Brahmastra Part One: Shiva, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Amitabh Bachchan, and others, won big at the 70th National Film Awards 2024 which took place on October 8th. The film’s producer Karan Johar, Namit Malhotra and director Ayan Mukerji were honoured with the National Film Award for Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comic) at a ceremony in New Delhi, where the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, presented the awards.

Producer Namit Malhotra has financed large-scale global projects like The Garfield Movie and The Angry Birds Movie 3. 

Under him, the Prime Focus Group delivered stunning visual effects that brought the film’s fantastical world to life. The movie became the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2022 and the fifth highest grossing Indian film that year.

The founder of Prime Focus also expressed his pride in winning the award and said, “Winning the National Award for Best VFX Film for Brahmastra is a defining moment for our team and the entire Indian VFX industry. This honour, presented by the President of India, highlights the innovative work that went into bringing Ayan Mukerji’s extraordinary vision to life. I am incredibly proud of how our teams at DNEG and ReDefine pushed creative and technical boundaries to deliver a visual masterpiece that competes on a global scale. This award is a true testament to our commitment to excellence and storytelling.”

The film also received accolades for Best Male Playback Singer (Arijit Singh for Kesariya), Best Film in AVGC, and Best Music Director (Songs), won by Pritam.

Sunidhi Chauhan has charmed us with her powerful voice and versatile choice of songs. Her concerts are a visual treat, with the ace singer displaying her sensual dance moves besides her singing prowess. Recently, Chauhan made headlines with one of her recent performances, that too for singing the track of the Hindi cartoon show, Ben 10.

For her performance at IIT Roorkee’s Thomso Fest, she donned a green skater dress. She performed on the third day of the fest and enthralled the audiences with some of her chartbusters. However, they were thrilled when she sang the track of the cartoon show. Videos from the fest that have now gone viral show the crowd hooting and cheering for her. 

The singer also uploaded a snippet of her performance on social media and wrote, “On legit Public Demand

#sunidhi #sunidhilive #ben10 #ben10omniverse #ben10ultimatealien #explore #90skids #omnitrix”

Netizens took to the comment section to hail her and some even called her concerts better than Diljit Dosanjh or Coldplay’s concert. One fan wrote, “Diljit paaji sorry but i choose her concert over you” while another one added, “Thank You so Much Mam for bringing back our childhood memory”

Sunidhi Chauhan is a force to reckon with in the Indian music industry. She started performing from the tender age of 5 and made her showbiz debut at the age of 13 with the film Shastra in 1996. She has recorded songs in several languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Assamese, and Telugu. Some of her most notable tracks include Kamli, Te Amo, Sheila Ki Jawani, Crazy Kia Re, Aaja Nachle and Kachchi Kaliyaan.