Akshay Kumar congratulated singer B Praak who won the National Award for the Best Male Playback Singer for the patriotic song Teri Mitti from his war-drama Kesari. The Laxmi Bomb actor took to Twitter handle and shared that the song still gives him goosebumps every time he tunes in to it.
Akshay also shared that Teri Mitti is one of the songs he is most proud of ‘being part of’. Expressing his happiness and congratulating B Praak on achieving the milestone, he shared a photo of the announcement.
Akshay wrote alongside the picture, “#TeriMitti still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it and one song I’m most proud of being part of…Couldn’t be happier! @BPraak #NationalFilmAwards2019(sic).”
#TeriMitti still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it and one song I’m most proud of being part of…Couldn’t be happier! @BPraak #NationalFilmAwards2019 @ParineetiChopra @SinghAnurag79 @karanjohar @apoorvamehta18 @SunirKheterpal @arkopravo19 @manojmuntashir @AzeemRdayani pic.twitter.com/exdEADFdYn
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) March 22, 2021
The four-minute-forty seven seconds song Teri Mitti is a loud cry of warriors who sacrificed their lives for the soil of their nation. Written by Manoj Muntashir, the song is crooned by B Praak and the music has been composed by Arko. The aim of the song was to reflect a dying soldier’s last thoughts in the film’s final scene.
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Kesari tells the story of a forgotten war that was fought between 21 Indian soldiers and 10,000 Afghans. The film has completed two years recently. Akshay, who plays Havildar Ishar Singh, is seen leading the battle. He was also seen encouraging his unit of soldiers who lost their spirit seeing the huge Afghan army.
The 67th edition of the National Film Awards for the best talent for the year 2019 was announced recently after it got delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.