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At the National Film Awards

National Dabangg
Who can ever forget Salman Khan’s avatar and his antics in the blockbuster movie Dabangg! The pistol wielding, sunglass donning character saw itself winning national level accolades in the 58th National Film Awards. The Arbaaz Khan produced flick won the most popular movie of the year award. This was the first time that the Khan Brothers were involved in a movie that was a complete home production and the efforts of both the Khans paid off and in a big way! Dabangg’s success has given the Bollywood flicks a whole new direction. A joyful Salim Khan, an ace film writer, could not hide his happiness after news came that ‘Dabangg’ has won the national award for best wholesome entertainment, and said that credit goes to his family and everyone else behind the venture.

Son of Adam
A surprise winner for the Best Film Award for 2010 emerged in the form of a Malayalam film, Adaminte
Makan Abu (Abu, Son of Adam). It indicated the shift of trend from popular to art-house cinema. The film’s actor Salim, known for his comic roles, amazed the audience with a mind blowing performance in a serious role. Salim played the role of a simple man with an unshakeable belief in his quest for salvation.

Rishi’s Joy
Rishi Kapoor’s movie Do Dooni Char received the award for the Best Film in Hindi category. After hearing about the award an overjoyed Rishi Kapoor, who was shooting in New York, said that he had never expected that the film will be such a huge success. “Here we are talking about a sequel to ‘Do Dooni Chaar’ and now it has won the national award. Wow! I am so happy to see such a small film make such big noise all the way here in the US. Sequel ka haq banta hai (It deserves sequel),” said Rishi. The film’s story revolves around a middle class family who go through myriads of trouble to buy a car. The film portrays the social outlook of the middle class people and the day to day problems that they face, in a light comic mood.

Shared accolades
The Best Actress Award was shared by two outstanding performers, the Tamilian, Saranya Ponvannan (Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru) world and the Marathi, Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar (Baboo Band Baaja). Both women portrayed the picture of two mothers who strived for the betterment of the lives of their children in the face of extreme adversity.

Music Maestros
The national award for the Best Music Direction was shared by Vishal Bharadwaj (Ishqiya fame) and Issak Thomas Kottakapally (Adaminte Makan Abu fame). Rekha Bharadwaj won the award for Best Female Playback Singer for Ishqiya.

Rajnikanth Effects
The Rajnikanth starrer blockbuster, Enthiran (Robot) won the award for best special effects. A sci-fi mega budget movie, Enthiran was a story of a robot with artificial intelligence and the effects it had on the life of those around it. Another one of Rajni’s super successful ventures, Enthiran had mind boggling visuals and world class special effects seen for the first time in Indian movies.

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