62nd National Film Awards: Tamil movies bag eight honours

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The author has posted comments on this articleKamini Mathai, TNN | Mar 24, 2015, 07.56PM IST

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CHENNAI: Several Tamil movies bagged honours at the 62nd National Film Awards announced on Tuesday.

Singer Unnikrishnan's daughter Uthra won the best female playback singer award for the song "Azhagu Azhagu" in the movie "Saivam."

It was penned by Na Muthukumar, who also won the best lyricist award. This is his second national award.

Vivek Harshan won for the best editor award for the Tamil gangster film "Jigarthanda."

Bobby Simha won best supporting actor award for his role in "Jigarthanda."

Dhananjeyan Govind got an award for the best writing on cinema for his book " Pride of Tamil Cinema."

Other award winners include: Producer J Sathish Kumar and director Brahmma (best Tamil movie - "Kuttram Kadithal") and director Manikandan (best children's film - "Kakka Muttai").

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