New Delhi sources reported that the coveted Dadasaheb Phalke Award which is the country's highest cinema honor was reserved for late actor Vinod Khanna, known for films like "Muqaddar Ka Sikandar", "The Burning Train" and "Amar, Akbar, Anthony". Meanwhile even the late Sridevi was given a posthumous Best Actress honor for her intense role as a mother in her last released film "Mom".
Moreover the winners' list has a good mix of Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali and Assamese films. Accordingly movies in the languages other than those specified in the VIII Schedule of the Constitution in the feature film categories were also awarded, the jury pointed out. Furthermore the award for the Best Jasari Film was given to "Sinjar", Best Tulu Film to "Paddayi" and the Best Ladakhi Film to "Walking with the Wind", which won two other honors.
Further Tollywood's filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli's magnum opus "Baahubali
2: The Conclusion" won the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome
Entertainment, apart from bagging the Best Special Effects honor. Moreover in
the music category, veteran K.J. Yesudas and Shashaa Tirupati won the best
playback singers, while J.M. Prahalad won in the best lyrics category for the
song "Muthuratna".
