National Film Awards: Suriya And Ajay Devgn Receive Their Best Actor Prizes
The 68th National Awards, the nation’s most esteemed cinema honours, were place on Friday at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The Best Actor Awards for Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior and Soorarai Pottru were split between Suriya and Ajay Devgn. Ajay Devgn has now won Best Actor three times.
He previously received awards for the movies Zakhm from 1998 and The Legend of Bhagat Singh. For Soorarai Pottru, Aparna Balamurali received Best Actress. Soorarai Pottru also took home awards for Best Feature Film, Best Background Score, and Best Screenplay.
Asha Parekh was conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Upon receiving the award, she said, “It’s a huge honour to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. It makes me very grateful that the recognition comes to me just a day before my 80th birthday. This is the best honour I could get from the government of India.”
The actor thanked the jury for recognising her contribution to Indian cinema and added, “I have been in this industry for the last 60 years and still continue to be attached to it in my own small way. Our film industry is the best place to be in and I would like to suggest to youngsters who are in this industry to have perseverance, discipline, determination and be grounded.” She also congratulated all the award winners.
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