Southern Movies Bag 17 National Film Awards: 61st Winners List
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Tamil
family
drama
Thanga
Meengal,
Telugu
drama
Naa
Bangaru
Thalli,
Kannada
film
Prakruthi
and
Malayalam
drama
24
North
Kaatham
were
among
the
southern
movies
that
pocketed
17
awards
at
the
61st
National
Awards
in
Delhi
on
Wednesday.
The
other
southern
films
include
Dharmam
(Tamil),
Kanyaka
(Malayalam),
December
1
(Kannada),
Vallinam
(Tamil),
Thalaimuraigal
(Tamil),
Perariyathavara
(Malayalam)
and
Swapaanam
(Malayalam).
In
Tamil,
Ram-directed
Thanga
Meengal
was
adjudged
the
best
Tamil
film,
besides
bagging
best
lyrics
by
Na.
Muthu
Kumar
for
the
song
Ananda
Yaazhai
and
best
child
artist
for
Sadhana
as
well.
For
Tamil
sports-drama
Vallinam,
VJ
Sabu
Joseph
pocketed
an
award
for
best
editing.
Late
filmmaker
Balu
Mahendra's
Tamil
drama
Thalaimuraigal
bagged
the
Nargis
Dutt
Award
for
best
film
on
National
Integration.
Tamil
film
Dharmam,
which
is
about
middle
class
hypocrisy,
won
a
special
mention
award.
Telugu
drama
Naa
Bangaru
Thalli,
a
story
about
sex
trade,
bagged
three
awards
-
it
was
adjudged
the
best
film
in
the
language,
while
actress
Anjali
Patil
received
a
special
mention
certificate
for
her
performance
in
the
film
and
composer
Shantanu
Moitra
won
award
for
background
score.
Kannada
movie
December
1
bagged
two
awards
-
best
film
and
best
original
screenplay
for
P
Seshadri.
Writer
Panchakshari
won
an
award
for
best
adapted
screenplay
for
Kannada
drama
Prakruthi.
Malayalam
filmdom
bagged
a
total
of
five
awards.
Suraj
Venjaramoodu
won
the
best
actor
award
for
Malayalam
film
Perariyathavara,
which
also
won
best
film
award
on
Environment
Conservation
and
Preservation.
In
the
best
audiography
category,
D.
Yuvaraj
won
the
best
re-recordist
of
the
final
mixed
track
award
for
Malayalam
film
Swapaanam.
Malayalam
drama
North
24
Kaatham
won
the
best
film
award
in
the
language.
Director
Christo
Tomy
won
the
best
debut
director
award
for
his
Malayalam
film
Kanyaka.