The 66th National Awards saw many deserving films win in various categories. Out of these is Ammy Virk’s Harjeeta that won the National Award for the Best Punjabi Film. The Vijay Kumar Arora directorial released last year in May and is based on a Hockey player’s journey who became the captain of the team in the Men’s Hockey Junior World Cup in 2016. The lead actor Ammy had to really transform his body into an athletic one to portray the character of Harjeet Singh Tuli.

 

Harjeeta also stars Pankaj Tripathi, Raj Jhinjer, Parkash Gadu, Sukhi Chahal and Sawan Rupowali. Ammy Virk meanwhile will be seen next in the Bollywood sports drama ’83 starring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone.