Leading Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut congratulated all the winners at the 69th National Film Awards which were announced on Thursday, August 24. All set to be seen next in the highly-anticipated Tamil film Chandramukhi 2, the Hindi cinema star took to her Instagram Stories yesterday to also react to the news of her 2021 film, Thalaivii, missing out on the national recognition. Kangana started off her statement, saying, "Congratulations to all #nationalawards2023. It is such an art carnival that brings all the artists across the country together... It's truly magical to know and to get introduced to so much important work that's happening across all languages..." (sic)
A four-time National Award winner herself, Kangana, also addressed her own film, Thalaivii, not being mentioned for any accolades during the 69th National Film Awards announcement at the National Media Center in New Delhi yesterday. She wrote, "All of you who are disappointed that my film Thalaivii didn't win any... please know I am eternally grateful for whatever Krishna gave and didn't give me and all of you who really love and appreciate me must appreciate my perspective as well ... Art is subjective and I truly believe that the jury did their best .... I wish everyone the best Hare Krishna" (sic)
Thalaivii marked Kangana Ranaut's Tamil cinema debut and was a biopic on the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa directed by A. L. Vijay. There is considerable excitement surrounding her next in Tamil cinema, Chandramukhi 2, which sees her sharing screen space with leading actor-filmmaker Raghava Lawrence under iconic filmmaker P. Vasu's direction. The upcoming film also includes an ensemble star cast featuring the likes of 'Vaigai Puyal' Vadivelu, Raadhika Sarathkumar, Lakshmi Menon, Mahima Nambiar, Srushti Dange, Rao Ramesh, Ravi Mariya, Suresh Menon, T. M. Karthik, Subiksha Krishnan, among others, while the music has been composed by M. M. Keeravani, who won an Academy Award at the Oscars earlier this year for 'Best Original Song' for 'Naatu Naatu' in S. S. Rajamouli's global hit, RRR.