Sophie's Choice (film) Sophie's Choice (film) Sophie's Choice is a 1982 American drama film directed by Alan J. Pakula, who adapted William Styron's novel of the same name. Meryl Streep stars as Sophie, a Polish immigrant who shares a boarding house in Brooklyn with her tempestuous lover, Nathan (Kevin Kline in his feature film debut), and a young writer, Stingo (Peter MacNicol). Streep's performance was acclaimed, and she received the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film was nominated for Best Cinematography (Néstor Almendros), Best Costume Design (Albert Wolsky), Best Music (Marvin Hamlisch), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Alan J. Pakula). British company ITC
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress a cash prize of 50,000 (US$780). Including ties and repeat winners, the DFF has presented a total of 33 Best Supporting Actress awards to 34 different actresses. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than 20 languages, the performances of films that have won awards are of ten languages: Bengali, English, Hindi, Meitei, Marathi, Malayalam, Oriya, Tamil, Haryanvi and Urdu. The first recipient was Rohini Hattangadi, who was honoured at the 32nd National Film Awards for her performance in the Hindi film "Party" (1984). , two actresses— Surekha Sikri and K. P. A. C. Lalitha— have been honoured twice. Sikri