Mangaluru, Mar 23: Tulu movie 'Pingara' directed by Preetham Shetty has won the Best Tulu movie Award at the 67th National Film Awards.
'Pingara', produced by Manjunath Reddy and Avinash Shetty, revolves around the story of three generations and is set in the backdrop of Bhootaradhane culture of Tulunadu. The star cast includes Neema Ray, Usha Bhandari, Sharan Shetty, Guru Hegde, Sunil Nelligudde and Sinchana Chandrashekhar.
Director Preetham Shetty who is immensely pleased with the national honour, dedicated the award to the entire team.
The 67th National Film Awards were announced at a press meet on 22 March 2021 to honour the best films of 2019 and 2020, in the Indian cinema.
The award ceremony, at which the Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of in Indian cinema, was originally slated to be held on 3 May 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It would now be held in the first week of May 2021.
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