Image was shared on Instagram. (courtesy: vickykaushal09)

New Delhi:

In a giant win, Sardar Udham received the National Award in 5 classes on Thursday. Vicky Kaushal, who performed the lead function within the movie alongside along with his director Shoojit Sircar shared particular person posts on Instagram thereby dedicating the movie’s large feat to late actor Irrfan Khan, who was initially set to painting the central character. Soon after the awards had been introduced, Vicky Kaushal shared a poster of the movie that includes himself and wrote, “Congratulations team!!! Honoured and grateful to be a part of #SardarUdham … To Irrfan Sir!”

For the unversed, Sardar Udham received 5 awards together with Best Hindi Film.

See Vicky Kaushal’s put up right here:

Sardar Udham director Shoojit Sircar additionally devoted the movie’s victory on the prestigious National Film Awards to Irrfan Khan, who died of most cancers in 2020. In his put up, Shoojit Sircar wrote, “Dedicated to Irrfan Khan”

The biopic, which was released on Prime Video last year, tracks the life of the freedom fighter, who assassinated Michael O’Dwyer, the former Lieutenant Governor of Punjab in British India in 1940, to avenge the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

At the 69th National Awards, Rocketry: The Nambi Effect was awarded Best Film. Kriti’s Mimi co-star Pankaj Tripathi won Best Supporting Actor and Pallavi Joshi won Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Kashmir Files which also won Best Film on National Integration.

The feature film awardees were announced by jury head filmmaker Ketan Mehta. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest film honour, will be announced later. The National Awards will be handed out by President Droupadi Murmu in a ceremony later in the year.