Jun 10 2008
National Awards 2006 announced!
The 54th National Film awards for the year 2006 have been finally announced today after a lot of controversies. Sanjay Dutt’s ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’ has bagged maximum number of four awards and remain the best film title in the most popular film award category along with the awards in the Best Screenplay, Best Lyrist and Best Supporting Actor.
Lage Raho Munnabhai, the sequel of the ‘Munnabhai MBBS’ 2003, is an instant hit in not only India but also overseas. Released on October 2, birth date of ‘Father of Nation’ it familiarizes the youth of the country with the principles and the morals held by Mahatma Gandhi.
Malayalam film ‘Pulijanmam’ takes away the title for Best Feature Film while Best Hindi Film award was bagged by ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla’.
Best Actor award goes to Soumitra Chatterjee (Podokkhep) while Priyamani (Poruthiveeran) is acclaimed Best Actress Award. Jury Award is for Vishal Bharadwaj (Omkara)
Madhur Bhandarkar won the Best Director award for his much acknowledged film ‘Traffic Signal’. It is third award for him after he won the celebrated award for his films ‘Chandni Bar’ and ‘Page 3’.
Bhandarkar said, “The National Award is the only big award for me. It’s an honor and I could not have asked for more,”
Dilip Prabhawalkar who efficiently played the role of ‘Bapu’ in Raj Kumar Hirani’s “Lage Raho Munna Bhai” was acclaimed with the Best Supporting actor for LRMB and a Marathi film Shevri. Konkona Sen Sharma, who gave an unforgettable performance in the film Mr and Mrs Iyer (2002), received the best supporting Actor Award (female) for Omkara.
The Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Direction was awarded jointly to Kabir Khan directed ‘Kabul Express’ and Madhu Kaithapuram directed ‘Ekantham’. Divya Chahardkar was selected as the best Child Artist for the Konkani film Antarnad.
Earlier in 2007, Delhi High Court had restrained the I&B ministry to announce the results of 53rd national awards from the year 2005 after admitting a petition alleging huge corruption in ministry over the selection procedures of awards, which was lifted later.
