The cast and team of Uri: The Surgical Strike is overjoyed, as their film earned the most number of honors at the National Film Awards declaration on Friday. Aside from Best Director and Best Actor, the movie additionally packed away honors for Best Background Music and Best Sound Design. Be that as it may, there was much bewilderment via social media the same number of thought about how the film was even considered for the honors by any means.
The 66th National Film Awards respects and rewards films than released in 2018. Uri the Surgical Strike hit the screens on January 11, 2019.
Communicating his disarray, one client stated, "Hold on. #Uri released in 2019… How the movie eligible for 2018 #Nationalawards."
Another tweeted, "Hold on, #Uri released this year… How is it eligible for #NationalFilmAwards already?!"
Here's the reality. All together for a film to enter the race for National Film Awards, it should have gotten its endorsement from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) from January 1 of that year till December 31. Luckily for Uri, it got its testament on December 31, 2018, making it a qualified for the National Awards this year itself.
Opening up about winning the National Award, chief Aditya Dhar stated, "Thank you India, thank you Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and all the Jury members of National Award committee for considering me worthy enough for this prestigious award. This is an honor I am going to cherish for the rest of my life. Being conferred with the National Award has been a dream since the time I understood what films meant to me, and films truly mean the world to me."
