The 69th National Film Awards ceremony was held at Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi, where the President of India Her Excellency Draupadi Murmu felicitated the prestigious genre of cinema

This year's Best Actress award was given to Alia Bhatt for her film Gangubai, while talking to the media on this occasion, Alia said, “There is just a lot of gratitude in my heart, so grateful and honored to be here. Got an opportunity to portray such a beautiful character wonderfully imagined by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.  He is someone that I have looked up to all my life. I have said to him, that I will never stop thanking you for what you have given me.  For me it's a pinch-me moment, this is my first national award, my head is full of gratitude and my eyes are full of stars right now.”

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