61st National Awards: Thanga Meengal Wins Multiple Awards
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oi-Prakash
By Ramchander
The
61st
National
Awards
have
been
announced
in
New
Delhi
today
(April
16).
Ram's
Thanga
Meengal
has
won
multiple
awards
this
year
and
has
made
Tamil
film
industry
proud.
Thanga
Meengal
won
awards
in
categories
like
Best
Child
Artiste
(Sadhana),
Best
Tamil
Film
and
Best
Lyrics
for
Na
Muthu
Kumar.
Late
Balu
Mahendra's
Thalaimuraigai
won
Nargis
Dutt
Award
for
Best
Feature
Film
on
National
Integration
and
Sabu
Joseph
VJ
won
the
Best
Editing
award
for
Vallinam.
Tamil
film
won
six
awards
in
total
this
year.
What
The
Winners
Will
Get?
The
producer
and
director
of
Thalaimuraigai
will
get
Rajat
Kamal
along
with
cash
prize
of
Rs
1.5
lakhs
each.
(Click
Here
To
See
Thalaimuraigai
Stills)
Sabu
Joseph
VJ
for
his
best
editing
will
get
Rajal
Kamal
along
with
a
cash
prize
of
Rs.
50
thousand.
Na.
Muthukumar
for
penning
best
lyrics
will
get
Rajat
Kamal
with
a
cash
prize
of
Rs
50
thousand.
Thanga
Meengal
director
and
producer
will
get
1
lakh
each
and
Rajat
Kamal.
The
government
will
honour
all
the
winners
on
May
3
in
New
Delhi.