In a glittering ceremony at the Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi held on October 21st, 2009 the President of India, Shri Pratibha Patil honored the national award winners by handing over the coveted awards. About 55 national awards were announced a few days ago and all of them were distributed on October 21st, 2009. singer Manna Dey was honored with the Dada Saheb Phalke award. Prakash Raj takes home the best actor award for his role in ‘Kanchivaram’. Prakash Raj gets the prestigious award for the second time, the first being for his role in Iruvar in a supporting role.
The winner of the best actor award, Prakash Raj, was present in person to receive the same. Producer Shailendra Singh and director Priyadarshan jointly received the award for the best film, Kanchivaram. The Kannada actress Uma Shree was honored with the best actress award.
The national team’s bowling and fielding coaches Prasad and Singh had faced heavy criticism over the team’s poor bowling and fielding, which saw India fail to make the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 in June and the Champions Trophy last month.
choreographer turned actor turned director will work in this one for Kalpathi Agoram’s AGS Entertainment. After his big Bollywood success through ‘Wanted’, Prabhu Deva who was expected to direct a Hindi film next has chosen Tamil. Sources had it that the official announcement of the project will be out soon.
The ‘Diwali’ fever has started waving around the Tamilnadu. Everyone can now get ready for the deals of buying new cloths and crackers and food items for their festival, it’s all about filmy mania that strikes them.
The ninth All-India Film Employees Federation Conference began amidst much fanfare in Chennai’s Trade Centre today (October 9th, 2009).
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Cricket World Cup 2011 Group on Wednesday after a Board meeting.