Music maestro AR Rahman bagged the Best Music Director (Background music) award for his work in Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan: I at the 70th National Film Awards for the year 2022.
Ponniyin Selvan: I also bagged the Best Tamil Film award. Ravi Varman won the Best Cinematography award.
Helmed by Mani Ratnam, the film stars south actors Vikram, Trisha Krishnan Karthik Sivakumar, Jayam Ravi and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the lead roles.
Ponniyin Selvan-Part 1 is a cinematic adaptation of author Kalki Krishnamurthy’s Tamil novel of the same name which was released in the form of a series during the 1950s.
It marks the third collaboration of Aishwarya with south actor Vikram after their critically acclaimed film Raavan in 2010.
In the film, Aishwarya could be seen in dual roles. Queen Nandini, the princess of Pazhuvoor, who is on a mission to seek vengeance, and Mandakini Devi in the historical drama.
Pritam received the award for Best Music Director (Songs) for Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva.
Rishab Shetty has been awarded Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in the movie Kantara whereas Nithya Menen bagged the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Thiruchitrambalam. (ANI)
70th National Film Awards: AR Rahman bags Best Music Director for Ponniyin Selvan: I
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