National Film awards 2021: Manoj Bajpayee, Kangana Ranaut, Dhanush receive top honours, Rajinikanth gets Dadasaheb Phalke Award

In a statement on Sunday, Rajinikanth wrote: “Tomorrow is an important occasion for me with two special landmarks. One, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, being conferred upon me by the Government of India because of the love and support of the people.” He then wrote about his daughter Soundarya’s app. Rehearsals for the awards were held on Sunday.

Central Minister on Thalaivar @rajinikanth 💜💜💜#Rajinikanth #DadasahebPhalkeRajinikanth #DadasahebPhalkeAward #DadasahebSuperstarRAJINI #Annaatthe #NationalFilmAwards pic.twitter.com/0JQHicYKb8

— Ⓜ️🅰️N🅾️ (@rajini_mano) October 25, 2021

Legendary actor , Super star Rajinikanth honoured with 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award@rajinikanth pic.twitter.com/734uxqKNrq

— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) October 25, 2021

Superstar @rajinikanth recieves the prestigious #DadasahebPhalkeAward at 67th #NationalFilmAwards for his stupendous contribution to the world of Indian Cinema.#Rajinikanth @ianuragthakur @Murugan_MoS @official_dff @PIB_India @DDNewslive @airnewsalerts @Films_Division pic.twitter.com/IRkIAAAVQY

— MIB India 🇮🇳 #AmritMahotsav (@MIB_India) October 25, 2021

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— Rajinikanth (@rajinikanth) October 24, 2021

The 67th National Film Awards were announced in March this year. They honoured the best in cinema in 2019, and were supposed to take place last year, but were postponed due to the pandemic. The jury chose from 461 films in the feature category and 220 films in the shorts category.

National Film Award for Best Actor conferred on :

◾Dhanush(for Asuran)
◾Manoj Bajpayee(for Bhonsle) @dhanushkraja @BajpayeeManoj pic.twitter.com/UdDOAxrLRj

— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) October 25, 2021

67th National Film Awards | Kangana Ranaut receives the Best Actress award for “Manikarnika” and “Panga”. Dhanush and Manoj Bajpayee receive the Best Actor award for “Asuran” and “Bhonsle” respectively. pic.twitter.com/SYuiIKZKUp

— ANI (@ANI) October 25, 2021

📍The award for the Best Actor (shared) goes to @BajpayeeManoj for 𝑩𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒆 (𝑯𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊) and @dhanushkraja for 𝑨𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒏 (𝑻𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍)#NationalFilmAwards2019 pic.twitter.com/ikyYk6JLYs

— MIB India 🇮🇳 #AmritMahotsav (@MIB_India) October 25, 2021

📍Actress #KanganaRanaut received the #NationalFilmAward in Best Actress category for film ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’ & ‘Panga’#NationalFilmAwards2019 pic.twitter.com/OOX3xuvT38

— MIB India 🇮🇳 #AmritMahotsav (@MIB_India) October 25, 2021

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The Best Feature Film went to Priyadarshan’s Malayalam period epic Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea. While Kangana Ranaut won Best Actress for her performances in Manikarnika and Panga, the Best Actor went to Manoj Bajpayee for Bhonsle and Dhanush for Asuran. Vivek Agnihotri’s The Tashkent Files got Best Dialogue and his wife Pallavi Joshi got the Best Supporting Actress award for the same film. Best Hindi Film went to Chhichhore, starring the late Sushant Singh Rajput. B Praak got the National Award for the Best Male Playback Singer for the patriotic song Teri Mitti from his war-drama Kesari.

A LEGENDARY MOMENT.#NationalFilmAwards #KanganaRanaut pic.twitter.com/Q1INiIekQn

— .🦄 (@Kangystan) October 25, 2021

Kangana shares a closer look at her fourth National Film award which she received at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi today#KanganaRanaut #Manikarnika #Panga pic.twitter.com/V7HAObBb2J

— Kangana Ranaut Daily (@KanganaDaily) October 25, 2021

Superstar #Rajinikanth, #Dhanush & #KanganaRanaut at #67thNationalFilmAwards.#NationalFilmAwards #NationalAwards pic.twitter.com/wI3qRB9qYc

— Manobala Vijayabalan (@ManobalaV) October 25, 2021

Documentary Wild Karnataka took home two awards Best Exploration Film and Best Narration for Sir David Attenborough, who was the film’s English narrator.