2012 National Film Awards - little disappointed but better than 2011 (Dhoni ????)
2012 National film awards is much better than 2011. I was eagerly expecting "Dhoni" to bag Best Background score. Bijipal bagged it for the Malayalam movie "Kaliyachan" - the film is yet to be released. Shailendra Barve got the score award for Marathi film "Samhita". Shailendra had worked with Yuvan for the film "Striker" in 2010. It's now a standard practise in Hindi and Malayalam to separate music score and background score. I wish Tamil films too follow the same path. Most of the songs are anyway copycats and background score has plenty of avenues for creativity.
Other disappointments: - "Neerparavai" was a strong contender for several awards, notably for background score (Raghunanthan), lyrics (Vairamuthu), cinematography (Balasubramaniam, was excellent and front runner to bag the award), lead actor/ actress and direction. I haven't watched "Paradesi" yet, but Maestro should have done the background score - just a single award (Costume design) for "Paradesi". The best Tamil Film "Vazhaku En 18/9 has music scored by guitarist Prasanna (first film for him) was also highly praised for the score.
What happened to "Dhoni"? Any other notable omissions in Tamil?