Rajkummar Rao-starrer Srikanth has officially bagged the 72nd National Award for Best Hindi Feature Film. Still sinking in the excitement, the film's director Tushar Hiranandani and his producer wife Nidhi Parmar spoke to mid-day about the film being honoured. The makers spoke about how the film was made under budget despite getting a capped budget. They also got candid about how the biographical drama, based on the life of visually-impaired industrialist Srikanth Bolla, was snubbed at awards before bagging the National Award.

Srikanth makers about the film being snubbed

Talking about the feeling of winning the National Award, Tushar says, "I think it will sink in slowly. But yes, the kind of messages that I have got from the entire industry that it really deserved, that we deserve to win, is great. The film won the best film in Moscow, but it was not even nominated in any of the other awards, and to get the biggest award in India, which is the national award for the best Hindi film, means something to us.