The
67th
National
Film
Awards
were
announced
by
the
Directorate
of
Film
Festivals
at
National
Media
Centre
in
Delhi
today
(March
22,
2021).
The
much
awaited
awards
were
delayed
owing
to
the
nationwide
lockdown
because
of
the
COVID-19
pandemic
last
year.
Speaking
about
Bollywood
films,
late
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
film
Chhichhore
bagged
the
Best
Hindi
Film
award.
The
Nitesh
Tiwari
directorial
also
stars
Shraddha
Kapoor,
Varun
Sharma,
Tahir
Raj
Bhasin,
Naveen
Polishshetty,
Tusshar
Pandey
and
others
in
pivotal
roles.
Chhichhore
revolves
around
how
a
tragic
incident
forces
Anirudh
(Sushant
Singh
Rajput),
a
middle-aged
man,
to
take
a
trip
down
memory
lane
and
reminisce
about
his
college
days
along
with
his
friends,
who
were
labelled
as
losers.
The
film
which
released
in
2019,
had
received
rave
reviews
from
the
critics
and
was
a
commercial
success
at
the
box
office.
Speaking
about
other
wins
in
the
feature
films
category,
Kangana
Ranaut
picked
up
the
Best
Actress
award
for
Manikarnika:
The
Queen
of
Jhansi
and
Panga,
Pallavi
Joshi
bagged
the
Best
Supporting
Actress
award
for
Vivek
Agnihotri's
The
Tashkent
Files
and
Manoj
Bajpayee
won
the
Best
Actor
Award
for
Bhonsle.