National Film Awards 2019: Rajinikanth Arrives For The Ceremony

The prizes will be handed out to awardees by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu

The 67th National Film Awards, which were announced earlier this year, are being presented in person at New Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan today. Superstar Rajinikanth, who is to receive his Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the ceremony today, arrived at the venue in a white outfit. Filmmaker Nitesh Ranjan Agnihotri was the Guest Of Honour. He was among the first few celebs who graced the red carpet, including the juries for the awards and for Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Actor Biswajit Chatterjee, who was one of the jury members, said they selected Rajinikanth for the honour because he is a "talented" person and very "down to earth."

Chhicchore director Nitesh Tiwari and producer Sajid Nadiadwala dedicated the Best Film Award to Sushant Singh Rajput, who died last year. They said that the late actor will always remain an "integral part of the film."

The prizes will be handed out to awardees by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu. Superstar Rajinikanth is to receive his Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the ceremony today. The winner list was announced in March this year with late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's film Chhichhore winning the Best Hindi Film award and Kangana Ranaut winning her third Best Actress prize for her performances in Manikarnika (2019) and Panga (2020). Manoj Bajpayee and Dhanush share the Best Actor award for their respective roles in Bhonsle and Asuran, which also won Best Tamil Film award.

Union Minister for Information Broadcasting Anurag Thakur and Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan are among the other senior dignitaries attending the ceremony.