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The 64th National Film Awards were announced on Friday.
Akshay Kumar won his first National award for his role in courtroom drama ‘Rustom’, inspired by the 1959 Nanavati case. Akshay played a patriotic naval officer, who ends up in jail after killing his wife’s lover.
Sonam Kapoor-starrer ‘Neerja‘, which was directed by Ram Madhvani, was declared as the Best Hindi Feature Film. And the actress also got a Special Mention for her performance in ‘Neerja’.
Over 300 films vied for the honours this year. The process to choose the best from Indian cinema began in mid-March. Filmmaker Priyadarshan was the chairperson of the jury in feature films category, while nationally acclaimed cinematographer and writer Raju Misra was the chairperson in non-feature category.
Akshay Kumar shared a video on Twitter thanking fans for their support. Watch it here:
#NationalFilmAwards : Best Actor for Rustom,countless emotions,very hard to express my gratitude right now but still tried,a big THANK YOU?? pic.twitter.com/Wo7mfi6dI8
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) April 7, 2017
Akshay’s wife Twinkle Khanna posted this emotional tweet:
I don’t know if I am crying or laughing-emotions all over the place-So proud of you @akshaykumar you smart, humble, amazing creature! https://t.co/K0YRx2WBtI
— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) April 7, 2017
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Apart from fans, messages came flooding in many of Akshay’s colleagues.
Congratulations to my bro @akshaykumar for winning the national award for best actor for Rustom ! ?more power to you #NationalAward
— Sidharth Malhotra (@S1dharthM) April 7, 2017
Congratulations @akshaykumar for the biggest win ever.More power to you ??????#NationalAward
— bhumi pednekar (@psbhumi) April 7, 2017
Congratulating @akshaykumar !!!! #NationalFilmAwards #Rustam ….shine on !!!! Loads of love…..
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) April 7, 2017
Big Big congratulations @akshaykumar Sir for winning the #NationalFilmAwards ?? ??
— Kiara Alia Advani (@Advani_Kiara) April 7, 2017
Congratulations @akshaykumar on the National Award. Where is the party? #Rustom
— Ritesh Sidhwani (@ritesh_sid) April 7, 2017
Congratulations to @akshaykumar for winning #NationalAward for #BestActor. What an inspirational career graph & reinvention of an actor.:) pic.twitter.com/2zPBSJyDHP
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) April 7, 2017
Congrats @akshaykumar best actor for rustom..one more feather in an overcrowded cap..luv u sundi? #NationalFilmAwards
— Sajid Khan (@SimplySajidK) April 7, 2017
Congratulations Sundi …. extremely thrilled to learn about your National award..love you https://t.co/SFThpCntov
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) April 7, 2017
