National Awards Announced
The prestigious awards — announced by a jury set up by
the Information and Broadcasting Ministry — are given away by the President.
There are 30 categories in the Feature Films segment and 22 in the non-feature
films one.
It was a stellar day for Bollywood as Amitabh Bachchan
and Kangana Ranaut bagged the top acting honours at the 63rd National Film
Awards, which were announced here on Monday. While Ms. Ranaut picked up the
Best Actress award for Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Mr. Bachchan won for Piku.
S.S. Rajamouli’s magnum opus Baahubali was declared the
Best Feature Film while Bajrangi Bhaijaan won the Best Popular Film award.
Tamil star Samuthirakani picked up the Best Supporting
Actor award for Visaranaai, a thriller based on the novel Lock Up by M. Chandrakumar.
Tanvi Azmi won the Best Supporting Actress award for Bajirao Mastani, while the
film’s director, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, bagged the Best Director award.
Best Hindi Film award goes to Dum Laga Ke Haisha.
Best Choreography Award goes to Remo D'Souza for Bajirao
Mastani.
Best popular film award goes to Bajrangi Bhaijaan,
starring Salman Khan.
Best Screenplay – Dialogues award goes to Juhi Chaturvedi
(Piku) and Himanshu Sharma (Tanu Weds Manu Returns).