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As the 67th National Film Awards ceremony took place today in New Delhi after being delayed on several occasions last year because of the pandemic, the ceremony saw a flood of emotions as âChhichhoreâ film won best Hindi feature award.
Chhichhore director Nitesh Tiwari received the award and dedicated it to late actor Sushant Singh Rajput and said that he âmade us proudâ.
While dedicating the National Award to the actor, Nitesh said, "Sushant is an integral part of our film. He made us proud. We are dedicating this award to him."
Last year when the awards were announced, the film's producer, Sajid Nadiadwala took to Instagram, âOn the behalf of NGE I dedicate this extremely prestigious award to Sushant Singh Rajput. We canât get over his loss ever but I sincerely pray that this award gives a little bit of happiness to his family and fans which includes me. And I am tremendously grateful to Nitesh Tiwari for giving us all this very special movie.â
Chhichhore was released on September 6, 2019, and marked Shraddha Kapoor and Sushant's first collaboration. The actor Sushant Singh Rajput died in June 2020. It was his last commercially successful and critically acclaimed film that crossed the Rs 100-crore mark.
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As for other award winners, while Kangana Ranaut received her National Award for best actress for her roles in two films âManikarnikaâ and âPangaâ, Manoj Bajpayee and Dhanush picked up best actor National Awards for their roles in âBhonsleâ and âAsuranâ -- Hindi and Tamil films. Asuran was also awarded best Tamil film.