Humble
Statement
Kamal
Hassan's
humble
statement
was
overwhelmingly
welcomed
by
the
Kannadigas.
Controversy
Controversy
overshadowed
on
the
third
day
as
Telugu
filmmaker
S
Narayana
Murthy
criticised
the
organisers
on
stage.
He
had
blamed
the
organisers
for
not
honouring
legends
like
K
Vishwanath
and
many
others.
Last
Day
Dhamaka
However,
on
the
last
day,
there
were
a
lots
of
events
that
drew
the
public
attention.
As
many
as
41
legends
of
Indian
cinema
such
as
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
K
Balachander
were
felicitated
by
President
Pranab
Mukherjee
at
the
centenary
celebrations
of
Indian
cinema
on
the
last
day.
President
Presents
Medallions
The
president,
who
presided
over
the
valedictory
function
of
the
four-day
mega
event
on
Tuesday,
presented
the
medallions
to
the
awardees.
12
Industries
Honoured
Artists
from
12
industries
-
Tamil,
Telugu,
Kannada,
Malayalam,
Hindi,
Bengali,
Gujarati,
Marathi,
Punjabi,
Odiya,
Assamese
and
Bhojpuri
-
were
honoured.
Tamil
Nadu
Chief
Minister
J
Jayalalithaa,
former
actress,
was
the
first
recipient
of
the
award.
Legends
Honoured
From
the
Tamil
industry,
legends
such
as
AVM
Saravanan,
MS
Vishwanathan,
Vyjyanthimala
Bali
and
K
Balachander
were
awarded,
while
veterans
Anjali
Devi,
K
Vishwanath,
K
Raghavendra
Rao,
Lakshmi
Naryana
Sattiraju
aka
Bapu
were
honoured
from
the
Telugu
film
fraternity.
Kannada
Films
Awards
were
given
to
Parvathamma
Rajkumar,
Bharati
Vishnuvardhan,
Ambareesh,
SV
Rajendra
Singh
Babu,
BS
Dwarakesh,
Ravichandran
and
Veeranna
from
the
Kannada
film
industry.
Malayalam
Films
Malayalam
industry
legends
Madhavan
Nair
aka
Madhu,
Chandran,
Adoor
Gopalakrishnan,
Kunchako
Gopal,
Mammootty
and
Mohanlal
were
also
honoured.
Bollywood
From
Bollywood,
Amitabh,
Sridevi,
Rekha,
Javed
Akthar,
Ramesh
Sippy,
Kiran
V
Shantaram,
Randhir
Kapoor,
Vinay
Kumar
Chumble
and
Kamal
Warchatiya
received
the
awards.
Bengali
Two
Marathi
artists
Ramesh
and
Seema
Deo
were
awarded
along
with
three
Bengali
artists
Aparna
Sen,
Gautam
Ghosh
and
Prosenjit
Chaterjee.
Gujarati
Awards
were
also
presented
to
Gujarati
actor
Naresh
Kanodia,
Punjabi
actress
Preeti
Sapru,
Odiya
actor
Uttam
Mohanty,
Bhojpuri
actor
Manoj
Tiwari
and
Assamese
actress
Zerifa
Wahid.
Special
Audio
A
special
audio
visual
cassette
commemorating
the
100-year
journey
of
Indian
cinema
was
released
on
the
occasion.
A
Souvenir
Tamil
Nadu
governor
K
Rosaiah
released
a
souvenir
to
mark
Indian
cinema
at
100
and
presented
the
first
copy
to
the
president.
President
Speaks
Speaking
at
the
event,
President
Mukherjee
said
that
"Indian
cinema
is
incomplete
without
the
contribution
of
south
Indian
cinema.
The
achievement
of
the
South
film
industry
at
the
National
Film
Awards
over
the
years
is
proof
of
the
development
of
the
industry".
South
Stars
Remembered
The
president
also
remembered
some
of
the
luminaries
of
Southern
cinema
such
as
MG
Ramachandran,
Sivaji
Ganeshan,
Dr
Rajkumar,
Prem
Nazir
and
NT
Rama
Rao.
Ministers
Present
Kerala
Chief
Minister
Oommen
Chandy
and
Karnataka
Minister
for
Infrastructure
Development
and
Information
Santosh
Lad
were
also
present.
Gala
Event
Post
the
closing
ceremony,
there
was
a
gala
cultural
performance
by
cine
stars
from
South
India.
Amitabh
Bachchan
Greets...
In
the
event,
Amitabh
Bachchan
greeted
Ajith
Kumar,
Rajinikanth,
Ambareesh,
Vijay,
Mohanlal,
Mammootty
and
many
others
from
the
film
industry.