67th National Award winners Prabuddha Banerjee and Kaushik Ganguly thankful for the recognition

Prabuddha Banerjee had no idea that he had bagged his

maiden National Award

till we called him up. “What are you congratulating me for,” he asked us.

And when we told him that he has won the National Award for Best Music Direction (

Background Score

) for Kaushik Ganguly’s Jyeshthoputro, he was at a loss for words. “This is my first National Award and I’m really very

happy

. It feels special when your work gets recognition,” he finally said.

Besides Prabuddha, the film’s director, Kaushik Ganguly, also bagged the Best Original Screenplay award. Speaking to us, an elated Kaushik said, “I dedicate this award to Rituparno Ghosh. And I’m happy for Prabuddha Banerjee for winning the Best Background Score for the film. It feels great to have received the award. I love to pen my thoughts and when that is appreciated at a national level, it of course feels good and gives me the impetus to do more good work.”