Big B won Best Actor award for Piku while Kangana claimed Best Actress prize for Tanu Weds Manu Returns. Baahubali won awards for Best Feature Film and Special Effects and Bajrangi Bhaijaan was named Best Wholesome Family Entertainer. (Also Read - National Awards: Kangana, Amitabh Bachchan Win Top Honours)
Abhishek Bachchan congratulated Big B on Instagram with this picture and captioned it:
Rishi Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Prachi Desai, Soundarya R Ashwin, Farhan Akhtar and Hansal Mehta tweeted:
Many congratulations to @SrBachchan on receiving the well deserved National Award! God Bless!
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) March 28, 2016
Congrats 2 all the winners of the #NationalAwards.Tough choices but All winners well deserving, esp @SrBachchan U R such an inspiration !
— SHILPA SHETTY KUNDRA (@TheShilpaShetty) March 28, 2016
U know award functions are a joke when they don't award the deserving. Thats why there r #NationalAwards CONGRATS #Kangana & @SrBachchan
— Prachi Desai (@ItsPrachiDesai) March 28, 2016
Big congrats to all the #NationalAwards winners
— soundarya rajnikanth (@soundaryaarajni) March 28, 2016
Congratulations Amit uncle, Kangana, Neeraj, Kabir, Team Piku, Team Masaan, Team Bahubali & all other recipients. #NationalAwards
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) March 28, 2016
Kangana Ranaut is an inspiring biography in the making. What a story... #NationalAwards #KanganaRanaut
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) March 28, 2016
Richa congratulated winners in separate tweets:
And congratulations @SrBachchan for @PikuTheFilm :-) @writeonj @ShoojitSircar
— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) March 28, 2016
Congratulations @kabirkhankk ! Mubarak.
— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) March 28, 2016
Congratulations @Sharatkatariya @psbhumi @ayushmannk for DLKH! Mubarak. Heartwarming news!
— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) March 28, 2016
Mini Mathur was happy for Bajrangi Bhaijaan's win. The film is directed by her husband Kabir Khan:
This is SUCH a happy day #BajrangiBhaijaan #NationalAwards
— Mini Mathur (@minimathur) March 28, 2016
Congratulations were in order for Team Baahubali too. Jai Mahishmathi
Congratulations to team BAAHUBALI and RAJAMOULI for scoring the prestigious national award for the best film.A big win for Telugu cinema.
— tarakaram n (@tarak9999) March 28, 2016
And the National award is here!! Jai Mahishmathi!! @BaahubaliMovie. Thank you!!
— Rana Daggubati (@RanaDaggubati) March 28, 2016
National award for best film @BaahubaliMovie congratulations to our lovely team @ssrajamouli @Shobu_ @RanaDaggubati #Prabhas #Anushka
— Tamannaah Bhatia (@tamannaahspeaks) March 28, 2016
Am extremley happy with National Awards committee for winning Bahubali ..May God and Bahubali2 bless all its jury members
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 28, 2016
Remo D'Souza won Best Choreography award for Bajirao mastani and his protege Lauren Gottlieb said:
Congratulations @remodsouza for winning the National Award for best choreography! What a huge honor that is and so well deserved!!
— Lauren Gottlieb (@LaurenGottlieb) March 28, 2016
The National Awards were announced in New Delhi.
