D16 director gets his first award

Karthick Naren, who received critical acclaim for his movie Dhuruvangal Padhinaaru, has added one more feather in his cap. The young director has bagged the prestigious IIFA Award for the ‘Best Story’, having competed with the likes of Chandrakumar (Visaaranai), Atlee (Theri) and Venkat Prabhu (Chennai — 28 II), among others.

Speaking to DC from Hyderabad, Karthick who was highly excited, said, “This is the first big award I am receiving on the dais for my film D16. I am immensely happy and it is a big honour for me. It makes me more responsible with respect to my future directorial ventures.”

The Vanamagan team including Jayam Ravi and director Vijay, gave the award to Karthick.

Karthick is currently busy with his next, titled Naragasooran, which has Arvind Swami in the lead, and Tollywood heartthrob Naga Chaitanya, who is making his Tamil debut with this film. Gautam Vasudev Menon will be co-producing the film.