New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today presented the 63rd National Awards, including best actor trophy to Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, best actress to Kangana Ranaut and Dadasaheb Phalke award to Hindi film veteran Manoj Kumar.
Best known for his patriotic films 'Purab Aur Paschim', 'Upkar' and 'Kranti', the 78-year-old Kumar became the 47th recipient of the award. This is the highest recognition in Indian cinema, which consists of a golden lotus, a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh and a shawl.
The wheelchair-bound actor, who was sporting an orange bandana of Sai Baba, also presented the President with a crystal statue of the deity as he received the honour.
Bachchan was accompanied by son Abhishek, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai, wife Jaya and daughter Shweta Nanda to the ceremony. He won the award for his heart-touching performance as a hypochondriac father in Shoojit Sircar's family drama 'Piku'. This is the 73-year-old actor's fourth National award. He previously won in 1990 ('Agneepath'), 2005 ('Black') and 2009 ('Paa'). He received the Rajat Kamal and Rs 50,000.
Ranaut, 29, currently engaged in a bitter legal fued with actor Hrithik Roshan, won the award for her double role in Anand L Rai's romantic comedy drama 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns' of a troublesome wife Tanu and Haryanvi sportsperson Datto. She also received Rajat Kamal and Rs 50,000. It is her third trophy at the National Awards, having earlier won best supporting actress for 'Fashion' and best actress for 'Queen"' last year.
SS Rajamouli and producers Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni received Swarna Kamal, cash prize and a certificate for their magnum opus 'Baahubali', which was the best feature film this year.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's historical romance 'Bajirao Mastani', starring Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra, earned him the best director honour besides the film bagging five more awards.
Sharat Katariya's debut 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha', a '90s set drama in Haridwar about the romance between a mismatched couple, won the best Hindi film.
Best adapted screenplay honour went to Vishal Bhardwaj for real-life inspired crime drama 'Talvar', while the best original screenplay and dialouge was shared between Juhi Chaturvedi ('Piku') and Himanshu Sharma ('Tanu Weds Manu Returns').
'Masaan', Neeraj Ghaywan's soulful Varanasi-set drama, won him the best debut director honour.
Actress Kalki Koechlin's stint as a girl affected with cerebral palsy in Shonali Bose's 'Margarita with a Straw' got a special jury mention. She was accompanied by her mother.
'Bajirao Mastani" earned Tanvi Azmi the best supporting actress honour for her portrayal of a shrewd mother in the film. The actress was cheered on by sister-in-law Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar.
Remo D'Souza got his first National Award for choreographing two chart topping numbers 'Pinga' and 'Deewani Mastani'.
'Bajirao Mastani' also won majorly in technical categories like cinematography, production design, re-recordist and sound design, thereby becoming the biggest gainer at the ceremony with six trophies.
Tamil star Samuthirakani bagged the best supporting actor award for his role in thriller, 'Visaranai', based on M Chandrakumar's novel "Lock Up". The movie also won the best Tamil film and best editing awards.
Mahesh Kale received the best playback singer (male) award for crooning in Marathi film 'Katyar Kaljat Ghusali'. Kale gave a rendition of the song at the ceremony followed by Monali Thakur, who won the best female singer for 'moh moh ke dhaage' from 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha'. The song also won Varun Grover the best lyricist award.
(With inputs from PTI)
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