Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: AT the 71st National Film Awards ceremony, the best actor award went to Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan for Jawan and to Vikrant Massey for 12th Fail, which was also declared the best feature film. Rani Mukerji got the best actress award for her role in Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway.
This marked the first ever National Award for both SRK and Vikrant. President Droupadi Murmu on September 23 also presented the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2023 to actor Mohanlal.
“Cinema is the heartbeat of my soul. Jai Hind!” said Mr. Mohanlal after receiving the country’s highest cinema honour.
The best direction award was bagged by Sudipto Sen for The Kerala Story (Hindi), which also won in the best cinematography (Prasantanu Mohapatra) category. PVNS Rohit and Shilpa Rao were adjudged the best male and female singers for the songs Premisthunna in Baby (Telugu) – which also had the best screenplay (Sai Rajesh Neelam) along with Parking (Tamil) – and Chaleya in in Jawan (Hindi).
