President Comforts Emotional Mansi Parekh

The
70th
National
Awards
saw
the
best
in
the
film
business
converge
at
Vigyan
Bhavan
in
New
Delhi
to
be
honoured
by
President
Droupadi
Murmu.

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Manasi
Parekh
gets
emotional
as
she
accepts
the
award
for
Best
Actress
for
her
Gujarati
film,

Kutch
Express.

The
actor
rightly

feels
validated
now.

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PIB
India/X

Nithya
Menen
receives
the
National
Film
Award
for
Best
Actress
for
her
performance
in
the
2022
film

Thiruchitrambalam.

“It
feels
wonderful,
and
it’s
a
very
very
important
moment.
It
feels
wonderful
and
is
very
special.
It
is
a
very
important
moment
in
our
lives
as
artists…
I
would
like
to
dedicate
the
award
to
my
co-stars
and
the
entire
team
of

Thiruchitrambalam,”
she
says.

So
when
will
this

Mission
Mangal
actor
return
to
Bollywood?
Nithya
hinted
at
upcoming
projects
but
said
there
were
no
confirmed
details
yet:
“Hopefully,
very
soon.
I’m
not
sure
myself.”

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PIB
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Neena
Gupta
won
the
National
Award
for
Best
Supporting
Actress
for

Uunchai.

After
Neena
won
her
first
National
Award
way
back
in
1994,

she
stopped
getting
work!

Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Doordarshan
National/X

Manoj
Bajpayee,
probably
still
‘over
the
moon‘,
receives
the
award
for
his
film

Gulmohar
in
the
Special
Mention
category.

He
thanked
Director
Rahul
V
Chittella
and
his
co-stars:
“It
is
a
huge
thing
when
such
a
small
film
makes
its
presence
felt
at
the
National
Film
AwardS…I
feel
honoured.
Also,
I
can’t
take
all
the
credit
myself.
I
thank
my
director,
who
offered
me
this
film,
and
all
the
people
who
worked
with
me,
all
the
co-actors
who
supported
my
work.
I
also
express
gratitude
to
my
audience
for
showering
love
on
me.”

Gulmohar
also
won
awards
for
the
Best
Hindi
Film
and
Best
Screenplay.

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ANI/X

Mithun
Chakraborty
receives
the
Dadasaheb
Phalke
Award,
the
highest
recognition
in
the
field
of
Indian
cinema.

Earlier,
Mithunda
had
said,
“I
dedicate
this
award
to
my
family
and
all
my
fans
around
the
world.
Where
I
come
from,
from
a
blind
alley
in
Kolkata,
I
never
imagined
that
a
boy
from
the
footpath
could
receive
such
a
big
honor.
I’m
literally
dumbfounded,
trust
me.
I
can’t
smile,
I
can’t
cry
with
happiness
because
a
man
from
literally
nowhere,
a
nobody,
made
it.
This
also
proves
what
I
always
tell
my
fans
and
those
who
aren’t
financially
strong:
if
I
can
make
it,
then
you
can
do
it
too.”

Please
click
here
to
read
about
his
fascinating
journey.

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Doordarshan
National/X

Mani
Ratnam
accepts
the
Best
Tamil
Film
award
for
his

magnum
opus

Ponniyin
Selvan:
Part
1.

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Doordarshan
National/X

Vishal
Bhardwaj
receives
the
award
for
Best
Music
Direction
in
the
Non-Feature
Film
category
for
his
romantic
short,

Fursat.

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ANI/X

Brahmastra:
Part
1
—
Shiva,
directed
by

Ayan
Mukerji
and
produced
by

Karan
Johar
won
three
awards,
including
Best
Film
in
AVGC
(Animation,
Visual
Effects,
Gaming
and
Comic).

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ANI/X

Pritam
accepts
the
Best
Music
Direction
for
the
Ranbir
Kapoor-Alia
Bhatt
starrer
while

Arijit
Singh
wins
Best
Playback
Singer
for
the
beautiful
song,

Kesariya.

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PIB
India/X

A
R
Rahman
gets
his
seventh
National
Award
as
he
picks
up
the
honour
for
Best
Music
Director
(Background
Music)
for

Ponniyin
Selvan
1.

“This
award
is
special
because
this
is
my
seventh
National
Award.
My
first
National
Film
Award
was
for
the
film

Roja
with
Mani
Ratnam.
This
film
is
also
with
him.
Whenever
I
work
with
him,
it
is
very
special,
he
gets
the
best
out
of
all
of
us.
And
since
it’s
a
National
Award,
I’m
really
proud
of
it.”

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ANI/X

Rishab
Shetty
won
the
Best
Actor
award
for
his
performance
in

Kantara.

“Every
film
has
an
impact.
Our
motive
is
to
make
films,
which
bring
about
a
change
or
impact
in
society…I
thank
the
audience…National
Awards
are
a
very
prestigious
reward
for
an
artist.”