India, July 19 -- The winners of the 72nd National Film Awards were announced on Saturday, celebrating excellence in Indian cinema across categories. Among the winners was choreographer Vijay Ganguly, who bagged the National Award for Best Choreography for Aaj Ki Raat from Stree 2. For Ganguly, the honour is not just a career milestone but also the fulfilment of a childhood dream.

Speaking exclusively to HT City, Ganguly reveals that he was in Thailand when the awards were announced and had no idea he had won until he connected to the internet hours later. "I was not expecting this at all. I've been hoping for it for a very long time, ever since I was about five years old and understood what a National Award meant because those awards we...