New Delhi: It's the day the 59th National Film Awards winners have been waiting for. The National Awards will be given away on May 3 to mark the release day of the iconic movie 'Raja Harishchandra' and the beginning of the 100th year of Hindi Cinema.
The winners of the 59th National Film Awards have already been announced and the Best Film award will be shared by films 'Deool' (Marathi) produced by Abhijeet Gholap and directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni and 'Byari' (Byari language) produced by TH Althaf Hussain and directed by Suveeran.
The Best Actor award will be given to Girish Kulkarni for 'Deool' and Best
Actress to Vidya Balan for 'The Dirty Picture' (Hindi). Veteran Bengali film actor Soumitra Chatterjee will be honoured with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award....
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02:50 PM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: Vice President M Hamid Ansari will bestow the prestigious 59th National Film Awards to winners here on May 3. Officials of the Information and Broadcasting ministry said that while national awards are traditionally given by the President every year but this year will see an exception since President Pratibha Patil is currently on a foreign visit. Vice President has been requested by the ministry to give awards to... 
