Popular Marathi director Rajesh Pinjani, who won the national awa...
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Popular Marathi director Rajesh Pinjani, who won the national award for his film Baboo Band Baaja, passed away on Tuesday (January 4) night. Rajesh reportedly died of a heart attack at his residence in Pune. Many actors from the industry are mourning Rajesh's sudden demise and Maharashtrachi Hasya Jatra fame Namrata Sambherao has joined them.
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Popular Marathi director Rajesh Pinjani, who won the national award for his film Baboo Band Baaja, passed away on Tuesday (January 4) night. Rajesh reportedly died of a heart attack at his residence in Pune. Many actors from the industry are mourning Rajesh's sudden demise and
Namrata reminisced some fond memories with Rajesh Pinjani with a throwback picture and wrote, "विश्वास नाही बसत @rajesh.pinjani सर तुम्ही मला आपल्या नॅशनल अवॉर्ड विनिंग बाबू बँड बाजा फिल्म मध्ये महत्वाची भूमिका दिलीत,तुमचा हसरा चेहरा कायम लक्षात राहील, खुप काम करायचं होतं एकत्र, आपली भेट पण राहिली............Rest in peace..." (Can't believe it @ rajesh.pinjani Sir you gave me an important role in your National Award winning Babu Band Baja film. Your smiling face will always be remembered. We had to work together and could not even meet you (sic)"
For the unversed, Rajesh Pinjani is known for his Marathi film Baboo Band Baaja, which featured actors Mitali Jagtap, Milind Shinde and Vivek Chabukswar in the lead roles. Namrata Sambherao played a pivotal role in the film and she was a close friend to the late director.
The national award-winning film 'Baboo Band Baja' depicted the daily struggles of survival of common men like the band musicians in a simple yet effective and heart tugging manner.
National Film Award 2021: Winners from the South film industry
Every year many personalities from the film industry bag the national award for their contribution to the Entertainment industry. This year the 67th National Film Award was presented in the month of October. Here is a list of celebrities from the Tamil film industry who have won the national award in 2021.
The movie ‘Oththa Seruppu Size 7’ won the Special Jury Award in the National Film Award. It was directed by R Parthiban. The movie also won the award for Best Sound Design and it was received by Academy Award winner Resul Pookutty.
Music director D Imman won the Best Music Director Award for the movie ‘Viswasam’. He won the award for the composition of the songs in the feature film and the movie Ajith Kumar in the lead role. The movie has over 7 songs and it was released in three different languages.
Actor Vijay Sethupathi or belovedly called ‘Makkal Selvan’ won the Best Supporting Actor Award for the feature film ‘Super Deluxe’. Vijay Sethupathi acted as a transgender woman in this film and he was praised by many for his role in this movie.
Vetrimaaran’s ‘Asuran’ bagged the National Film Award for the Best Tamil Film. It featured Dhanush in the lead role and he also won the Best Actor Award for this film. As ‘Asuran’ won the best feature film, the award was received by Vetri Maaran and producer Kalaipuli S Thanu.
‘Superstar’ Rajinikanth received the most prestigious award – The Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2021. It is one of the awards with the highest honor in the film industry and India’s Vice President Venkaiah Naidu gave away the award to Rajinikanth.
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