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Anant Nag has been honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest film award, for his contributions to cinema. The ceremony took place in Kevadia, Gujarat, where he became the second Kannada actor to receive the recognition.
The 72nd National Film Awards moved to Gujarat, with President Droupadi Murmu handing out honors. Mammootty and Kartik Aaryan split the Best Actor award, Yami Gautam took Best Actress for Article 370, and veteran Anant Nag received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
The 72nd National Film Awards moved to Gujarat, where President Droupadi Murmu presented the Dadasaheb Phalke Award to Anant Nag. Malayalam singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi and director Fasil Mohammed were among the regional winners.
For the first time in its history, the National Film Awards ceremony has moved out of Delhi, landing at Ekta Nagar in Gujarat with President Murmu presiding and Anant Nag receiving the Dadasaheb Phalke honour.
Anant Nag will collect the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024 at the 72nd National Film Awards on September 22, recognising five decades of work spanning parallel cinema, commercial hits and television.
Anant Nag will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024 at the National Film Awards ceremony in Gujarat on September 22, making him only the second Kannada actor to win it after Dr Rajkumar in 1995.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Anant Nag's five-decade career after the Kannada actor was named for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2024, ahead of the September 22 ceremony in Gujarat.
Anant Nag, star of Hamsageethe, Ankur and Manthan, has been named this year's Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient, the government announced Wednesday, months after he was also named a Padma awardee from Karnataka.