IIMC Dhenkanal alumnus Piyush Roy received an award from President Pranab Mukherjee at the 60th National Film Awards function in New Delhi on Friday.
Roy who is an acclaimed columnist, critic and author, got the award for ‘Special Mention' honour in the category of Best Film Critic. A former editor of StarWeek and Stardust, he has over a decade of writing experience on cinema in major English national dailies.
Roy is currently pursuing a doctoral research project on the ‘Traditional (Rasa) aesthetics of Indian cinema’ at the Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK. According to the awards citation, he has been selected “for his in-depth knowledge of cinema and easy, informative style of writing,” as noted by the jury for his writings in various national media for the year 2012. Besides, another Odia, Subhransu Das, bagged the Best Cinematography award in the Hindi film category for the movie Filmistan while Odisha’s emerging talent lipika Singh Darai received the Best Director award in the non-feature film category.