Boney Kapoor, Janhvi and Khushi collect Sridevi's award. (Image courtesy: YouTube)
The 65th National Awards ceremony was held in New Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan on May 3. President Ram Nath Kovind, who attended the latter part of the ceremony, presented Sridevi's Best Actress National Award to her family Boney Kapoor, Janhvi and Khushi and Vinod Khanna's Dadasaheb Phalke award to his son Akshaye and wife Kavita. Except for the last 11 categories, the awards were handed out by Information and Broadcasting Minster Smriti Irani and other government officials.
Here are the highlights from the National Film Awards 2018.
President Ram Nath Kovind congratulated the 125 award winners and added:
Boney Kapoor, Janhvi and Khushi collect Sridevi's Best Actress award:
Vinod Khanna's wife Kavita and his son Akshaye received his Dadasaheb Phalke
Divya Dutta collects her Best Supporting Actress award for
Irada
Ganesh Acharya receives Best Choreographer award for
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha song
Gori Tu Latth Maar. This is his second National Award
Pankaj Tripathy received a Special Mention National Award for
Newton
Sridevi's daughters Janhvi and Khushi along with Boney Kapoor arrive to collect Sridevi's award
The first set of awards were given by Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister Smriti Irani, Minister of State, I&B, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and I&B Secretary Narendra Kumar Sinha
Akshaye Khanna arrives to collect late actor Vinod Khanna's Dadasaheb Phalke award, India's highest film honor
National Award Winners For Best Actor And Best Actress:
Ridhhi Sen for
Nagar Kirtan and Sridevi for
MOM
A day before the ceremony, Boney Kapoor told reporters Sridevi "would have been very happy." Sridevi was named Best Actress for her role in MOM
National Award For Best Regional Films
Row 1 (L-R):
Newton (Hindi),
Mayurakshi (Bengali) and
Kaccha Nimbu (Marathi)
Row 2 (L-R):
Thondimuthalum Driksakshiuam (Malayalam),
Hebbetu Ramakka (Kannada) and
Ghazi (Telugu)
Sridevi's husband Boney Kapoor and their daughters Janhvi and Khushi, attended the rehearsals of the National Awards on Wednesday
In a few hours, this years' National Award winners will collect their prizes from President Ram Nath Kovind and I&B Minister Smriti Irani