mannemel@mozart.cs.colostate.edu (devakumar mannemela) (04/26/91)
Source: THE HINDU dated Apri 8th '91
Telugu cinema's doyen Akkineni Nageswara Rao has bagged the Dada
Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to film industry and
Hindi matinee idol Amitabh Bachan gets the best actor award for the film
"Agneepath" in the 38th national film awards for 1990.
Nageswara Rao joins a select band of artistes who include
Prithviraj Kapoor , V.Shantaram , Ashok Kumar , Raj Kapoor and Lata Mangeshkar.
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The Awards
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Best Feature Film -- "Maruppakkam" (Tamil,Directed by K.S.Sethumadhavan)
Second Best Film -- "Ek Doctor ki Mauth"(Hindi , Tapan Sinha)
Best First Film of a Director -- "Perumthachan"( Malayalam , Ajayan)
Best Popular Film -- "Ghayal"( Hindi, Raj Kumar Santoshi)
Best Director -- Tapan Sinha
Best Actor -- Amitabh Bachchan
Best Actress -- Vijaya Shanthi ( for her performance in
the telugu movie "Karthavyam")
Best Supporting Actor -- Nedumudi Venu
Best Supporting Actress -- KPAC Lalitha
Best Child artistes -- Shruti , Tarun and Shamili ("Anjali")
Best Male Singer -- M.G.Shreekumar
Best Female Singer -- Lata Mangeshkar
Best Cinematography -- Santosh Siven
Best Screen-play -- K.S.Sethumadhavan
Best Editing -- M.S.Mani
Best Music Director -- Hridayanath Mangeshkar
Special Jury Awards :
Pankaj kapoor
Sunny Deol
Jaya Bharathy
Best Feature Films in Regional Languages :
Assamese : "Jooj" (Directed by Hemen Das)
Bengali : "Atmaja"( Nabyendu Chatterjee)
Hindi : "Drishti"( Govind Nihalani)
Kannada : " Muthina Haara" ( S.V.Rajendra Singh)
Malayalam : " Vasthuhara" ( G.Aravindan)
Tamil : "Anjali" ( Mani Rathnam)
Telugu : " Matti Manushulu" ( B.Narsing Rao)
Manipuri : " Ishanou" ( A.S.Sharma)