'Pushpa', 'Uppena' bag 11 awards between them
- IndiaGlitz, [Wednesday,September 14 2022]
'Pushpa: The Rise' is on a roll. The other day, the pan-India blockbuster bagged 7 awards in total at the South Indian International Movie Awards on the back of its content and popularity among the audience across India. The most prestigious of them is the Best Actor award, which Allu Arjun received with all humility. Besides, the action entertainer also won the Best Film award.
Here is the complete list: Best Film (for Mythri Movie Makers), Best Actor (for Allu Arjun), Best Director (Sukumar), Best Music Director (Devi Sri Prasad), Best Lyricist (Chandrabose, for the song 'Srivalli'), Best Supporting Actor (Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari, who was seen as Bunny's friend in the movie), and Best Art Director (Mounika Niggotre and S Ramakrishna) went to 'Pushpa'.
On the other hand, 'Uppena' bagged four awards. Here are the categories in which the 2021 romantic action drama won the awards: Best Debut Director (Buchi Babu Sana), Best Debut Hero (Panjaa Vaisshnav Tej), Best Debut Heroine (Krithi Shetty), and Best Art Director (Mounika Niggotre and S Ramakrishna).
For the Vaisshnav Tej-Krithi Shetty duo, the awards are prominent. The duo shared charming chemistry in 'Uppena', which was a blockbuster at the box office.