Premium68th National Film Awards: Wishes pour in for Soorarai Pottru team which bagged five awards
Soorarai Pottru, directed by Sudha Kongara, has Suriya and Aparna Balamurali in the lead
Last Updated: 08.19 PM, Jul 22, 2022
Director Sudha Kongara's Soorarai Pottru has bagged five awards at the 68th National Film Awards which was announced today. The film bagged the awards for the Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Background Score. Soorarai Pottru is inspired by the life of low-cost airline Air Deccan founder Captain GR Gopinath, and has Suriya and Aparna Balamurali in the lead, with music by GV Prakash.
In the meantime, wishes have been pouring in for the team from the film fraternity. Here are some of the tweets that were shared by the film frat.
Dhanush- A big congratulations to all the national award winners. Especially @Suriya_offl sir and my good friend @gvprakash A big day for Tamil cinema. Super proud.
Akshay Kumar- Over the moon to see #SooraraiPottru win the top honours at the National Awards. Heartfelt congratulations my brother @Suriya_offl, #AparrnaBalamurali and my director #SudhaKongara. Humbled to be working in the Hindi adaptation of such an iconic film 馃檹馃徎
Radhika Sarathkumar- Congratulations dear @Suriya_offl #AparnaBalamurali #SudhaKongara and all the winners of this years National awards馃憦馃憦馃憦馃憦
Ramya- This win makes me so happy 馃榾 A wonderful co-star who I so deeply admire and respect - not just for his acting skills but as a human being too @Suriya_offl A befitting honour to an icon #NationalFilmAwards
Sasikumar- Congratulations Best Actor @Suriya_offl sir 5 #NationalAwards for #SooraraiPottru birthday treat 馃Best wishes to All the winner of National Award 馃憤@2D_ENTPVTLTD #HappyBirthdaySuriya
Pandiraj-What a Birthday Gift to you sir. Very much deserving Sir 鉂わ笍馃拹馃#National Award for the Best Actor @Suriya_offl for #Sooraraipottru #NationalAwards2022
Prasanna- Congratulations @Suriya_offl Anna @Sudha_Kongara my wonderful co star @Aparnabala2 bro @gvprakash dear buddy @MusicThaman @itsme_vasanth sir @LakshmiPriyaaC @madonneashwin @sreekar_prasad sir and every other national award winner馃拹馃拹馃拹
Kunal Kohli- Congrats to my dear friend @Suriya_offl for the well deserved #NationalAward and of course to the super talented @ajaydevgn whose varied range keeps increasing each year. Kudos to both these super fine talents.
Mohanlal- Heartiest congratulations to all national film award winners, especially the Best Actors, Suriya, Ajay Devgan and Aparna Balamurali, and Biju Menon and Nanjiamma, on this well-deserved recognition! Also, proudly remembering dear Sachy for winning the Best Director Award.
Ravi K Chandran-Congratulations @Suriya_offl @gvprakash @MusicThaman #SudhaKongara for the well deserved national awards