The 56th National Film Awards ceremony was high on the Bollywood quotient owing to the presence of celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and Farhan Akhtar. Indian President Pratibha Patil presented the awards.
Bollywood bagged 13 awards at the ceremony held in New Delhi on Friday.
Chopra wore a white thread-work sari to receive the Best Actress award for her role in Fashion, while Ranaut walked up the podium in a black salwar-kameez to take the Best Supporting Actress award for the same film.
Arjun Rampal, who attended the award ceremony with his wife, Mehr Jessia, looked suave in a black bandhgala suit when he received the award for Best Supporting Actor for Rock On!!. Farhan Akhtar's debut movie as an actor received the Best Film award.
Chopra, after receiving the award for her role in Madhur Bhandarkar's film, said: "It feels great. It feels amazing. I just can't believe myself."
Ranaut said: "I feel great. It's absolutely amazing to be a part of it. I am so amazed."
"When we made Rock On!!, we were just hoping people like our belief and they did," Rampal said. "With this award, it feels all our efforts have come back to us. Being chosen for it by the awards jury feels I'm worthy enough for the award. It feels great."
