India, July 18 -- The 72nd National Film Awards were announced on Saturday evening, and brought in a lot of surprises as well as deserved recognitions. Rajkummar Rao-starrer Srikanth won big at the biggest awards in India. The film, directed by Tushar Hiranandani, won the award for Best Hindi film, and he is already over the moon and in a celebratory mode. "I am already celebrating. I had my birthday two days ago, so it's been the best birthday gift," he says.

Tushar Hiranandani is still in a bit of disbelief over the win, but the director insists that it validates his efforts as well as the intent of the film. "It feels surreal. I don't know what to say. I wasn't nominated anywhere else for any of the other awards, so it feels so justif...