Ramkumar Balakrishnan On Winning Two National Awards For Parking: 'My First Visit To Delhi Is Now Very Special' | EXCL

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Ramkumar Balakrishnan is on cloud nine, as he has won two National awards for his debut film Parking. Ramkumar Balakrishnan received the award from President Droupadi Murmu on September 23. He got the National Award for Best Screenplay (Original) along with winning the National Award for Best Tamil Film. He shares the win for Best Screenplay with Sri Rajesh Neelam, who won for the Telugu film Baby.

Parking Film Director Ramkumar Balakrishnan Talks About National Award Win For Parking

Talking exclusively to Zoom, Ramkumar Balakrishnan said the award is even special, as this is his first visit to Delhi. "To be honest, I haven't travelled beyond the South much. But, this was my first time to Delhi. What makes it so special is that, I received such a special honour on my first visit." Ask him if he was expecting the accolades while making Parking, he said "We made it with lot of hard work and dedication, so this win feels heavy, not the award, but the weight of the responsibility I am going to carry in career. This gives me an added honour to make more films with responsibility."

It has to be noted that the screenplay of Parking has been selected to be included in the Library Of The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences for the purpose of extended study. The film's rights have been sold to be remade in four Indian languages – Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi, as English as well. The story of the film revolves around a single parking space in an apartment and the clash between characters of two different age groups for the parking spot.

Ramkumar Balakrisnan's Upcoming Films

In May 2024, Ramkumar Balakrishnan announced a new movie with Silambarasan TR's for his 49th film. The pooja of STR 49, took place in Chennai on May 3. The film will see the actor mark his reunion with Santhanam. Dragon film actress Kayadu Lohar, has been roped in to play a key role in the film.

STR 49 will be produced by Aakash Baskaran of Dawn Pictures, who is also backing Dhanush’s Idly Kadai and Sivakarthikeyan’s Parasakthi.