It was Bollywood's day at the National Awards Tuesday with 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' bagging four awards, Konkona Sen Sharma getting best supporting actress for 'Omkara' and Madhur Bhandarkar being tagged best director for 'Traffic Signal'.
The National Award for best feature film has gone to the Malayalam film 'Pulijanmam'. Veteran Bengali thespian Soumitra Chatterjee got the award for best actor for his role in 'Podokkhep' while Tamil cinema's Priyamani got the best actress award for 'Paruthi Veeran'.
'Lage Raho Munnabhai' won the National Award for best screenplay, best lyricist, best supporting actor and best popular film providing wholesome entertainment.
National awards were not announced after 2005, as per the Supreme Court directions in connection with the controversies erupted over the award selection in that year.
According to reports, Priyamani has been selected as the best actress for her stunning performance in the film 'Paruthiveeran'. The 2006 award for best Malayalam film went to the film 'Drishtantham’ directed by M P Sukumaran Nair. The reports said that the film `Lage Raho Munna Bhai’ won the award for the most popular film in 2006. The awards were decided by a committee chaired by Bangali director Budhadeb Gupta.
Source: India Syndicate/ IANS
Source: India Syndicate/ IANS
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