69th national awards - Indian cinema honored

Another glorious history of Indian cinema comes in the form of the 69th chapter! At Vigyan Bhawan, the President of India Her Excellency Draupadi Murmu honored the prestigious form of cinema. The entire cinema world is proud of the honor given by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Shri Anurag Thakur to cinema workers from all over India. Among the skilled artists of top cinema craft invited from across the country, Bollywood celebrities seemed to be twinkling like shining stars in the auditorium, while skilled Bollywood filmmaker-coordinator Ketan Mehta was sitting on the dais of the dignitaries including the President. The entire atmosphere became cinematic.

69th National Cinema Awards: A Star-Studded Night of Honor

Senior actress Waheeda Rehman was adding to the beauty of Vigyan Bhawan in the list of stars who were invited and awarded. The 69th National Cinema Awards were graced by the presence of Alia Bhatt (with husband Ranbir Kapoor), Kriti Sanon, Pankaj Tripathi, Karan Johar, Shreya Ghosal, Pallavi Joshi, Vivek Agnihotri, Shreya Ghosal, R. Madhavan, and Allu Arjun. After the national anthem "Jana Gan Mana", Information Secretary Shri Apoorva Chandra welcomed all the guests and invited IB Minister Thakur to address. The Minister mentioned the work being done by the Modi government for the betterment of the cinema industry and piracy and the program of giving the honor at the hands of the President started. However, the 69th Indian Cinema Award was organized after two years (after Covid 2020), but there was no lack of enthusiasm and dignity.

69th National Cinema Awards: A Night of Honors and Emotions

Apart from Hu'J'Hu..., more than 400 awards were distributed in alphabetical order, honoring the entire Indian cinema. The most emotional moment was when senior actress Waheeda Rehman was given the Dadasaheb Phalke Award Madam President was emotional and Waheeda Ji had tears in her eyes. This was the last honor of the ceremony. The prestigious shining faces include Best Actress Alia Bhatt ('Gangu Bai Kathiawadi'), Kriti Sanon ('Mimi'), Best Actor Allu Arjun ('Pushpa - The Rising'), Best Film Karan Johar ('Shershaah'), R. Madhavan (' Rocketry: The Nambi Effect', best director Rajamouli ('RRR'), sporting actress Pallavi Joshi('Kashmir Files'), singer Shreya Ghosal and artistes from regional and linguistic films were the technicians. 'Bai Kathiawadi' has many awards to its credit. It is difficult to name and mention all the films here.

Overall, it was a maturely conducted National Film Awards. The event was organized in a very restrained manner, without any bias, without any discrimination, and without giving extra respect to anyone – which was the reflection of the basic soul of united India. In the words of Honorable Minister Thakur, “Our cinema is going from regional to national and international.” This event was proof of this. 'Mayapuri' congratulations to all the national honor winners!!

-Editor