National awards: 3 Idiots' wins best popular film
Aamir Khan's blockbuster 3 Idiots has been named as the Best Popular Film at the 57th National Film Awards, which were announced today. Meanwhile, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has bagged the Best Actor award for his performance in Paa whereas Ananya Chatterjee bagged Best Actress for Bengali film Abohoman
Aamir Khan's blockbuster 3 Idiots has been named as the Best Popular Film at the 57th National Film Awards, which were announced today.
Meanwhile, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has bagged the Best Actor award for his performance in Paa whereas Ananya Chatterjee bagged Best Actress for Bengali film Abohoman.
As soon as the awards were announced, Big B's actor son Abhishek Bachchan wrote on microblogging site Twitter: I'm a proud father today.My son just won the national award for his performance in Paa!!!!!! "
He further tweeted: "Paa has won 4 national awards!!! So excuse me for a while going off to do the monkey dance!!!!! Auro, auro, auro!!!!!!"
This is Amitabh's third National Award for Best Actor. He had earlier won for Agneepath and Black. The megastar had also bagged Best Newcomer for his debut film Saat Hindustani in 1970.
Southern superstar Mohan Lal also congratulated Big B on his latest award: "Hearty Congratulations to you sir! Truly a well deserved performance!!"
The Best Supporting actress award went to Arundhati Nag for her performance in award winning Paa.
Best Director went to Rituparno Ghosh for Abohoman.
Renowned actor Farooq Sheikh won Best Supporting actor for his role in Lahore. The actor spoke to NDTV over phone from Delhi said "it was satisfying to get this award."
Here's the list of other winners:
Best Playback Singer (Female): Nilanjana Sarkar for Housefull
Best Playback Singer (Male) Rupam Islam for Mahanagar
Best Film: Kutty Srank (Malayalam)
Best Background Score: Illayaraja
Best Malayalam Film: Pazzhassi Raja
Best Playback Singer (Female): Nilanjana Sarkar
Best Music: Amit Trivedi, Dev D
Best Film on social awareness: Well Done Abba
Best Lyrics Award: Swanand Kirkere for Behti Hawa Sa, (3 Idiots)
Nargis Dutt award for Best Film with Social Message: Delhi-6
Courtesy NDTV
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