After bagging multiple awards, Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani starrer Shershaah has now won big at the National Film Awards. The film, which is based on the life of late Captain Vikram Batra, has been honoured with the Special Jury Award in the Features Film category.
At the National Awards ceremony today in New Delhi, Karan Johar said it’s overwhelming for him to come back to the National Awards 25 years since his debut. He said, “It’s been an exciting journey. Our film Shershaah released in 2021 is the real life story of Captain Vikram Batra. We are forever grateful to the family for allowing us to tell the brave, brave story to the entire world. It was depicted so beautifully by actors Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani and directed by Vishnuvardhan. We are very proud directors and producers at Dharma Productions and Shabbir Boxwala. Apoorva Mehta and myself are both very honoured, humbled and privileged to be here.”
Speaking of what an exciting year it has been for him, the filmmaker said, “Well, personally it’s a very exciting year. Only yesterday, I completed 25 years industry. In 1998, my first film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai released, which also had won the National Award for wholesome and popular entertainer of the year. 25 years later, I’m back here at the national award! What more can I ask for, for a journey, for a relationship with the audience and most of all the love that we have amassed over these years? I just feel very humbled and overwhelmed.”
Speaking to News18 Showsha earlier, Shabbir Boxwala had said, “I was speechless. We were somewhat expecting that we stand a chance. But then, they had combined all the films that released in 2021 and even 2022. There was RRR and so many other good films and so, there was a lot of competition. It was a very tense moment,” he recalls.
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