Ïewduh has won the Best Khasi Film and the Best Audiography (location sound recordist) at the 67th National Film Awards for films.
The awards were announced on Monday evening in New Delhi, with the honours for films from the year of 2019. The event is organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals, which comes under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Ïewduh, a film directed by Pradip Kurbah and produced by Shankar Lall Goenka portrays the lives of everyday people with their struggles whose livelihoods depend on Meghalaya’s biggest market (Ïewduh).
It may be noted here that Kurbah was also conferred the prestigious Kim Ji-seok Award at the 24th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in Korea in recognition of his work on the film.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma took to twitter to congratulate the filmmaker on his achievement. “Many congratulations to the talented team!,” he tweeted.
