Earlier today, the 69th edition of National Film Awards took place and Shoojit Sircar’s Sardar Udham was awarded the honour of being the Best Hindi Film for the year.
The biographical film, based on the life of Sardar Udham, had Vicky Kaushalplay the lead.
During it's release, the film got a lot of love and acclaim from the audience and critics alike.Commenting on the National Award victory today, ShoojitSircar told ETimes, “One cannot resist this happiness, we are feeling very proud of the win.”This was his third win, he has won the award earlier for Vicky Donor and Piku.The film also won 4 more awards at the prestigious ceremony for Best Costume, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography and Best Audiography.
Reacting to the multiple honours, Sircar said, “When a film is appreciated at all levels, it just proves that filmmaking is a collaborative art form where everyone works towards a common vision.
And in our film, the clarity of vision and unity was a lot more crucial since we were shooting a period film and we had to bring out realism.
I’m very happy that so many of my colleagues won the award as well.”One of the most gut wrenching scenes in Sardar Udham arrives during the climax, when Udham Singh is shown looking for survivors at the Jallianwala Bagh after the shooting has stopped.
The director recalled the experience of shooting that scene and revealed, “A lot of things were said about that scene when our film dropped on Prime Video’s platform.
Some people thought it was too long, some thought it had too much blood and some people even switched the television off, while some viewers were able to experience exactly what Sardar Udham went through that night.
It was one of the most challenging parts of the film and we began our schedule with that scene.
Everyone had heard about the Jallianwala incident but they got to watch it live, in a way, through the film.
We shot the sequence for over 20-25 days and what it did was that it set the groove for everyone.
We all had those horrors in the back of our minds when we shot the rest of the film."On a parting note Sircar added, “I dedicate this award to my friend Irrfan Khan who was supposed to be part of Sardar Udham." The film was originally written keeping Irrfan in mind, but with his passing away Vicky Kaushal was brought in.
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