Allu Arjun or Vicky Kaushal? Shoojit Sircar reveals who he felt deserved to win the National Award

Recently, as the winners of the 69th National Film Awards were announced, Allu Arjun created history with his victory. He was adjudged Best Actor for his act in Pushpa: The Rise. It made him the first Telugu actor to win the honour. While the nation celebrated the win, there was a section that saw Vicky Kaushal as the deserving winner for the National Award for his act in Sardar Udham. Now, his director Shoojit Sircar has come out and given his views on who he thinks deserved to win.

Shoojit Sircar on Vicky Kaushal not getting National Award

Sardar Udham emerged one of the biggest winners at this year’s National Awards, taking home 5 awards. Amongst them was also Best Feature Film in Hindi language. However, Vicky didn’t get the Best Actor award, even though he was a front runner.

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Speaking to Mid-Day about the same, Shoojit expressed that he felt Vicky truly deserved to win Best Actor. He said, “Vicky undoubtedly deserved the Best Actor award. The way he transformed into Sardar Udham is commendable. We started with the Jallianwala Bagh sequence. The first shot was of Udham picking up [the dead] bodies, feeling the weight and pain. The set was witnessing that nightmare. That set the tone of the film. Vicky couldn’t sleep for nights, and carried that disturbance throughout other parts of the movie.”

Vicky’s act was lauded by all on the film’s release in 2021. The film got a direct-to-OTT release on Amazon Prime Video and was widely appreciated. The actor even won a lot of accolades for his role and was being seen as a probable winner for a National Award too.

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Meanwhile, this year’s National Award saw a lot of wins for Hindi films. Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon shared the Best Actress honour. Pankaj Tripathi won Best Supporting Actor while Pallavi Joshi won Best Supporting Actress. The global phenomenon SS Rajamouli’s RRR won 6 awards while Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi took home 5 honours.

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