Today, the 71st National Film Award Ceremony was held at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi, the capital of the country. Where President Draupadi Murmu honored the Winners by giving the National Award in different categories. Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan received the National Award for the first time in a 33 -year career. At the same time, Rani Mukherjee was also awarded the National Award for the first time. Apart from this, Mohanlal was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

• Shah Rukh Khan was given the first National Award for Best Actor for the film ‘Jawa’.
• Rani Mukherjee was awarded the Best Actress Award for the film ‘Mrs. Chatterjee Verses Norway’.
• Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s film ’12th Fail’ (Hindi) received the Basch feature film award.
• Vikrant Massey was given the National Award for Best Actor for ’12th Fail’.
• Karan Johar’s film ‘Rocky Aur Rani’s Prem Kahani’ won the Best Popular Film Award.
• Sudipato Sen was awarded the Best Director Award for ‘The Kerala Story’.

Awards given in music and singing

Category	Winner	Film/song	Language
Best Mail Playback Singer	PVNS Rohit	Premistunna (Baby)	Telugu
Best Female Playback Singer	Shilpa Rao	Called (young)	Hindi
Best Music Directions (songs)	Yes. V. Prakash Kumar	Vaathi	Tamil
Best Music Direction (Background Score)	Harshvardhan Rameshwar	Animal	Hindi
Best liricist	Kasarla Shyam	Oru Palleturu (Balagam)	Telugu
Best choreography	Vaibhavi Merchant	Dhindora Baje Re (Rocky and Rani’s love story)	Hindi

Non-feature film award winners

National Award also received in Technical Category

Bollywood’s famous actress Shabana Azmi has made her own identity in films. He is highly appreciated for his performance and films that make the society aware. He had to struggle a lot from the beginning in his life. In childhood, she used to sell coffee at petrol pump. Their struggle, their hard work and self -reliance are an example for people who inspire everyone. Know the story of her struggle on the occasion of the actress’s birthday.

There was a passion to become self -sufficient from a young age
Shabana Azmi was born on 18 September 1950 in Hyderabad. Her father was famous poet Kaifi Azmi and mother Shaukat Azmi was an actress. Since childhood, Shabana got an atmosphere of art and literature, but she never allowed herself to become a burden on the family. During his studies, he worked hard to make himself self -sufficient. Before taking admission in the college, he sold coffee at a petrol pump for three months. She used to earn 30 rupees daily. He never took money from his parents. The actress has achieved success through her principles and hard work.

National Award received from debut film itself
Shabana Azmi made a step in the film industry in 1974 with Shyam Benegal’s film ‘Ankur’. In this film, she played the role of a maid, who is a pregnant woman. His role was so strong that he got the first national award for this film. The film strengthened the foundation of his career and his performance was appreciated all over the country. After this, he worked in art films as well as commercial films and played every role well. His films include many social awareness films like ‘Earth’, ‘ruins’, ‘Paar’, ‘Godamdar’, from which they raised women’s issues. Shabana worked hard in her career and won her special place by winning the National Film Award five times. He also won the Filmfare Award several times. His hard work, understanding and depth of acting has given him a special place in the industry.

Made the biggest strength to hard work and principles
Shabana Azmi was married to famous lyricist and composer Javed Akhtar, who was already married. Javed Akhtar divorced his first wife and married Shabana in 1984. The pair is known for their unique love and maturity. However, Shabana did not get the pleasure of becoming a mother, but she never let it become disappointed in her life. There were many ups and downs in his family and personal life, but Shabana always trusted her principles and hard work.

His mother Shaukat Azmi’s autobiography has also revealed that Shabana tried suicide twice in childhood, which was a big struggle for her. But every time he handled himself and moved forward. It was the result of his strength and passion that today he is one of the most respected and inspiring actresses of Bollywood. In July 2023, Shabana Azmi was also seen in Karan Johar’s film ‘Rocky and Rani Ki Prem Kahani’.

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