Tahir Raj Bhasin Feels Rewarded After Chhichhore Wins National Film Award: It Will Always Be Special To Me
Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor's 2019 release Chhichhore was honoured as the Best Hindi Film at the 67th National Film Awards today on March 22, 2021
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
and
Shraddha
Kapoor's
2019
release
Chhichhore
was
honoured
as
the
Best
Hindi
Film
at
the
67th
National
Film
Awards
today
on
March
22,
2021.
Tahir
Raj
Bhasin
who
also
starred
in
the
Nitish
Tiwari
directorial
said
the
film
will
always
be
special
to
him.
Tahir
who
played
a
pivotal
role
in
the
film
said,
"I
feel
incredibly
grateful
to
have
played
the
part
of
Derek
and
been
a
part
of
Chhichhore.
It
will
always
be
a
special
film
to
me.
Nitesh
Tiwari
and
Sajid
Nadiadwala
captained
this
ship,
and
it
was
an
ace
team
to
have
been
on."
Talking
about
Chhichhore
Tahir
added
in
the
statement
that
the
film
was
not
about
winning,
"The
film
was
about
never
allowing
society
to
decide
if
you
are
a
winner
or
a
loser
but
fighting
the
very
notions
of
these
labels
and
finding
your
own
happiness.
I
feel
so
rewarded
that
we've
been
recognised
by
the
country's
highest
award
for
the
film."
"This
definitely
makes
all
the
work
that
went
into
creating
it,
worth
it,
and
the
film
even
more
special
to
all
of
us.
As
we
celebrate
our
big
win,
today
will
also
be
a
day
of
remembrance
and
gratitude
for
Sushant
without
whom
this
story
would
never
have
been
told," Tahir
concluded.
Chhichhore
follows
Anirudh
(Sushant
Singh
Rajput),
a
middle-aged
man,
who
is
forced
to
take
a
trip
down
memory
lane
after
a
tragic
incident.
reminisce
his
college
days
along
with
his
friends,
who
were
labelled
as
losers.
Apart
from
gaining
commercial
success
at
the
box
office,
the
film
also
garnered
rave
reviews
from
the
critics
for
the
storyline
and
performances.
The
2019
release
also
starred
Varun
Sharma,
Navin
Polishshetty,
Tusshar
Pandey
and
others
in
pivotal
roles.