R ARIVANANTHAM
The 15th edition of Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards will be held in Oslo in Norway on April 27-28 to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Tamil film industry, announced Vaseeharan Sivalingam, Festival Director on Thursday.
“Norway Tamil Film Festival is proudly entering the 15th successful year, an achievement of its own. I, the festival Director, stand at the peak of pride that directors, actors, technicians and all those who are connected to the cinema field had given us immense support during the past 14 years. A big thank you to all,” said Vaseeharan.
“The Norwegian Tamil Film Festival selects the best Tamil films released every year and awards them. This film festival, which is being held in a grand and befitting manner for the last fourteen years, is receiving overwhelming response of the world. We are going to give awards to Tamil movies released last year in 2023. On this Thai Pongal day, we are very happy to announce that the 15th edition of Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards for Tamil Movies produced in Tamil Nadu will be held this year on April 27 and 28, in Oslo,” added Vaseeharan.
As a honour of the ‘Captain’, commencing with the 15th Norway Tamil Film Festival we have rechristened the ‘Kalaichchigaram’ Virudhu as “Puratchi Kalaingar Vijayakanth Virudhu’. We are proud to remember our irreplaceable screen artist with great love and broad humanity through this award, the Festival Director said.
During these 14 years, a number of directors actors and others have honoured our festival and had come to receive their awards. I could not name all of them because it is a long list. This 15th year is a mile stone for the festival and we would like to welcome as many awardees as possible to come and receive your awards personally. An award is a recognition for the person who receive that and after all he/she has worked haed for such a recognition. We would like to welcome old and new faces to come and enjoy the festival, the statement added.
Speaking about the selection criteria, the Festival Director said, “This year for the first time we have decided to avoid most of the films that showed extreme violence although they were blöck busters, in order to promote more films which are needed to create a healthy society. We also wanted to give recognition for young and growing artistes if not fully at least partly. We selected films that are showing daily occurrences, simple house hold problems and social problems together with historic records to make awareness for the public.”
The selection list of Tamil Short Films (documentaries) – Videos – Full Length Films produced in other countries, except Tamil Nadu, will be announced on 25.02.2024.
Here is the list of top 20 films selected by the Norway Tamil Film Festival 2024 juries:
Viduthalai -part 1 – Vetri Maaran
Ayothi – R.Manthira Moorthy
Por Thohil – Vignesh Raja
Maamannan – Mari Selvaraj
Good Night – Vinayak Chandrasekran
Dada – Ganesh K Babu
Thandatti – Ram Sangaiah
Yaathisai – Dharani Rajendran
Ponniyin Selvan – 2 – Mani Rathinam
Aneethi – Vasantha Balan
Noodles – Madhankumar Daksnamoorthy
Chiththa – S.U.Arun Kumar
Irugap Pattru – Yuvaraj Dhayalan
Naadu – M.Saravanan
Annapoorani – Nilesh Krishnaa
Siragu – KuttiRevathi
Kida – R.A.Venkat
Vindhya Victim Verdict V3 – Amudhavanan
Parking – Ramkumar Balakrishnan
Bumper – M.Selvakumar
NTFF 2024 Special Screening
Veerathin Magan – Biju Raveenthiran
List of Awardees – Tamilar Viruthu – Tamil Nadu
Best Film | Chiththa | Producer: Siddarth | Etaki Entertainment
Best Director | Mari Selvaraj | Film: Maamannan
Best Male Actor | Soori | Film: Viduthalai Part 1
Best Female Actor | Preethi Asrani | Film: Ayothi
Best Music Diretor | A.R.Rahman | Film: Maamannan – Ponniyin Selvan 2
Best Production | K.J.Ganesh | Film: Yaathisai
Best Lyricist | Yugabharathi | Song: Rasa Kannu | Maamannan
Best Antagonist (Villain) | Fahadh Fazil | Film: Maamannan
Best Supporting Actor | Late Poo Ramu | Film: Kida
Best Supporting Actress | Abarnathi | Film: Irugappatru
NTFF Special Jury Award | Siddarth | Film: Chiththa
Best Child Artist | Baby Shasra Sree | Film: Chiththa
Best Editor | R.Ramar | Film: Viduthalai Part 1
Best Cinemathography | R.Velraj | Film: Viduthalai Part 1
Best Choreography | Sandy Master | Film: Maamannan
Best Screen Play | Vignesh Raja | Film: Por Thozhil
Best Stunt Choreography | Om Siva Prakash | Film: Yaathisai
Best Newcomer Female Actor – | Akshita | Film: Siragu
Best Playback Singer Male | Ilaiyaraja | Vazhi Neduga Kaattu Malli -Viduthalai Part 1
Best Playback Singer Female | Shweta Mohan |Vaa Vaathi – Vaathi
Best Social Awareness Award | Manthira Moorthy | Film: Ayothi
Director Balu Mahendra Award | Ram Sangaiah | Film : Tandatti
Best Newcomer Actor Male | Seyon | Film: Yaathisai
Purachik Kalaignar Vijayakanth Award | KPY Bala| Actor – Anchor – Social Activist
Lifetime Achievement Award | Director Abavanan | Director – Producer – Lyricist
