

To be honest, I've been forced to do average hero roles due to the paucity of offers as a comedian." I don't have any conditions that I'll be part of only certain films, after my National Award. "After winning the award, it is not like I'm inundated with offers.

It is a huge struggle for someone like me to come back into the space of a comedian."Īppukutty, who always harboured dreams of being a comedian in Tamil cinema, still hopes to carve a space for himself in the annals of great comic actors in Tamil cinema. "Filmmakers begin to approach you only with certain kinds of roles. "But there are also drawbacks due to winning the award," he says. "I'm not really sure about the impact of the National Award on my career," says Appukutty, who does, however, acknowledge a fair amount of recognition comes with winning the coveted award. Take, for instance, the 2011 winner for the Best Supporting Actor, Sivabalan aka Appukutty. How does this incredible recognition influence their career though? Is it always for the good? As some Tamil actors point out, not exactly. For actors, these awards became a testament to their prowess, and a milestone. Despite the award being changed to the 'Rajat Kamal', future winners like Mammootty and Mohanlal were also referred with the 'Bharat' being tagged before their names. Such was the impact of this award that awardees Sharada and Gopy continue to be called Urvasi Sharada and Bharat Gopy in Malayalam cinema. At the 2007 National Film Awards It also won 2 awards including: Best Actress (Priyamani) and Best Editing.Till 1975, eight years after the institution of the National Awards, the Best Actor and Best Actress awards, now called Rajat Kamal, were referred to as 'Bharath' and 'Urvasi', respectively. At the 2008 South Filmfare Awards It won 6 awards including: Best Actor (Karthik Sivakumar), Best Actress (Priyamani), Best Supporting Actor (Saravanan), Best Supporting Actress (Sujatha), Best Director and Best Film. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Studio Green.
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Paruthiveeran was made on a budget of ₹12 crore and it was a super hit at box office gross of ₹34 crore. The movie has a running time of 162 minutes. Cinematography was done by Ramji and editing by Raja Mohammad. The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Paruthiveeran stars Karthi in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Priyamani, Saravanan, Ponvannan, Ganja Karuppu, Sujatha Sivakumar and Sampath Raj. Gnanavel Raja under the banner of Studio Green. The movie is directed by Ameer Sultan and produced by K. Paruthiveeran is a 2007 Tamil-language Action Drama motion picture written by Ameer Sultan and Derrick.
