Mangaluru, Mar 23, 2021: Tulu movie "Pingara" directed by Preetham Shetty has won the Best Tulu movie Award at the 67th National Film Awards 2019 announced on Monday.
Pingara which was produced by Manjunath Reddy and Avinash Shetty revolves around the story of three generations and is set in the backdrop of Bhootharadhane culture of Tulunad. The star cast includes Neema Ray, Usha Bhandari, Sharan Shetty, Guru Hegde, Sunil Nelligudde and Sinchana Chandrashekhar.
Director Preetham Shetty who is immensely pleased with the national honour, dedicated the award to the entire team which had struggled hard to bring out the movie.