Mangaluru: Tulu blockbuster ‘Chaali Polilu’ won Best Film award at the Red FM Tulu Film Awards ceremony which took place at Karavali Utsav Grounds on Saturday, April 9.
The record-smashing film recently completed 500 days in Mangaluru. Veerendra Shetty bagged the Best Director award for the film.
Celebrities like Sohail Khan, Rohit Shetty and Suniel Shetty were present making the crowd very elated and excited.
Richard Castelino won the Lifetime Achievement Award. Arjun Kapikad and Karishma Amin won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards respectively for their film ‘Chandi Kori’.
Actor Suniel Shetty who spoke on the occasion said that the awards ceremony was looking nothing less than any Bollywood film awards.
Founder of Adlabs Films Ltd, Manmohan Shetty, Mangaluru city police commissioner Chandra Sekhar, Dharmadhikari of Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala Dr D Veerendra Heggade, District in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai and others were present.
Winners list:
Lifetime Achievement Award: Richard Castelino
Best Film: Chaali Polilu
Best Actress in Lead Role: Karisma Amin – Film: Chandi Kori
Best Actor in Lead Role: Arjun Kapikad – Film: Chandi Kori
Best Performance in Comic Role: Aravinda Bolar – Film: Ekka Sakka
Best Performance in Negative Role – Santhosh Shetty – Film: Madime
Best Director: Veerendra Shetty Kavoor – Film: Chaali Polilu
Best Music Director: Manikanth Kadri – Film: Rang – Song: Saradani
Best Playback Singer – Female: Anuradha Bhat – Film: Chaali Polilu – Song: Mahamaye
Best Playback Singer – Male: Rajesh Krishan – Film: Oriyan Tunda Oriyagapuji – Song: Pandi Parake
Best Story: Vijaya Kumar Kodialbail – Film: Madime
Best Screenplay: Suraj K Shetty – Film: Ekka Sakka
Best Lyricist: Devadas Kapikad – Film: Chandi Kori – Song: Udaya Udaya
Best Action: Mass Mada – Film: Chandi Kori
Best Art Direction: Keshava Suvarna – Film: Chaali Polilu
Best Background Score: Manikanth Kadri – Film: Chaali Polilu
Best Cinematography: Mani Kookal Nair – Film: Nirel
Best Editing: Sujith Nayak – Film: Chandi Kori
Best Choreography: Sada Master – Film: Soombe
Best Child Artiste: Pranith – Film: Bhramashree Narayana Guru Swamy
Best Supporting Actress: Usha Bandari – Film: Madime
Best Supporting Actor: Goopinath Bhat – Film: Dhand
Best Dialogue: Suraj K Shetty – Film: Ekka Sakka