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The Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards 2018 is scheduled to be held this Sunday, 29th April 2018 at Chitrakoot ground in Andheri (W), Mumbai.
The winners this year are:
Akshay Kumar – Best actor in a leading role for Padman and Toilet Ek Prem Katha
Sonam Kapoor – Best actress in a leading role for Padman
R Balki – Best Director Padman
Team Toilet Ek Prem Katha – Bhumi Pednekar, Shree Narayan Singh, Virendra Arora
The other winners include:
Armaan Malik
Neeti Mohan,
Amit Sadh
Sanjay Mishra
Aditya Narayan Jha
Konkana Sen
Maniesh Paul
Kainaat Arora
Bhumi Trivedi
Aruna Bhatia
Shital Bhatia
Twinkle Khanna
Piyu Chohan
Siddharth Kannan
Arshi Khan
Sandip Marwah
Luv Ranjan
Nusrat Bharucha
Ishita Raj Sharma
Amjad Bagadwa
Farida Jalal
Apart from these mainstream awards, 22 Technical Awards will also be presented. Certificate of appreciation will be awarded to Eco Fashion Designer Nidhi Bhardwaj and Swati Mehrotra for Best Footwear Designer.
Sonam Kapoor who will be awarded the Best Actress Award for Padman, expressed her gratitude saying,
“This is great news and I am really happy and honoured to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award. I’m unfortunately travelling and would love for Balki Sir to collect the award on my behalf. Thank You for the love and admiration once again.”
Konkana Sen Sharma will be awarded the Best Debut Director Award. She said,
“I’m humbled, grateful n honored to receive the debut director award and feels happy that this small film gets recognition amongst so many other big films”
Manisha Koirala who will be awarded the Most Versatile Actress in Indian cinema said,
“I feel honoured and humbled!! Especially as it’s for being versatile as that’s what I have been trying hard to achieve!! We actors personalities should never overshadow the characters we play. This I learned while watching legendary actor Balraj Sahni Ji’s films!”
The Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards 2018 will see live performances by Kainaat Arora, Arshi Khan, Piyu Chouhan, Arvind Neel Waghela, Santok Singh and many more.
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