The awardees for the 64th National Film Awards was pronounced
yesterday and while Bollywood movies did manage to bag a few awards, it
wouldn't be wrong to say that the list was totally dominated by the regional
cinema.
Amongst this, it was Marathi film Ventilator which shined
and bagged as many as three awards- for Best editing, Best Director and Best
sound mixing. The film was written and directed by Rajesh Mapuskar and
was produced under Priyanka Chopra's production banner Purple Pebble
Pictures. Big day for Priyanka indeed.
Now, after the news has finally sank in, Priyanka Chopra who
herself is a National award winning actor, shared her déjà vu moment and her
experience being a producer. "I just had a déjà vu moment… I was woken up
early morning with the amazing news that our film Ventilator had won 3 National
Awards. It was pretty much the same way I was informed that I had won my
first National Award for Best Actress for Fashion! The emotions are the
same... pride, joy, excitement, gratitude and so much more.
Congratulations to Rajesh, Rameshwar and Alok… so well deserved. As
producers, this was a difficult film to bring together… with such an amazing
ensemble cast of over 116 actors from Marathi cinema and theatre backgrounds,
tight deadlines and crazy schedules but we made it happen because we truly
believed that this story needed to be told."
The actor who was very close to her father, also disclosed
that she wanted to make this movie for her father. Än emotional Priyanka told,
"I also wanted to make this film for my father and I know he would have
been very proud right now. I am extremely proud of the entire team."
Further lauding the teams effort, she told, "We are
barely a year and few films old and Ventilator is our first Marathi Film, so
these wins are an extremely encouraging sign for us as a team. This is a
reiteration that PPP is headed in the right direction in terms of our vision –
giving new talent a platform to showcase themselves, good storytelling and
expanding the canvas of cinema, including regional.”
Priyanka's mother Madhu Chopra who is also her producing
partner for Purple Pebble Pictures had told, ""I am very happy, it
was Rajesh Mapuskar's debut and what work he has done! The subject was simple
and Rajesh's way of telling the story was applauded and loved by the critics.
Priyanka was jumping with joy, when I told her this big news. She isn't here
right now. When she comes to India in end of April, we will celebrate the major
win of this film."
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