in the feature film category for 'Bahattar Hoorain', said he is "overwhelmed" to receive his second National Award after his debut film 'Lahore'.

D Imman, who won the award in the best music director category for his work in 'Viswasam', said it is "pure joy" to receive national recognition for Tamil music.

Debutant director Vinod Kamble, whose 'Kastoori' was named the best children's film, said it is a "surreal" feeling.

With PTI inputs