Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday conferred Rajinikanth with the distinguished Dadasaheb Phalke Award and honoured different winners of the 67th Nationwide Movie Awards. Different recipients of the awards embody Rajnikanth’s son-in-law Dhanush, Manoj Bajpayee (finest actor) and Kangana Ranaut (finest actress).
The award ceremony was held after two years as a result of pandemic, and these awards, introduced in March this yr, had been for movies launched in 2019.
Addressing the winners, Naidu stated movies ought to be automobiles to serve the next function, as a service of social, ethical and moral messages. “Movies ought to chorus from highlighting violence and may voice the society’s disapproval of social evils,” he stated.
Rajinikanth stated, “I dedicate this (award) to my guru, my mentor Ok Balachander sir. I thank my brother Sathyanarayana Rao – he’s a father determine in my life – for giving me nice values.” He additionally talked about his “buddy, driver and transport colleague, Raj Bahadur,” who, he stated, “noticed the performing expertise in me and inspired me to affix cinema. All my producers and administrators, technicians, artists, distributors, media, and all my followers, and Tamil folks.”
Whereas Dhanush was awarded finest actor for his efficiency in ‘Asuran’, Bajpayee received for ‘Bhosle’. Ranaut, was judged finest actress for her performances in ‘Manikarnika’ and ‘Panga’.
Malalayam movie ‘Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham’, directed by Priyadarshan, was adjudged the perfect movie, whereas the award for finest director went to Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan for Hindi movie ‘Bahattar Hoorain’.
