 The Hindu | It's not just another national award for Adoor Rediff Master filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan has won his seventh National Award for his Malayalam film Naalu Pennungal, based on Jnanapith award-winner Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai's four short stories. This is his fifth national award in the best director ... Malayalam cinema reaps glory at the National Awards Good cinema will overcome all kinds of setbacks: Adoor Adoor gets his 5th National Award for direction |