How does it feel to win a National Award? I am humbled to be honoured amongst the best that the country has seen in cinema during 2022. It...
How does it feel to win a National Award?
I am humbled to be honoured amongst the best that the country has seen
in cinema during 2022. It takes me back 30 years when Hum Aapke Hain Koun won
the National Award for best film. The rush and happiness that I felt as a young
director then was crazy! But today, as I get the National Award for Best
Director - Uunchai, there is a sense of gratitude and calmness.. The joy and
happiness are much more internal today! As a director, my job for the last 35
years has been to keep telling stories. And I'm not done yet, there's much more
to come!
What does the National Award mean to you?
Our National Film Awards unite our industry because they are a
celebration of films made in every language! Winning the Best Director at this
stage, makes me feel humbled and honoured to the core. I have truly
climbed my Everest today. This immense recognition belongs to my entire team of
senior actors and technicians, who fought the pandemic and shot at unheard
locations with me.
Whom would you like to dedicate the award to?
Uunchai was a special film..made in the 75th year of our production
house. I would like to dedicate this award to Rajshri Productions and to all my
elders in the family, under whom we continue to learn, to tell stories that can be inspiring, and happy, and which help us trust each other and the power of
goodness.
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