57th National Award

The Kerala High Court stayed the 57th National Film Award for Malayalam children's film Kesu that was directed by veteran director Sivan.

The 57th national award given to Malayalam movie Keshu directed by Sivan was challenged in the Kerala High Court.

After having bagged the Best Tamil Film award at the 57th national film awards recently, Pasanga will now be screened at Chinese Film Fest.

Tamil movie Pasanga's director says that winning the national awards has placed more responsibilty on him.

Amitabh Bachchan, who won his third National Award for Best Actor, says that the honour made him feel "worthy and wanted".

Bollywood today hailed the megastar Amitabh Bachchan for bagging the National award for the best actor saying he deserved it the most.

Director R Balakrishnan, whose film Paa won the National Award, is happy for his close friend Big B who won the best actor trophy.

Amrit Pritam won the National Award along with Resul Pookutty for their work in the superhit Malayalam film Keralavarma Pazhassiraja.

Ilayaraja, who today won the national award for the best background score for Kerala Verma Pazasi Raja said music was his passion.

Malayalam filmmaker Shaji Karun rues that film's leading star Mammooty missed the honour, which went to Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan.

Shaji N Karun, whose film Kutty Srank won the national award for the best film today, said that the film has become a part of history.

Filmmakers like Shyam Benegal, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, R Balki and first-timer Sanjay Puran Singh are a happy lot.

Aamir Khan's blockbuster 3 Idiots has been named as the Best Popular Film at the 57th National Film Awards, which were announced today.

Here's the list of the winners of 57th National Awards to be presented by President Pratibha Patil today.