62nd
National
Film
Awards
are
being
announced
and
Tamil
cinema
has
already
won
seven
of
them.
We
bring
you
live
updates
as
the
awards
are
still
being
given
away.
Vivek
Harshan,
the
editor
of
Jigarthanda
has
bagged
the
Best
Editor
of
the
year
while
Na
Muthukumar
has
got
the
Best
Lyricist
award
for
the
second
consecutive
time.
It
is
to
be
noted
that
Muthukumar
won
the
best
lyricist
last
year
for
the
song
'aanandha
yaazhai'
from
the
movie
Thanga
Meenkal.
It
is
said
that
the
song
'Azhagu'
from
Saivam
has
awarded
him
the
honour
this
year.
The
biggest
surprise
has
come
in
the
form
of
Best
Female
Playback
Singer.
Unnikrishnan's
eight
year
old
daughter
Uthara
Unnikrishnan
has
won
the
best
singer
award
for
her
debut
song
in
the
film
Saivam.
It
is
to
be
noted
that
Unnikrishnan
too
won
the
National
Film
Award
for
Best
Male
Playback
Singer
for
his
first
song
'Ennavale'
in
the
film
Kadhalan.
Bobby
Simha
has
won
the
Best
Supporting
Actor
for
Jigarthanda
which
takes
the
tally
of
total
awards
won
by
the
film
to
two.
Best
Tamil
film
is
won
by
Kutram
Kadithal
which
was
directed
by
Bramma.G
and
produced
by
J.Sathish
Kumar
and
Christy
Siluvappan.
Continue
to
read
the
story
in
the
slides
below:
Best
Writing
On
Cinema
Dhananjayan
has
won
the
best
writing
on
cinema
award
for
his
book
'Pride
Of
Tamil
Cinema'
under
the
special
mention
category.
Kaaka
Muttai
Bags
Two
The
total
awards
won
by
Kaaka
Muttai
now
stands
at
two
with
Ramesh,
a
child
artist
in
the
film
winning
the
Best
Child
Artist
Award.
Kaaka
Muttai
Kaaka
Muttai
,
which
was
produced
by
Dhanush
and
Vetrimaaran
has
won
the
best
film
under
children
film
category.
Kutram
Kadithal
Kutram
Kadithal
,
which
was
critically
celebrated
has
won
the
Best
Tamil
Film
Award.
Vivek
Harshan
Vivek
Harshan
has
won
his
first
National
Award
as
an
editor
for
the
film
Jigarthanda.
It
is
to
be
noted
that
he
has
worked
in
Kamal
Haasan's
Uttama
Villain.
Jigarthanda
Makes
It
Big
Jigarthanda
alone
has
given
two
National
Awards
to
Tamil
Cinema
which
is
no
mean
feat.
Kudos
to
the
entire
team
of
Jigarthanda.
Tamil
Cinema
Bags
7
Awards
Tamil
cinema
now
has
a
total
of
7
National
Awards
with
Jigarthanda,
Kaaka
Muttai
and
Saivam
contributing
two
each.