National Film Awards 2019: Ayushmann, Vicky & Other Winners Receive Their Award! SEE PICS!

Akshay Kumar, Keerthy Suresh, Ayushmann Khurrana, Vicky Kaushal beam with joy as they receive their prize from Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu at 66th National Film Awards ceremony in Delhi.

New Delhi: The prestigious 66th National Film Awards took place in Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan today (23rd December). Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu gave away the awards to the winners in presence of Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar, and other senior dignitaries. The function witnessed film personalities being awarded for their outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema. Ayushmann Khurrana, Vicky Kaushal, Akshay Kumar & other Bollywood celebs attended the prestigious award ceremony. As announced earlier this year, Ayushmann Khurrana & Vicky Kaushal jointly won the Best Actor Award for their performances in much-acclaimed films 'AndhaDhun' and 'Uri: The Surgical Strike' respectively. Whereas, Keerthy Suresh received her Best Actress trophy for her performance in Telugu movie 'Mahanati'. 'Padman' was declared as the 'Best Film on Social Issues' and films' lead actor received the award at the prestigious ceremony. The winners were beaming with joy while receiving their award from ice President M Venkaiah Naidu. Take a look at the pictures below:

.@ayushmannk receives #RajatKamal for Best Actor for the movie #Andhadhun at #66NationalFilmAwards#66NFA #NFA2018 #NationalFilmAwards pic.twitter.com/Ld65YbKNRp

— MIB India (@MIB_India) December 23, 2019

.@vickykaushal09 receives #RajatKamal for Best Actor for the movie #Uri :The Surgical Strike at #66NationalFilmAwards#66NFA #NFA2018 #NationalFilmAwards pic.twitter.com/T2XSlsyFqb

— MIB India (@MIB_India) December 23, 2019

.@AdityaDharFilms receives #SwarnaKamal for Best Direction for the movie #Uri : The Surgical Strike at #66NationalFilmAwards#66NFA #NFA2018 #NationalFilmAwards pic.twitter.com/lw8ahv9UTO

— MIB India (@MIB_India) December 23, 2019

#Padman wins the #RajatKamal for Best Film on Social Issues at #66NationalFilmAwards.

Actor @akshaykumar receives the Award. #66NFA #NFA2018 #NationalFilmAwards pic.twitter.com/JOnazcRTDK — MIB India (@MIB_India) December 23, 2019

#BadhaaiHo wins #SwarnaKamal for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at #66NationalFilmAwards @iAmitRSharma receives the Award.#66NFA #NFA2018 #NationalFilmAwards pic.twitter.com/rZ1MUpMSmI

— MIB India (@MIB_India) December 23, 2019

.@KeerthyOfficial receives #RajatKamal for Best Actress for the movie #Mahanati at #66NationalFilmAwards#66NFA #NFA2018 #NationalFilmAwards pic.twitter.com/BAN0Hw2QX7

— MIB India (@MIB_India) December 23, 2019

Surekha Sikri receives #RajatKamal for Best Supporting Actress for the movie #BadhaaiHo at #66NationalFilmAwards#66NFA #NFA2018 pic.twitter.com/9VVjT1t3CN

— MIB India (@MIB_India) December 23, 2019

Talha Arshad Reshi receives #RajatKamal for Best Child Actor for the movie #Hamid at #66NationalFilmAwards#66NFA #NFA2018 pic.twitter.com/ZjCmXFAP0a

— MIB India (@MIB_India) December 23, 2019

Swanand Kirkire receives #RajatKamal for Best Supporting Actor for the movie #Chumbak at #66NationalFilmAwards#66NFA #NFA2018 pic.twitter.com/FTIU5xZk0i

— MIB India (@MIB_India) December 23, 2019

WATCH NOW -@akshaykumar & @vickykaushal09 at the presentation Ceremony of 66th #NationalFilmAwards on @DDNational & Live-Stream on https://t.co/b0Smw4qVSs pic.twitter.com/fMx8WtAU2y

— Doordarshan National (@DDNational) December 23, 2019

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan too was expected to attend the ceremony as he was declared as the winner of 50th Dadasaheb Phalke Award which is Indian cinema's biggest honour. However, the veteran actor yesterday (22nd December) took to his social media account and shared that he'll not be able to attend the ceremony as he's suffering from fever and needs rest. Earlier, it was was announced that Gujarati film 'Hellaro' won Best Feature Film Award. 'Badhaai Ho' bagged award for Best Popular Film and veteran actress Surekha Sikri was declared as the winner of Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the same film. Aditya Dhar won Best Director Award for 'Uri: The Surgical Strike' whereas Priyanka Chopra produced Marathi movie 'Paani' won the award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/ Preservation. Heartiest congratulations to all all the winners. (With inputs from ANI)