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Kanjeevaram weaves magic at Indian National Film Awards

PALLAb BlLATTACHARYA, New Delhi
Prakash Raj, a character actor from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has beat off challenge from Bollywood ^perstars Shah Rukh Khan Wid Aamir Khan to bag the National Award for Best Film Actor for 2007.
However, the two Khans were not disappointed as Shah Rukh-starrer “Chak De! India" won the award for Best Overall Entertainer while Aamir's directorial debut "Taare Zameen Par” was adjudged the Best Family Welfare Film.
The Best Director's Award went to veteran Malayalam filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan for his “Naalu Pennungal". This is Adoor's seventh national award.
Ritupamo Ghosh-directed bilingual film “The Last Lear" starring Amitabh Bachchan among others brought the Best Supporting Actress Award for Shefali Shah.
Prakash Rai won the award
for his role in the Tamil language film "Kanjeevaram" which is the story of the destitute silk weavers who make the famous Kanjeevaram silk sarees but their womenfolk cannot afford to wear one.
"Kanjeevaram.” directed by Priyadarshan, also won the “Swarna Kamal” (Golden Lotus) award for the best feature film.
An elated Priyadarshan,
known more for Bollywood comedies like "Hungama," "Halchal," "Maalamai," "Bhagambhag" and "Bhulbhulaiya," reacted to the national award for "Kanjeevaram” saying it has proved that he can break from the commercial mould of Bollywood and do an offbeat film on a serious subject.
“The award means a lot to me as I have always been
tagged a commercial filmmaker," he said.
To Prakash Raj, the national award for best actor means a lot, as he has so far been known as a character actor. "Kanjeevaram gave me a tremendous opportunity to unlearn a lot of things and lookinward," theactorsaid.
The best actress trophy went to Umashree for her role in the Kannada film “Gulabi Talkies," directed by Girish Kasaravalli.
Shreya Ghosal won the best female playback singer award for her song in the Bollywood blockbuster "Jab We Met" and the same award in male category was bagged by Shankar Mahadevan for his song in “Taare Zameen Par".
The best supporting actor award went to Darshan Zariwala for his role as Mahatma Gandhi in the Feroz Abbas Khan-directed movie “Gandhi My Father," which also won the special jury award and the award for best screenplay.