Family accompanies Amitabh Bachchan to National Awards

Amitabh Bachchan was today accompanised by his family members to the 63rd National Film Awards ceremony here where the megastar will receive the best actor honour for his role of a hypochondriac father in “Piku”. (Source: PTI)

Amitabh Bachchan was today accompanied by his family members to the 63rd National Film Awards ceremony here where the megastar will receive the best actor honour for his role of a hypochondriac father in “Piku”.

It will be Bachchan’s fourth National award and son Abhishek Bachchan, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, wife Jaya Bachchan and daughter Shweta Nanda turned up at the ceremony to cheer for the actor.

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The star, 73, will receive the honour from President Pranab Mukherjee here.

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His previous National awards were for his performances in “Agneepath”, “Black” and “Paa”.

One of the most sought after stars in Bollywood, the actor will next be seen in “Te3n” and Shoojit Sircar’s “Pink”.

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