Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu presented the 66th NationalFilm Awards at a ceremony in New Delhi on Monday. Information and BroadcastingMinister Prakash Javdekar was also present on the occasion.
The flag of the Assamese film industry has been held aloftby three strikingly independent women filmmakers – Rima Das, Manju Borah andBobby Sarma Baruah, who were recognised for their sterling works at therecently announced 66th National Film Awards, making the people of Assam proud.
Manju Borah's venture fetched Rajat Kamal in 'The Land ofPoison Women' in The Best Pangchenpa Film.
Bollywood stars Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal werejointly awarded the best actor award for their roles in Andhadhun and Uri.
Vicky Kaushal said it was a great honour for him to receivethe award.
Keerthy Suresh got the best actress award for her portrayalof yesteryear's star Savitri in Telugu film Mahanati.
Gujarati movie Hellaro was awarded for the best featurefilm.
Aditya Dhar was awarded with the Best Director award for hisdebut Uri: The Surgical Strike. Andhadhun was awarded for Best Hindi film.
Akshay Kumar-starrer Padman was awarded for the best film onsocial issues.
In his address, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said thatthe world can be connected to the culture of India along with increasingtourism through films.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar saidthe Dadasaheb Phalke Award will be given to Amitabh Bachchan on the 29th ofDecember at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Since the veteran actor is not well, he was notable to come for the function today.
