National Film Awards 2019

National Awards: The prizes were handed out to awardees by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu

Rajinikanth will receive the award - India's highest film honour - on Monday in New Delhi

"The journey was on for five years and with this National Award, it has come to an end. Though God took his time, but in the end when you get your rightful return, you forget about everything, all the other not so happy memories," the actor, who is recovering from COVID-19, said

The euphoric posts include popular dialogues from Chhichhore and montages remembering Sushant Singh Rajput

"Please mere pet pe laat mat maro," tweeted Akshay Kumar

PadMan won the National Award for Best Film on Social Issues in 2019

National Film Awards 2019: Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu handed the awards out to the winners

"Sometimes you start with good intentions and good luck follows. Period," wrote Twinkle Khanna

Vicky Kaushal and Ayushmann Khurrana won the Best Actor prize for their work in Uri: The Surgical Strike and AndhaDhun respectively

Vicky Kaushal and Ayushmann Khurrana share the Best Actor prize for their work in Uri: The Surgical Strike and AndhaDhun respectively

Uri won Best Director for Aditya Dhar and Best Actor for Vicky Kaushal who shared the prize with Ayushmann Khurrana

This year, the awards were postponed from April-May because of the Lok Sabha elections.

The National Film Awards will be declared after the Lok Sabha elections when the poll code seizes to be in force to ensure that the power of the media is not used in a manner which affects the level playing field during the election process, the Information & Broadcasting Ministry said Wednesday.

Netflix has released the trailer for its first Marathi film Firebrand — produced by Priyanka Chopra and directed by Aruna Raje — which centers upon the complexities of modern-day relationships.

National Awards: The prizes were handed out to awardees by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu

Rajinikanth will receive the award - India's highest film honour - on Monday in New Delhi

"The journey was on for five years and with this National Award, it has come to an end. Though God took his time, but in the end when you get your rightful return, you forget about everything, all the other not so happy memories," the actor, who is recovering from COVID-19, said

The euphoric posts include popular dialogues from Chhichhore and montages remembering Sushant Singh Rajput

"Please mere pet pe laat mat maro," tweeted Akshay Kumar

PadMan won the National Award for Best Film on Social Issues in 2019

National Film Awards 2019: Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu handed the awards out to the winners

"Sometimes you start with good intentions and good luck follows. Period," wrote Twinkle Khanna

Vicky Kaushal and Ayushmann Khurrana won the Best Actor prize for their work in Uri: The Surgical Strike and AndhaDhun respectively

Vicky Kaushal and Ayushmann Khurrana share the Best Actor prize for their work in Uri: The Surgical Strike and AndhaDhun respectively

Uri won Best Director for Aditya Dhar and Best Actor for Vicky Kaushal who shared the prize with Ayushmann Khurrana

This year, the awards were postponed from April-May because of the Lok Sabha elections.

The National Film Awards will be declared after the Lok Sabha elections when the poll code seizes to be in force to ensure that the power of the media is not used in a manner which affects the level playing field during the election process, the Information & Broadcasting Ministry said Wednesday.

Netflix has released the trailer for its first Marathi film Firebrand — produced by Priyanka Chopra and directed by Aruna Raje — which centers upon the complexities of modern-day relationships.