National Awards 2019: Netizens Ask How Vicky Kaushal's 2019 Film 'Uri: The Surgical Strike' Was Eligible, Here's The Answer
Hack:Of the top three National Awards, "Uri: The Surgical Strike" won Aditya Dhar the best director award for his debut film and Vicky Kaushal the best actor.The film also won two awards for Best Background music and sound design."Wasn't URI a 2019 film?? How come it's part of 2018 awards?", ask Netizens on social media after National Award winners were announced on Friday. Here's an explanation
Uri:The Surgical Strike
Mainstream Hindi cinema emerged a major winner at the 66th National Film Awards on Friday with multiple recognitions for "Andhadhun", "Uri: The Surgical Strike" and "Badhaai Ho".
Of the top three National Awards, "Uri: The Surgical Strike" won Aditya Dhar the best director award for his debut film and Vicky Kaushal the best actor. The film also won two awards for Best Background music and sound design.
For those unaware, Vicky portrays an Army officer in "Uri...", which recaps India's surgical strike in September 2016 in the wake of a terror attack on an army base in Uri. Minutes later, Netizens started pouring in comments on Twitter wondering how a film that was released in January 2019 was eligible for this year's National Awards. One user commented: "Seems like in extra Josh #nationalawards jury forgot that #Uri was a 2019 film."
Seems like in extra Josh #nationalawards jury forgot that #Uri was a 2019 film.
— upma singh (@ScribeUpma) August 9, 2019
These awards were for 2018...right??
How d hell is Uri eligible ???? It's a 2019 Film.
— ⛷️ (@Desi_Srkian) August 9, 2019
Hold on. #Uri released on 2019.. How the movie eligible for 2018 #Nationalawards
— Shankar_Dhanush (@dhanushkSankar) August 9, 2019
Soon, a user @sachdeva_pankaj put up a clarification saying that the makers of Uri: The Surgical Strike were granted the CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) on December 31, 2018. According to the rules, if a film is certified by CBFC between January 1 and December 31 of the year, it is eligible for National Awards. Take a look -
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) eligibility rules state that the films applying for the #NationalFilmsAwards should have been certified between 1st January, 2018 and 31st December, 2018. #Uri got its certificate exactly on the last 31st December, 2018. Check. pic.twitter.com/d0rfA3Wpz9
— Pankaj Sachdeva (@sachdeva_pankaj) August 9, 2019
pic.twitter.com/VSOeOO0uFr
— Pankaj Sachdeva (@sachdeva_pankaj) August 9, 2019
Any film that got a CBFC certificate before Jan 2019 is eligible for submission.URI got it in December I think.
— I am NOT a boy (@ishab26) August 9, 2019
Director Aditya Dhar dedicated his best director to "each and every brave soldier" in the country. The film also won the best music director award (background music) for Shashwat Sachdev and sound design.
Uri:The Surgical Strike
Mainstream Hindi cinema emerged a major winner at the 66th National Film Awards on Friday with multiple recognitions for "Andhadhun", "Uri: The Surgical Strike" and "Badhaai Ho".
Of the top three National Awards, "Uri: The Surgical Strike" won Aditya Dhar the best director award for his debut film and Vicky Kaushal the best actor. The film also won two awards for Best Background music and sound design.
For those unaware, Vicky portrays an Army officer in "Uri...", which recaps India's surgical strike in September 2016 in the wake of a terror attack on an army base in Uri. Minutes later, Netizens started pouring in comments on Twitter wondering how a film that was released in January 2019 was eligible for this year's National Awards. One user commented: "Seems like in extra Josh #nationalawards jury forgot that #Uri was a 2019 film."
Seems like in extra Josh #nationalawards jury forgot that #Uri was a 2019 film.
— upma singh (@ScribeUpma) August 9, 2019
These awards were for 2018...right??
How d hell is Uri eligible ???? It's a 2019 Film.
— ⛷️ (@Desi_Srkian) August 9, 2019
Hold on. #Uri released on 2019.. How the movie eligible for 2018 #Nationalawards
— Shankar_Dhanush (@dhanushkSankar) August 9, 2019
Soon, a user @sachdeva_pankaj put up a clarification saying that the makers of Uri: The Surgical Strike were granted the CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) on December 31, 2018. According to the rules, if a film is certified by CBFC between January 1 and December 31 of the year, it is eligible for National Awards. Take a look -
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) eligibility rules state that the films applying for the #NationalFilmsAwards should have been certified between 1st January, 2018 and 31st December, 2018. #Uri got its certificate exactly on the last 31st December, 2018. Check. pic.twitter.com/d0rfA3Wpz9
— Pankaj Sachdeva (@sachdeva_pankaj) August 9, 2019
pic.twitter.com/VSOeOO0uFr
— Pankaj Sachdeva (@sachdeva_pankaj) August 9, 2019
Any film that got a CBFC certificate before Jan 2019 is eligible for submission.URI got it in December I think.
— I am NOT a boy (@ishab26) August 9, 2019
Director Aditya Dhar dedicated his best director to "each and every brave soldier" in the country. The film also won the best music director award (background music) for Shashwat Sachdev and sound design.
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