Dedicating my National Film Award for Uri to every brave soldier of India: Director Aditya Dhar
Director Aditya Dhar bagged the National Award for best direction for Uri: The Surgical Strike. The film also won Best Actor, Best Background Music, and Best Sound Design.
Vicky Kaushal's Uri: The Surgical Strike won big at the National Awards. The film won four big titles at the National Awards - Best Actor, Best Background Music, Best Sound Design and Best Direction.
Aditya Dhar, who helmed Uri and bagged the Best Director award, is elated with his big win. He took to Instagram to share his feelings. He wrote, "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. 15 years of failures, rejections and hard work has led to this moment and it just can’t get better than this. 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 honour I am going to cherish for the rest of my life."
He added, "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. Thanks to my family and friends for their unconditional support over the years. Thank you Ronnie Screwvala and my entire team of URI for giving it all and making URI what it is. This film wouldn’t have been possible without the mad obsession of each one of you to create something extraordinary for our audience. But most importantly I am dedicating this award to each and every brave soldier of our country and their families. Thank you for all your sacrifices. You have selflessly dedicated your life to serve us and now it’s our time to dedicate everything we have to serve you."
Uri: The Surgical Strike is based on the September 29, 2016 retaliation surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Army in response to the terror attacks at Uri, the army base camp in Kashmir that month. The film also stars Yami Gautam, Paresh Rawal, Kirti Kulhari and Mohit Raina in key roles.
The love the audience had for Uri brought it back to the theatres on Kargil Vijay Diwas - which was celebrated on July 26. The film was released in 500 theatres free of cost across Maharashtra.
Uri was a major box office success as it made around Rs 289.68 in India, and Rs 342.06 crore worldwide.
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