The
55th
National
Awards
ceremony
was
held
at
New
Delhi.
Actor
Prakash
Raj,
Priyadarshan
were
honoured
by
Smt.
Pratibha
Devisingh
Patil,
President
of
India.
Prakash
Raj
was
honoured
as
'Best
Actor" for
his
awe-inspiring
performance
in
offbeat
film
Kanchivaram
while
Priyadarshan
was
awarded
as
'Best
Filmmaker"
for
the
same
film.
Music
director
Shankar
Mahadevan
bagged
'Best
Male
playback
singer"
for
his
enchanting
song
'Maa"
of
Taare
Zameen
Par.
The
Union
Minister
of
Information
and
Broadcasting,
Smt.
Ambika
Soni,
the
Ministers
of
State
for
Information
and
Broadcasting,
Shri
Mohan
Jatua
and
Dr.
S.
Jagathrakshakan
and
the
Director,
Directorate
of
Film
Festivals,
Shri
S.M.
Khan
were
also
present
for
the
occasion.
Director
Priyadarshan
is
much
elated
with
this
prestigious
award
and
had
wished
more
good
films
from
Indian
film
industry
must
be
promoted
all
throughout
the
globe.