HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | HAPPENINGS President to present 54th National Film Awards29th Aug 2008 09.00 IST By Agencies The 54th National Film Awards 2006 will be presented by President Pratibha Patil on September 2, with the Sanjay Dutt starrer Lage Raho Munnabhai leading the award table. ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ led the award table with four national honours in categories including best popular film, best screenplay, best lyrics and best supporting actor. 
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee bagged the best actor award for the Bengali film ‘Podokkhep’, while Tamil actress Priyamani won the best actress award for the film ‘Paruthi Veeran’. Madhur Bhandarkar was declared winner for the best director award for Traffic Signal . Malayalam film ‘Pulijanmam’ received the best feature film award. "The honourable President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil will give away 54th National Film Awards to the winners in presence of Information and Broadcasting minister P R Dasmunsi on September 2, 2008 at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi," stated a communiqué from the ministry. The President will also confer the Dada Saheb Phalke award on veteran filmmaker Tapan Sinha during the awards function. The national award nominations for 2006 had got delayed owing to a legal issue involving allegations of partiality in the awards. The Supreme Court later resolved the matter in favour of the government. Following the Supreme Court ruling, the jury for the awards announced names of the winners in June this year. The date for the award function was awaiting a consent from the President's office. Related view Sanjay Dutt videos (new) Lage Raho Munnabhai view Priyamani videos (new) view Madhur Bhandarkar videos (new) view Traffic Signal videos (new) | ALSO READ scoop ~ Kareena Kapoor to sizzle in bikini again ~ Ashutosh Kaushik wins Bigg Boss 2 ~ Carmen Electra to shake leg with Akshay Kumar? ~ Kangana's catwalk impresses Hrithik ~ Shahrukh Khan outshines Hollywood stars in luxury ~ Bollywood's pretty babes in demand downsouth ~ Can 'Slumdog Millionaire' Dev Patel get an Oscar? ~ Yuvvraaj – Movie Review ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Mallika Sherawat wins an award in US ~ Big B, Bon Jovi and Roger Waters team up for a cause ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Halloween, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Yuvvraaj, Dostana, Dasvidaniya, Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, Golmaal Returns, Fashion, EMI, Heroes, Roadside Romeo, Kidnap, Drona, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , Sorry Bhai , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Horn Ok Pleassss MUSIC Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Yuvvraaj celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Koel Purie | Shahana Goswami | Adah Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | | more... | 
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