Receiving National Award For Best Direction Is ‘surreal Feeling’: Nikhil Mahajan – FilmyVoice
Filmmaker Nikhil Mahajan, who on Thursday bagged the Nationwide Movie Award for Greatest Route for Marathi movie ‘Godavari’, has referred to as it a “surreal feeling” and mentioned that this win is “closest to his coronary heart”.
The director mentioned: “This award is for my mother and pa who’ve tirelessly ensured that I get to reside my dream. It is usually for Jitendra Joshi who believed in me and stood by my facet. It’s for my complete solid and crew of ‘Godavari’ who rallied like champions in opposition to all odds and made it occur.”
“It’s for Nashik which holds in its coronary heart the mighty Godavari. It’s for my producers Jio Studios who ensured that my voice and imaginative and prescient travelled all over the place. It’s for Vikram Gokhle who had mentioned I’ll win this on the primary day of shoot. And lastly it’s for Nishikant Kamat, the director who I made ‘Godavari’ for. To win a nationwide award for steering this movie is really finishing a circle,” he added.
Mahajan had earlier additionally gained the IFFI Particular Jury Prize (2021) for Route, thereby making ‘Godavari’ the primary Marathi movie to safe two awards at a number one worldwide movie competition.
The movie has been produced by Jio Studios.
On Jio Studios’ movies profitable three awards on the Nationwide Movie Awards, Jyoti Deshpande, President – Media Enterprise, RIL, mentioned: “It’s a giant second for Jio Studios as our acclaimed movies ‘Mimi’ and ‘Godavari’ have finished us proud on the 69th Nationwide Movie Awards. Congratulations to Kriti Sanon (Greatest Actress for Mimi), Pankaj Tripathi (Greatest Supporting Actor for Mimi) and Nikhil Mahajan (Greatest Director for ‘Godavari’) for bagging awards in prestigious classes.”
“Receiving Nationwide Movie Awards is a testomony to the dedication and keenness of our expertise. This recognition not solely celebrates their creativity and storytelling but additionally conjures up us to proceed creating movies that not solely entertain but additionally resonate with audiences on a profound stage,” she added.
