The winners of the 68th National Film Awards were announced on Friday (July 22) in Delhi. The Best Actor award for the year is to be shared by Suriya and Ajay Devgan for their work in Soorarai Pottru and Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior respectively.
Suriya took to his social media handle to share a long note of gratitude after winning the prestigious award. In the long note, he revealed that the film’s team is ‘ecstatic’ with five National awards for Soorari Pottru.
He wrote, “The overwhelming reception for our film which was directly released on OTT during a pandemic, has made our eyes well up in joy. Our happiness is doubled at this National recognition for Soorarai Pottru, as it is a testimony of Sudha Kongra’s many years of hard work and creative vision of Captain Gopinath’s story.”
He further congratulated Aparna Balamurli and others who also won the National award for the film. “My heartfelt congratulations to the National award winners of our film – Aparna Balamurli (Best actress), GVPrakash (background score\), Sudha Kongara and Shalini Usha Nair (best screenplay),” he added.
He even penned a special thankyou note for his wife Jyotika, who “insisted” that the actor “should produce and act in Soorarai Pottru.”
