Bollywood Director Vishal Bharadwaj who is known for notable films such as Kaminey and Haider has added a new feather to his cap by winning The Kerala State Award for the film Carbon, Vishal Bhardwaj is also a renowned music composer and often creates music for his own films After composing music for the Malayalam film Daya way back in 1998, he recently returned to the Mollywood industry for the same with Carbon [2018].
This comes as a unique achievement to the filmmaker who has now become the first Hindi music composer to have won an award in the Malayalam industry. Directed by Venu, Carbon hit the big screens a year ago, on January 19, 2018, with the film getting good critical acclaim. Besides Vishal, the film also received Kerala State Awards in other categories.
All in all the film received awards in five categories which include Best Cinematographer which was given to K.U. Mohanan, Best Sound Recordist which was given to Anil Radhakrishnan, Best Sound Design that was presented to Jayadevan Chakkadath and Best Sound Mixing which was presented to Sinoy Joseph.
