In
the
main
set
of
awards,
actor
Amitabh
Bachchan
left
all
the
actors
far
behind
and
has
been
declared
as
the
Best
Actor
of
this
year
(2016)
owing
to
his
mind-blowing
performance
in
Shoojit
Sircar's
film,
Piku,
which
also
casted
Deepika
Padukone
in
the
lead
role.
In
Pictures:
Kangana
Ranaut's
Epic
Dialogues
From
Tanu
Weds
Manu
Returns
On
the
other
side,
Kangana
Ranaut
beat
Deepika
Padukone,
Anushka
Sharma
and
Priyanka
Chopra
and
bagged
the
Best
Actress
award
for
the
year
2016,
because
of
her
terrific
performance
in
Tanu
Weds
Manu.
Also,
the
film
did
rather
a
praise-worthy
job
at
the
Indian
box
office.
Speaking
about
Kangana
Ranaut's
victory
for
her
double
role
in
Tanu
Weds
Manu
Returns,
her
co-star
from
the
film,
said,
"In
the
last
seven
years
that
she
has
been
in
the
industry,
she
has
just
grown.
It
is
rare."
In
an
excluisve
interview
with
Pinkvilla,
she
also
shared
her
happiness
for
Big
B
winning
the
National
Awards
and
told,
"When
I
saw
Piku,
I
thought
his
performance
was
special
and
he
did
deserve
a
National
Award
for
it.
I
am
not
surprised
that
he
did
but
I
am
looking
forward
to
that
picture
where
Best
Actor
and
Best
Actress
stand
together,
hug
each
other
and
click
a
picture.
I
will
frame
that
picture."
Coming
to
the
direction
category,
director
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
has
won
the
'Best
Director' title
for
his
magnum
opus
Bajirao
Mastani,
which
casted
Ranveer
Singh,
Deepika
Padukone
and
Priyanka
Chopra
in
the
lead
roles.
"Whether
it
is
mainstream,
art-house
or
parallel
cinema,
the
director
and
cinematographer
have
toiled
hard
on
the
film
and
I
am
ecstatic
to
win
the
Award," said
the
proud
director
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali.