Kangana Ranaut wins Best Actress Award for Panga and Manikarnika!

Bollywood star Kangana Ranaut has got the best birthday gift as she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for movies Panga and Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi. The 67th National Film Awards were pronounced today.

The awards were announced by the Directorate of Film Festivals, that comes under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, for the year 2019.

'Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi' is a period drama based on the life of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, who played a key role in India's first battle of independence against the British in 1857. In the movie, directed by Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi, Ranaut played the lead role of the 19th-century warrior queen.

The Queen star has managed to bag her 4th National Award.

Late Sushant Singh Rajput starrer Chhichhore wins Best Hindi Film Award!

As per media updates, the 67th National Film Awards were announced on Monday, March 22. Director Nitesh Tiwari’s 2019 release Chhichhore, starring Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma and Tahir Raj Bhasin has managed to leave a mark. Finally, the movie has managed to bag the award for Best Hindi film at the prestigious 67th National Film Awards.

For the information, the film marked the Sushant’s first association with Shraddha, Nitesh and the entire cast of the movie and had opened to rave reviews from the viewers and critics. Chhichhore was hyped to be a nostalgic journey of college and hostel days and came with a powerful message of treasuring life and not to give up under any circumstances. The Nitesh Tiwari directorial had won a lot of critical acclaim for his heart-touching storyline, direction and faultless act by the entire team.

Besides Chhicchhore, actors Kangana Ranaut and Manoj Bajpayee also managed to win the top laurels at the 67th National Film Awards this year. Kangana Ranaut has won the National Award for the Best Actress category for the movies Panga and Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi while Manoj Bajpayee bagged the Best Actor award for his stint in the movie Bhonsle.