Magadheera National Awards Felicitation

It’s known that Geetha Arts’ prestigious film ‘Magadheera’ starring Ram Charan Tej and Kajal Agarwal as lead pair, directed by SS Rajamouli is a sensational hit film. The film also won National awards in two categories-one in Special Effects and the other in Choreography. On this occasion the unit of ‘Magadheera’ felicitated the award winners Shiva Shankar master for choreography and and Kamal Kannan for Special Effects. PC Sanath and Mohan Krishnan, who assisted Kamal Kannan in Special Effects also received the honor. The felicitation programme was held at Film Nagar Cultural Center today in which Allu Aravind, SS Rajamouli, Shiva Shankar master, Kamal Kannan, Mohan Krishnan and PC Sanath participated.

Addressing the gathering Allu Aravind said, “Rudraveena won a national award and after 22 years, this film once again is receiving two awards. It is our custom to honor the National award winners. In this regard I utilize this opportunity to thank the director as well. I’m little disappointed for our art director Ravi, for whom I expected an award too. But he is more than happy since he received praises from the audience and me.”

SS Rajamouli said, “Shiva Shankar master is in the film industry for the past 40 years and worked for numerous films. I’m very happy that his talent has been recognized at national level through my film. I’m also happy that Kamal Kannan won the national award for his fabulous work in visual effects. About 900 technicians from India as well as abroad worked for the visual effects in ‘Magadheera’. A few scenes were shot on par with Hollywood standards. A few scenes are such that no one could identify them as visual effects unless we tell them. I would like to say a couple of lines about Srinivas who worked really hard for a shot for two months but finally we had to drop that scene. I also expected awards for art director Ravi and cinematographer Senthil Kumar, so I’m a bit disappointed for them.”

Kamal Kannan said, “I’m very happy to receive this award. In this regard I thank my producer and director. Many have worked in visual effects department and this success is mainly due to team work.”

Shiva Shankar master while speaking, “I’m very lucky to receive this award and I’m also lucky to work with a director like Rajamouli and will continue to work with him till my last breath. I thank all my producers and directors for encouraging me to come up to this level. I love Telugu language and feel at home whenever I come to Hyderabad for shootings.”