President Droupadi Murmu gave away the National Film Awards for the year 2020 under various categories at 68th edition of the ceremony on Friday.
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was conferred on veteran actor Asha Parekh, an accomplished Indian classical dancer who has also been a director and producer. Speaking on the occasion, the President said the award to Ms. Parekh was a recognition of women empowerment.
Ms. Murmu said films had the widest impact among all the art forms and were a medium for an artistic expression of our value system. “Cinema was an effective tool for nation building as well. As the nation celebrated “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, feature and non-feature films related to the life stories of freedom fighters, known and unknown, would be welcomed by the Indian audience,” she said.
