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With the declaration of the 67th National Film Awards, late Sushant Singh starrer Chhichore has received the award for best Hindi film. The awards were delayed by a year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The awards were announced for films of the year 2019.
Once Chhichore was declared the winner, producer Sajid Nadiadwala said in a statement that the award is dedicated to Sushant. “On behalf of NGE, I dedicate this extremely prestigious award to Sushant Singh Rajput. We can’t get over his loss ever but I sincerely pray that this award gives a little bit of happiness to his family and fans which includes me. And I am tremendously grateful to Nitesh Tiwari for giving us all this very special movie.”
On behalf of NGE, I dedicate this prestigious award to #SushantSinghRajput. We can’t get over his loss but I pray that this award gives a bit of happiness to his family & fans including me. And I’m grateful to @niteshtiwari22 for giving us this special movie.
– #SajidNadiadwala pic.twitter.com/Ubi2hMGe97
— Warda S Nadiadwala 🐎 (@WardaNadiadwala) March 22, 2021
Chhichore was released in 2019 and saw Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles. The movie also had Varun Sharma, Naveen Polishetty, Tahir Raj Bhasin and Prateik Babbar playing crucial roles.
Sushant Singh was found hanging in his apartment on June 14, 2020.
