FOI Online Award Best Cinematography: Mitesh Mirchandani.FOI Online Award Best Direction: Ram Madhvani.FOI Online Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Shabana Azmi.Technical Award Best Sound Design: Subash Sahoo.Filmfare Award Best Film: Arnav Kasbekar,Shanti Sivaram Maini.Filmfare Award Best Director: Ram Madhvani.Filmfare Award Best Supporting Actor: Jim Sarbh.Filmfare Award Best Actress: Sonam Kapoor.Technical Award Best Editing: Monisha R Baldawa.Technical Award Best Cinematography: Mitesh Mirchandani.Technical Award Best Production Design: Aparna Sud.Filmfare Award Best Supporting Actress: Shabana Azmi.Critics' Awards Best Actress: Sonam Kapoor,Fox STAR Studios.Critics' Awards Best Film: Ram Madhvani,Fox STAR Studios.Popular Award Best Director: Ram Madhvani.Popular Award Best Actress in a Leading Role: Sonam Kapoor.Technical Award Best Production Design: Aparna Sud,Anna Ipe.Popular Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Shabana Azmi.Popular Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Negative Role: Jim Sarbh.Awards of the International Indian Film Academy (2017).Asiavision Awards Best Actress: Sonam Kapoor,Fox STAR Studios.Asian Film Award Best Supporting Actress: Shabana Azmi.She became the youngest and first woman recipient of the gallantry award. There were around 200 Indian passengers on the flight, of whom 13 died while over 100 were injured.ДЇollowing her act of bravery and supreme sacrifice, Neerja was posthumously conferred the Ashoka Chakra, IndiaвЂ™s highest peacetime gallantry award for bravery, in 1987. The hijack had left 20 people dead and 150 others injured after a bloodbath at the Karachi airport. Libyan terrorists had entered the aircraft posing as Pakistani police personnel, carrying arms and hand grenades. Neerja, who was the chief flight purser of Pan-Am 73 (Bombay-Karachi-Frankfurt-New York) flight, was killed in the shootout following the hijack. вЂњSonam has done complete justice to her performance in вЂNeerjaвЂ™,вЂќ Madhvani said in Mumbai recently. Leading fashion photographer Atul Kasbekar has produced the film.

Director Ram Madhvani said that he was content with SonamвЂ™s performance. The film was the top grosser in 2013.ДЄs for braveheart Neerja Bhanot, her part in the film is being played by actress Sonam Kapoor. The story of legendary athlete Milkha Singh, a resident of ChandigarhвЂ™s Sector 8, was highlighted in the Farhan Akhtar-starrer directed by Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra. While вЂ™BorderвЂ™ was based on real-life incidents, вЂBhaag Milkha BhaagвЂ™ and вЂNeerjaвЂ™ are biopics. The film tells them that there is nothing to fear, even as a woman, from terrorists or anyone,вЂќ Aneesh said, adding that NeerjaвЂ™s family, which resides in Sector 46 here, was very happy that her story was being recreated on screen. Many youths donвЂ™t even know her (NeerjaвЂ™s) story. вЂњBy bringing the story back to the youth, the film is doing great service to the community. It is very good that a film has been made on the courage shown by Neerja,вЂќ her brother Aneesh Bhanot said. вЂњThis is a nice coincidence that films have been made on three people from Chandigarh. He was decorated with the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) - the second highest award for bravery in battle - for the heroic stand-off against the tanks and forcing the enemy to retreat. It is good to highlight achievements of people who have contributed for the country,вЂќ Brigadier Chandpuri, who was the first person from Chandigarh (population one million) on whom a Bollywood movie was made, told IANS at his Sector 33 residence here.Д¬handpuri, who was a major during the 1971 India-Pakistan war, had held his post through the night in the famous battle of Longewala in Rajasthan with just 120 men against a full-fledged attack by advancing Pakistani Patton tanks. вЂњI am happy that three people from Chandigarh have been featured prominently in Bollywood movies. Two other blockbuster movies, вЂBorderвЂ™ (1997) had featured the battle of Longewala in which Chandigarh resident Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri (retired) had earned laurels, and in the more recent вЂ™Bhaag Milkha BhaagвЂ™ (2013), a biopic on вЂFlying SikhвЂ™ and Chandigarh resident Milkha Singh, had highlighted his athletic racing days. It deals with the heroics of the then 23-year-old Pan Am chief flight purser Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life to save the lives of several passengers from terrorists during a hijack on the ground at Karachi on September 5, 1986. вЂ™NeerjaвЂ™, a film based on the youngest of these three, will release on February 19.

Chandigarh may not be a historical city but the courage and determination of three personalities from here have put them on the countryвЂ™s cinematic map.

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