The 70th National Award ceremony was organized today at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. President Draupadi Murmu presented awards and honors to all the winners at the function. Mithun Chakraborty was honored with the film industry's most prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year. He arrived to receive the award with a plaster in hand. His name was announced after a memorable glimpse of the film was shown.
President Draupadi Murmu welcomed him with a shawl and then felicitated him. Mithun Chakraborty was given a standing ovation at Vigyan Bhawan for his contribution.
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Mansi Parekh won the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social, Environmental Values for the film Kutch Express.
Mithun Chakraborty received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
Neena Gupta won the National Award for Best Co-Actor for Utcha.
Vikram Duggal arrived to receive the National Award for Best Hindi Film for Gulmahor.
Screen play writer Rahul V. Chittela won the National Award for Best Screen Play for Gulmohar.
The film Gulmahor received a special mention at the National Award ceremony, Manoj Bajpayee came to receive the award.
On winning the award, Mithun Da said – God returned the fruits of all the hardships endured with interest.
Rishabh Shetty's film Kantara has won the Best Popular Film award.
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Jani Master was stripped of the National Award for Best Choreographer The National Award for Best Choreographer was stripped from choreographer Jani Master, who was recently surrounded by allegations of raping a minor assistant. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting gave this information on Sunday (October 6). The girl, who was his assistant, lodged an FIR against Jani at the Cyberabad Raydurgam police station in Telangana on September 15.
Jani Master was awarded the National Award for the dance choreography of the song 'Megham Karukatha' from the movie Dhanush released in the year 2022. He choreographed the song with Satish Krishnan.
Jani has also choreographed the song 'Ai Nahi' from the film 'Stree-2' and the song 'Srivalli' from 'Pushpa'.
Raj Kapoor arrived to receive the award in an oxygen mask, taken to the hospital in the President's ambulance In the year 1987, Prithviraj Kapoor was announced to be awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke posthumously. At the award ceremony held on 2 May 1988, his son Raj Kapoor came to receive the award in his stead. At that time, Raj Kapoor was so ill that he sat in the ceremony wearing an oxygen mask, carrying an oxygen-cylinder with him. When Prithviraj Kapoor's name was announced, Raj Kapoor's health deteriorated to such an extent that he could not stand up from his chair. In such a situation President R. Venkataraman broke the protocol of the ceremony and personally went to his chair to present the award.
While giving the Dadasaheb Phalke Award to Raj Kapoor after his father's death, the then President R. Venkataraman.
Raj Kapoor's condition was so fragile that he could not even hold the award properly. Shortly thereafter, Raj Kapoor suffered an asthma attack during the ceremony itself. Seeing his condition, President R. Venkataraman suggested taking him to the hospital immediately and provided his own ambulance for this.
Raj Kapoor was admitted to AIIMS in Delhi. He died on 2 June 1988 after a 2 month long treatment. Raj Kapoor's daughter Reema said this in an interview given to Filmfare.
Aamir regrets not winning the Best Actor award Aamir Khan regrets not getting National Award for Best Actor. In fact years ago he got an offer to play the role of Bhagat Singh in Rajkumar Santoshi's film 'The Legend of Bhagat Singh'. However, he rejected this offer. After that the role was given to Ajay Devgan. When Ajay won the National Award for Best Actor for the film, Aamir regretted turning down the film. Aamir himself said this in 'The Kapil Sharma Show'.
Aamir Khan received special recognition at the National Film Award for the 1988 film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. Apart from this, his film 'Lagaan' won the best popular film providing complete entertainment and 'Taaren Zameen Par' won the best film in family welfare.
Former President Dr. Ajay Devgn. A.P.J. Received the award from Abdul Kalam.
Shabana Azmi holds the record for winning the most National Awards Actress Shabana Azmi holds the record of receiving the most National Awards so far. She has won the National Award for Best Actress 5 times for the films 'Ankur', 'Artha', 'Kandahar', 'Paar', 'Godmother'.
Smita Patil created history by winning the National Award for Best Actress at the youngest age Smita Patil won the National Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1977 film Bhumika. At that time he was only 25 years old. She still holds the record for winning the Best Actress Award at the youngest age.
There was controversy over the film 'Black' winning the National Award Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Black won the National Award for Best Feature Film (Hindi) at the 53rd National Film Awards. As per the rules of the National Awards, the award cannot be given to any film which is an adaptation of another film. In such a situation Deb Banerjee, who was a jury member, alleged that the award was given in favor of the film. The film 'Black' is an adaptation of the Hollywood film 'The Miracle Worker', so it does not pass the criteria of the award.
Amitabh Bachchan won the National Award for Best Actor for the film 'Black'.
He also petitioned against the film's award. However, no action was taken. Ultimately the film Black won 3 National Awards, including Best Feature Film (Hindi), Best Actor (Amitabh Bachchan) and Best Costume Design (Sabysachi Mukherjee).
In the same year, there was controversy over awarding Best Director to Rahul Dholakia for 'Parzaniya', Best Actress to Sarika and Best Director Debut to Pradeep Sarkar for 'Parineeta'. Deb Banerjee, a Kolkata-based critic and jury member, filed a petition against him in the Delhi High Court. He alleged that the awards were given in this category by bias.
Kiran Kher's National Award was mired in controversy Kiran Kher was awarded the National Award for Best Actress for the Bengali film 'Bariwali'. The nomination form for the film stated that Kiran Kher dubbed his voice, although dubbing artist and actress Rita Koirala alleged that she had done Bengali dubbing for Kiran Kher in the film, which was not included. It was not mentioned in the nomination form.
At the 65th National Awards ceremony, 68 winners refused to attend the ceremony The 65th National Awards ceremony was marred by controversy, as 68 winners did not attend the ceremony. The invitation cards received by the winners clearly stated that President Ram Nath Kovind would present them with the award, but when the rehearsal for the ceremony began, it was said that out of 107 people, only 11 would receive the award. The then Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani will present the awards to the other winners. Annoyed by this, 68 winners refused to attend the ceremony.
History of National Award The National Awards were started in the year 1954 by the Government of India to honor the film industry at the national level. Its foundation was laid to promote Indian culture and art. The first ceremony of the National Award was held on 10 October 1954, in which the Marathi film 'Shyamchi I' was awarded in the Best Feature Film category.
Dada Saheb Phalke Award was started in 1969 In the year 1969, a new category, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, was added to the National Awards in honor of Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Hindi cinema. In the year 1969, Devika Rani became the first film personality to win the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Since then till date about 54 people have received Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Said to be the most prestigious honor of the film industry. Mithun Chakraborty will receive this award in 2024.
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