It
was
an
event
to
remember.
President
Pratibha
Patil
gave
away
the
National
Film
Awards
to
the
winners
at
the
55th
National
Film
Awards
ceremony
at
Vigyan
Bhavan
on
Wednesday.
Aditya
Chopra's
Chak
De!
India
was
named
the
best
film
for
the
year
2007
and
Yash
Chopra
received
the
award
on
behalf
of
his
son
Aditya
Chopra,
while
actor-producer
Anil
Kapoor
was
given
the
special
jury
award
for
his
film
Gandhi,
My
Father.
Sonam
Kapoor
received
the
award
on
her
father"s
behalf.
Director
Feroz
Abbas
Khan
received
the
Best
Screenplay
award
and
Darshan
Zariwala
got
the
Best
Supporting
Actor
award
for
the
same
film.
Adoor
Gopalakrishnan
received
the
Best
Director
award
for
his
Malayalam
film
Naalu
Pennungal.
Actor
Prakash
Raj
received
the
Best
Actor
award
for
his
performance
in
the
Tamil
film
Kanchivaram
while
Kannada
actress
Umashree
bagged
the
Best
Actress
award
for
her
role
in
Gulabi
Talkies.
Shefali
Shah
got
the
Best
Supporting
Actress
award
for
The
Last
Lear
and
Sharad
Goekar
bagged
the
Best
Child
Artist
award
for
his
role
in
the
Marathi
film
Tingya.
Legendary
playback
singer
Manna
Dey
was
given
a
standing
ovation
when
the
President
handed
him
the
Dadasaheb
Phalke
award
for
entertaining
music
lovers
for
over
five
decades.
Shankar
Mahadevan
received
the
Best
Male
Playback
Singer
award
for
the
song
“Maa" from
Taare
Zameen
Par
and
lyricist
Prasoon
Joshi
bagged
the
Best
Lyricist
award
for
the
same
song.
The
film
also
won
the
award
for
Best
Film
for
Family
Welfare.
Shreya
Ghoshal
was
awarded
the
Best
Female
Playback
Singer
for
the
song
“Ye
ishq
hai" from
the
film
Jab
We
Met.
She
also
sang
the
award
winning
song
at
the
function.
It
is
her
third
National
award
after
Devdas
and
Paheli.
Shabnam
Khan
received
the
Best
Choreography
Award
for
the
song
“Ye
ishq
hai"
on
behalf
of
choreographer
Saroj
Khan.
The
event
also
witnessed
Sabu
Cyril
receiving
the
award
for
Best
Art
Direction
for
the
Shahrukh
Khan"s
film
Om
Shanti
Om.