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National Film Award For Best Direction
The National Film Award for Best Direction is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Since 1967, the award is given by a national panel appointed annually by the DFF to a director for their work within Indian cinema. It is presented by the president of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi. The winner is given a "Swarna Kamal" (Golden Lotus) certificate and a cash prize of . Including ties and repeat winners, the DFF has presented a total of 53 Best Direction awards to 34 different directors. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than twenty languages, the performances of films that have won awards are of nine languages: Bengali (16 awards), Malayalam (14 awards), Hindi (11 awards), Tamil (4 awards), English and Kannada (3 awards each), Marathi (2 awards), Assamese and Punjabi (1 each). The first recipient was Satyaj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachy (writer)
K. R. Sachidanandan (25 December 197218 June 2020), professionally credited as Sachy, was an Indian screenwriter, director, and film producer who worked in the Malayalam film industry. Initially, he co-wrote films with Sethu as a writer duo known as Sachi-Sethu, their works include ''Chocolate'' (2007), ''Robinhood'' (2009), ''Makeup Man'' (2011) and ''Seniors'' (2012). He made his independent debut as a screenwriter with the 2012 film '' Run Baby Run'' and his directorial debut with ''Anarkali'' (2015). He co-produced the film ''Chettayees'' (2012) under his company Thakkali Films. It was followed by '' Ramaleela'' (2017), ''Sherlock Toms'' (2017), and ''Driving Licence'' (2019). His last film was '' Ayyappanum Koshiyum'' (2020). He died on 18 June 2020 at Jubilee Mission Hospital in Thrissur, aged 47. He was posthumously awarded the National Film Award for Best Direction in 2022 for his last film Ayyappanum Koshiyum, which also won three national awards in 2022. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
