Aamir Khan, Dhanush, Junior NTR win at Sankarabharanam Awards
Hyderabad
June 19, 2017
In the inaugural edition of
Sankarabharanam Awards, actors Aamir Khan, Junior NTR and Dhanush have
won top laurels, the organisers announced on Monday.
The award ceremony will take place here on Tuesday.
Sankarabharanam Awards, formed in honour of filmmaker K. Vishwanath by
actress Tulasi, will honour winners from five film industries which
include artists from Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi.
Explaining why the need to honour artists from five industries, Tulasi
told IANS: "My guru and mentor Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, K Viswanath
has worked with both the northern and southern industries in his
illustrious career. He stands for the unity of our cinema, a beautiful
aesthetic medium that knows no boundaries of geography or language."
She added that though they will be awarding a much longer list of
technicians and artists from Telugu cinema, "We have four categories
across industries this year. This is because we had less time to
organise the event this year. From next year, we will plan much in
advance with a more uniform list."
Tulasi also confirmed Aamir Khan and Alia Bhatt have won Best Actor
award for their respective performances in "Dangal" and "Udta Punjab".
Junior NTR has bagged Best Actor (male) for his performance in "Janatha
Garage".
Dhanush won the Best Director award for his Tamil directorial debut "Pa
Pandi".
And in Malayalam Dulqer Salman won the best Actor (male) Award.
Hyderabad
June 19, 2017
In the inaugural edition of
Sankarabharanam Awards, actors Aamir Khan, Junior NTR and Dhanush have
won top laurels, the organisers announced on Monday.
The award ceremony will take place here on Tuesday.
Sankarabharanam Awards, formed in honour of filmmaker K. Vishwanath by
actress Tulasi, will honour winners from five film industries which
include artists from Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi.
Explaining why the need to honour artists from five industries, Tulasi
told IANS: "My guru and mentor Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, K Viswanath
has worked with both the northern and southern industries in his
illustrious career. He stands for the unity of our cinema, a beautiful
aesthetic medium that knows no boundaries of geography or language."
She added that though they will be awarding a much longer list of
technicians and artists from Telugu cinema, "We have four categories
across industries this year. This is because we had less time to
organise the event this year. From next year, we will plan much in
advance with a more uniform list."
Tulasi also confirmed Aamir Khan and Alia Bhatt have won Best Actor
award for their respective performances in "Dangal" and "Udta Punjab".
Junior NTR has bagged Best Actor (male) for his performance in "Janatha
Garage".
Dhanush won the Best Director award for his Tamil directorial debut "Pa
Pandi".
And in Malayalam Dulqer Salman won the best Actor (male) Award.
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