Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s film ‘Chhichhore’, has won the accolade of the best Hindi film at the 67th National Film Awards, organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals, which comes under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The event honoured films from the year of 2019.

Director Nitesh Tiwari and producer Sajid Nadiadwala took the award and remembered Sushant. 

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“Sushant was an integral part of ‘Chhichhore’ and will continue to remain integral part of it. All of us are equally proud of team and am I am sure he would have been equally proud too,” Nitesh told DDNews at the event.

Nadiadwala has dedicated the award to Sushant and says that ‘Chhichhore’  has always  been a commercial film 

“I always thought it was commercial film and I never looked at it as limited. We all look at film as inclusive not exclusive,” he said.

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The coming of age comedy drama directed by Nitesh Tiwari also features Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Naveen Polishetty, Tushar Pandey and Saharsh Kumar Shukla in the lead.

Sushant Singh Rajput’s character, Anni, teaches the audience the importance of living every moment of life fully — even ones which are difficult, since they make us appreciate the good times even more.

When the announcements were made in March, Nadiadwala wrote. “On the 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,” he said.

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Actor Tahir Raj Bhasin, who played the role of Derek, also remembered Sushant that time. “I feel incredibly grateful to have played the part of Derek and been a part of Chhichhore. It will always be a special film to me. Nitesh Tiwari and Sajid Nadiadwala captained this ship, and it was an ace team to have been on. The film was about never allowing society to decide if you are a winner or a loser but fighting the very notions of these labels and finding your own happiness.”