Vice President Venkaiah Naidu presented the National Film Awards to the year's winners with actors Vicky Kaushal, Ayushmann Khurrana and Keerthy Suresh receiving top honours.
'Elementary, My Dear Holmes imagines Arthur Conan Doyle stepping into his own fiction, a man haunted by the clarity he created, forced to apply it to a world far messier than the one on paper.'
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More and more celebs are rewinding time and posting memories from 2016 on social media. That was certainly an interesting year, going by the many milestones these celebs are posting.
If all goes according to plan, the singing superstar will start his yet-untitled film by the end of the year.
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The most prestigious awards in cinema are announced as Girish Kulkarni wins the National Award for Best Actor as Byari and Deool win the Best Feature film award.
I once asked him why he hadn't written scripts for his sons Vineeth and Dhyan. 'I made some suggestions about their scripts, and they haven't discussed their scripts with me after that,' he said with his trademark laugh.
'Vishal Bhardwaj gave me Hamlet in Haider, which is one of the most intimidating roles for any actor in the world.' 'I'm grateful that he called me again after seven or eight years of us not working together.'
Rimi Sen: 'Even today, Salman Khan or Shah Rukh Khan rule Bollywood but the heroines who started with them are now doing supporting roles, playing sisters or even mothers. A woman's lifespan in the film industry is very short.'
Madhur Bhandarkar's Page 3 wins Best Film award.
The 10-member jury was headed by filmmaker Vipul Shah. The awards were announced by jury member Dharam Gulati.
Keerthy Suresh and Anthony Thattil share a lovely home in beautiful Kochi.
Batters launched balls so high into the sky that they looked like rockets taking off from the centre square.
Film and television folk enjoyed a red carpet weekend, where they even got recognised for their cine achievements.
The actress got emotional as she accepts the award for Best Actress for her Gujarati film, Kutch Express.
'Once when he was on a flight, the plane hit an air-pocket.' 'The turbulence outside caused it to see-saw violently which caused a lot of panic inside. While his co-passengers were crying and praying for their lives, Salil kaku was writing a song in his head.'
Film folk like Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty, Karan Johar, Vicky Kaushal and Pritam attend RSS' centenary celebrations in Mumbai.
'I have always broken my image every time I went on screen. I don't know what it means to be a Greek God but people used to call me one.'
As the year draws to a close, Rediff's Senior Contributor Roshmila Bhattacharya takes a look at the hits and misses, the highs and lows, the newsmakers and the dealbreakers in alphabetical order.
'Today, Shah Rukh is sitting so high up that it will have to be something really spectacular for him to jump up and say, "Hey, yes, let's make this film!".'
'I don't know how long cinema will survive.'
Among the big winners was Pulijanmam, the Malayalam film directed by Priyanandan, which won the National Award for best film. Other winners include Rajkumar Hirani's Lage Raho Munnbhai, which was adjudged the best popular film providing wholesome entertainment.
The actor, affectionately known as 'Bharat Kumar' for his portrayal of patriotic roles in numerous films, breathed his last at 4:03 am at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai.
Marathi film folk were honoured at the Filmfare Awards Marathi 2025.
Fight on toward goals that keep receding, or exit with most objectives unmet. Trump is agitated, his poll numbers falling below the Plimsoll line, his base fractured between those who back the war and those who remember that he campaigned on ending them.
Bengali film Antaheen by director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury was chosen as the best film while Tamil filmmaker Bala won the honour of best director for his film Naan Kadavul at the 56th National Film Awards announced in New Delhi on Saturday.
Where Dhurandhar leaned into aggressive bloodlust through its acerbic storytelling, Ikkis moves in the opposite direction, asking us to see people beyond uniforms, slogans, or sides, observes Mayur Sanap.
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'I'm very, very happy.' Winners react after the 64th National awards announcement.
'I never imagined that a boy from the footpath could receive such a big honour.'
It's been an emotional night for many film folk across India, as they were honoured at the National Awards.
AVM Studios launched the careers of Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan.
Deepika Padukone turns 40 on January 5, and Namrata Thakker lists the 40 things we love about her.
The video shows Dhanush running through dark alleys with a Molotov cocktail in his hand.
Dharmendra remained one of the most loved stars of all time, even when his movies tapered off, and age caught up with him.
The broader theme of the performance will be -- 'Swatantra Ka Mantra - Vande Mataram' and 'Samriddhi Ka Mantra - Viksit Bharat', officials said.
Check out the winners.
