The National Awards were announced today and Capital Film Works' Aaranya Kaandam has bagged two awards. The director of the movie Thiagarajan Kumararaja won the Indira Gandhi Award for debut director while Praveen and Srikanth won the best editing award for the same movie. 

The movie created international buzz when it won the Gran Jury Award for Best Film at the South Asian Film Festival. 

Aaranya Kaandam is the story of an aging don played by Jackie Shroff and the people in his life.