Kangana Ranaut, Amitabh Bachchan receive National Awards, see pic

Kangana Ranaut and Amitabh Bachchan have received National Awards for their films Tanu Weds manu Returns and Piku respectively. (Source: PTI)

Kangana Ranaut and Amitabh Bachchan have received National Awards for their films Tanu Weds Manu Returns and Piku respectively. The awards were announced on March 28.

Kangana Ranaut, 28, won the award for her role in romantic comedy drama “Tanu Weds Manu Returns” for her endearing dual turn as Tanu, a troublesome wife and Haryanvi sportsperson Datto. This is the third trophy for Kangana at the National Awards, having won Best Actress for ‘Queen’ last year and earlier for best supporting actress for 2008 film “Fashion”.

The awards were announced a day after Kangana’s birthday, and the actress said that it was the best birthday gift ever. She was seen opposite Madhavan in the film.

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This is Amitabh Bachchan’s fourth national award. The actor first won a national award for best actor for Agneepath in 1990. His next two national award wins happened in 2005 and 2009 for Black and Paa respectively.

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Amitabh Bachchan played a Bengali father of Deepika Padukone in the film which earned good reviews and got a thumbs up from fans.

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