Chennai, TAMIL NADU :

The 65th National Film Awards were announced on Friday by Shekhar Kapur, the head of the Jury for feature films.

Music director AR Rahman has been honoured with two prestigious National Awards for the year 2018. He has bagged the Best Music Director award for ‘ Kaatru Veliyidai ‘ directed by Mani Ratnam and also won the Best Background Score award for the film ‘ Mom ‘ starring the late  Sridevi.

The 10-member-panel reportedly comprised of screenwriter Imtiaz Hussain, lyricist Mehboob, actress Gautami Tadimalla and Kannada director P. Sheshadri among others.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> E-Times – Entertainment News / News> Entertainment> Hindu> Music> News / TNN / April 13th, 2018