NEW DELHI: The best of the Indian movie industry were honored by the country's President Pranab Mukherjee at the 60th National Film Awards on Friday.
Veteran actor Pran was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke award, but the 93-year-old couldn’t make it to the event. The ceremony, hosted by actors R. Madhavan and Huma Qureshi, witnessed performances by Shankar Mahadevan, who got the best male playback singer award for the song "Bolo na" from Chittagong, for which Prasoon Joshi received the best lyricist award.
A healthy mix of Bollywood, southern, Marathi and Bengali cinema talent won awards, many of them dressed in Indian attire.
Director Tigmanshu Dhulia’s "Paan Singh Tomar," about an athlete-turned-dacoit, won the best film award while the versatile Irrfan Khan, who played the title role in the biopic, was named the best actor, sharing the title with Vikram Gokhale for his performance in Marathi film "Anumati."
Actress Usha Jadhav won the best actress title for playing a rustic housewife in Marathi film "Dhag," which won the best director’s gong for Shivaji Lotan Patil.
The award for the best female playback singer was given to Samhita for the song "Palakein naa moon don" from Marathi film "Aarti Anklekartikekar." In the feature film category, a total of 38 films from 14 languages were selected for the awards. From Bollywood, "Kahaani," "Vicky Donor," "Paan Singh Tomar," "OMG: Oh My God!" and "Dekh Indian Circus" won multiple awards.
Actress Parineeti Chopra received the award for a special mention for Ishaqzaade.
Bollywood, regional cinema shine at 60th National Film Awards
