President honours stars at 62nd National Film Awards

• Posted by sujana g May 6, 2015 - Filed in Bollywood - #  #stars  #President  #honours  #62nd National Film Awards  - 963 views

  President Pranab Mukherjee was honoured to award 62^nd National Film Awards for the talented artists from Bollywood held on Sunday studded with top celebrities and politicians.

  

  He said, "My special congratulation is to Shri Shashi Kapoor, who has been honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year. His contribution to cinema has been tremendous. He is a true living legend. He began his career as a child artist in the films 'Aag' and 'Awara', and then we saw him as a flamboyant hero in many blockbuster films”.

  He added, "He made his mark not only as an actor, but also as a producer and remarkable contribution to the Indian cinema, where he balanced his work in theater and cinema. Shri Sashi Kapoor is the third person to win the Dadasaheb Phalke award in his family -- the other two being Prithviraj Kapoor and Raj Kapoor. I wish him a long and healthy life".

  Kangana took award from Vijay,  "subtle and non-stereotypical playing of a woman trapped in a man's body", in Kannada film "Nanu Avanalla Avalu".

  President said, “The National Film awards stands for the immense honour befitting the highest governmental recognition in the field of cinema. I welcome and congratulate all the recipients for this year. You have done India proud”.

  He added, “today the largest film industry in the world in terms of number of movies being produced with about 1600 films made every year on an average. The film industry today is a full-fledged economy having a turnover of a magnitude of Rs.1,02,600 crore”.

  He further continued, "By now mainstream Hindi cinema is internationally recognized. We must also make focus on representing our regional films, which are equally impressive and deserve a global attention”.

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