Mumbai: Neeraj Ghaywan’s “Homebound” emerged as the largest winner on the eighth Critics’ Preference Awards on Tuesday, sweeping four major honours including easiest film, easiest director, easiest actor for Vishal Jethwa and easiest supporting actress for Shalini Vatsa.The annual awards, offered by the Movie Critics Guild in affiliation with WPP Motion Leisure, honour excellence across feature motion photos, web series, short motion photos and documentaries, with balloting conducted by 56 film critics from across the nation.
On the web series front, Vikramaditya Motwane’s crime thriller “Black Warrant” dominated with four wins — easiest web series, easiest director, easiest supporting actor for Rahul Bhat and easiest writing for Satyanshu Singh and Arkesh Ajay.
Priyanka Bose received Simplest Actress in the feature film class for “Agra”, whereas Pasupathy claimed Simplest Supporting Actor for “Bison Kaalamaadan” — his second Critics’ Preference bag.
Jaideep Ahlawat (“Paatal Lok Season 2”) and Monika Panwar (“Khauf”) took home essentially the most efficient actor and easiest actress honours respectively in the web series class, with Tillotama Shome winning easiest supporting actress for “Paatal Lok Season 2”.
Writing honours in the feature film class went to Rohan Parashuram Kanawade for “Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears)”, the Sundance-winning film that had got three nominations.
Cinematography and editing awards went to Sunil Borkar (“Jugnuma”) and Chaman Chakko (“Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra”) respectively. The FCG Gender Sensitivity Award became as soon as offered to “Sthal”.
In short motion photos, filmmaker Apurva Bardapurkar’s “Maaybaapache Aashirwaad (Blessings)” led with three wins — easiest film, easiest director and easiest writing .
Sunny Hinduja (“That’s A Wrap”) and Sheeba Chaddha (“Nighiyaan Chhavan”) received acting honours in the class.
Vivek Chaudhary’s “I, Poppy”, a Hot Docs winner, claimed the Simplest Documentary prize.
Mature actor Farida Jalal, who became as soon as no longer too lengthy ago seen in Anusha Rizvi’s “The Great Shamsuddin Family”, became as soon as conferred the Phenomenal Contribution to Cinema Award, celebrating a profession spanning a protracted time and genres.
Accepting essentially the most efficient director award, Ghaywan acknowledged the recognition intended an out of this world deal to him and your total “Homebound” team.
“Film criticism pushes us to learn, reflect, and do better, so this award truly means a lot to me and the entire Homebound team. ‘Homebound’ comes from the lives and lived experiences of people across our country who are often overlooked and unseen.
“Or no longer it’s a tribute to their spirit to lift entering into the face of dwindling hope,” Ghaywan said.
