President presents the national awards

The 57th National Film Awards were presented recently. The awards ceremony was held at New Delhi and the awards were presented by the President Pratibha Patil. Many Bollywood personalities as well as political personalities were seen at this ceremony. The president gave the award for the Best Actor to Amitabh Bachchan for his wonderful performance in the movie Paa.


This movie also stars Vidya Balan and Abhishek Bachchan, apart from Amitabh. Filmmaker D. Rama Naidu was given the Dadasaheb Phalke award. This award is given for the outstanding contribution in the development and growth of Indian cinema. The movie 3 Idiots was also given the award for the Best Entertaining Feature Film. The award for the Best Supporting Actress was given to Arundhati Nag for her performance in Paa.