National Film Awards are bestowed by Govt. of India. The President of India presents the awards. Filmfare Awards are also considered prominent and prestigious awards, instituted by the leading publication house of India; The Times of India Group.
National Film Awards was created in 1954.
32 National Film Awards.
The Filmfare Awards are presented annually to honour artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were first introduced in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards. They were initially referred to as the Clare Awards after the editor of The Times of India, Clare Mendonca. A dual voting system was developed in 1956. Under this system, "in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are decided by a panel appointed by Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted for by both the public and a committee of experts." The Filmfare Awards have been often referred to as Hindi film industry's equivalent to the Oscars.
The cast of 50th National Film Awards - 2003 includes: Ajay Devgn as Himself (Best Actor) Abdul Kalam as Himself (President of India) Aparna Sen as Herself (Best Director)
Salman Khan was named the best Actor. The occasion was National Film Awards. It was the 57th edition of the awards.
which Hindi comedian won most national awards
The most prestigious awards are National Film Award and Filmfare Award.
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It is Bollywood.
Shabana Azmi has received the National Film Award for Best Actress five times: 1975 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Ankur 1983 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Arth 1984 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Khandhar 1985 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Paar 1999 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Godmother
National Film Development Corporation of India was created in 1975.