The
National
Film
Awards
was
held
today
at
Vigyan
Bhavan
in
New
Delhi.
The
award
ceremony
was
attended
by
Akshay
Kumar,
Ayushmann
Khurrana,
Vicky
Kaushal,
Keerthy
Suresh,
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
and
many
other
dignitaries
from
the
film
industry.
Unfortunately,
Bollywood's
megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan
skipped
the
event
owing
to
his
ill-health.
The
actor
was
supposed
to
be
honoured
with
Dadasaheb
Phalke
Award
at
the
award
ceremony.
On
Sunday,
Big
B
shared
that
he
would
have
to
give
the
award
ceremony
a
miss
since
he
is
down
with
fever
and
the
doctors
had
advised
him
to
avoid
travelling.
Sr.
Bachchan
had
tweeted,
"Down
with
fever
..
!
Not
allowed
to
travel
..
will
not
be
able
to
attend
National
Award
tomorrow
in
Delhi
..
so
unfortunate
..
my
regrets
.."
According
to
the
latest
reports,
Information
and
Broadcasting
Minister
Prakash
Javadekar
revealed
that
the
actor
will
now
be
receiving
his
Dadasaheb
Phalke
honour
on
December
29.
For
those
who
ain't
aware,
the
prestigious
award
is
named
after
Dhundiraj
Govind
Phalke
who
is
also
known
as
the
'Father
Of
Indian
Cinema'.
Considered
the
highest
honour
for
an
artiste
in
Indian
cinema,
the
award
comprises
a
Swarna
Kamal
(Golden
Lotus)
medallion,
a
shawl,
and
a
cash
prize
of
Rs
10,00,000.
Speaking
about
work,
Amitabh
Bachchan's
upcoming
films
include
Ayan
Mukerji's
Brahmastra,
Shoojit
Sircar's
Gulabo
Sitabo,
Rumi
Jaffery's
Chehre
and
Nagraj
Manjule's
Jhund.