67th National Film Awards: Kangana Ranaut, Manoj Bajpayee, Chhichhore Bag Big Honours
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu presented the 67th National Film awards on Monday morning. The leading acting awards were conferred to Manoj Bajpayee, Kangana Ranaut while Bollywood films Chhichhore,
Vice
President
M
Venkaiah
Naidu
presented
the
67th
National
Film
awards
on
Monday
morning.
The
leading
acting
awards
were
conferred
to
Manoj
Bajpayee,
Kangana
Ranaut
while
Bollywood
films
Chhichhore,
starring
the
late
Sushant
Singh
Rajput,
was
presented
as
the
Best
Hindi
Film
award.
While
Rajinikanth
was
presented
with
the
51st
Dadasaheb
Phalke
Award,
south
star
Dhanush
also
won
for
his
acting
performance
alongside
Bajpayee.
Nitesh
Tiwari
and
Sajid
Nadiadwala
were
present
at
the
National
Film
Awards'
ceremony,
which
is
being
held
in
Delhi.
Nitesh
while
accepting
the
award
remembered
the
late
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
and
said,
"Sushant
was
an
integral
part
of
the
film,
and
he
will
continue
to
be
so.
We
are
very
proud.
I
am
sure
he
will
be
proud
too."
"We
are
dedicating
this
award
to
him," Sajid
added.
The
official
Instagram
account
also
shared
a
picture
of
Sajid
with
the
last
actor
dedicating
the
big
win.
Take
a
look,
On
the
other
hand,
Kangana
Ranaut
also
expressed
her
excitement
on
winning
the
best
actress
award.
She
took
to
her
Instagram
account
and
shared
a
picture
of
her
desi
look
at
the
event.
She
wrote,
"Today
I
am
receiving
joint
National
Award
for
two
of
my
performances..
Manikarnika
-
The
Queen
of
Jhansi
(2019),
Panga(2020).
I
also
co-directed
Manikarnika
-
The
Queen
of
Jhansi.
Immense
gratitude
for
the
teams
of
these
films
...
🥇🥇"
Pallavi
Joshi
and
Vivek
Agnihotri's
film
The
Tashkent
Files
also
won
the
National
Award
in
the
Best
Screenplay
and
Dialogue
category.
While
Vivek
said,
the
award
is
a
great
encouragement,
Pallavi
who
won
as
best
Support
actress
said
winning
the
National
Award
is
a
"great
moment
of
happiness
and
a
responsibility."
Notably,
the
67th
National
Film
Awards
were
announced
in
March
2021
honoured
the
best
in
cinema
in
2019
as
the
awards
were
postponed
due
to
the
pandemic.