President of India, Pratibha Patil will give away 54th National Film Awards 2006 to the winners on September 2 in a function to be held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The date for the award function was awaiting consent from the...
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President of India, Pratibha Patil will give away 54th National Film Awards 2006 to the winners on September 2 in a function to be held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The date for the award function was awaiting consent from the President’s office. The President will also confer the Dada Saheb Phalke award on veteran filmmaker Tapan Sinha during the awards function. The National Award nominations for 2006 had got delayed owing to a legal issue involving allegations of partiality in the awards. The Supreme Court later resolved the matter in favour of the government. Following the Supreme Court ruling, the jury for the awards announced names of the winners in June this year. Bengali film star Soumitra Chatterjee was adjudged the Best Actor for his role in debutant director Suman Ghosh’s Podokkhep, while Tamil actress Priyamani won the Best Actress award for her performance in Ameer Sulthan’s Paruthiveeran. The best director award goes to Madhur Bhandarkar for his film Traffic Signal. Malayalam film Pulijanmam, directed by Priyanandan, received the best feature film award. The sequel to Munnabhai MBBS, Sanjay Dutt starrer Lagey Raho Munnabhai bagged four national honours in categories including best popular film, best screenplay, best lyrics and best supporting actor. The National Film Award winners were decided by a jury comprising of Buddhadeb Dasgupta, K. Bikram Singh and Ms. Madhu Jain. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
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