Megastar Rajinikanth Honoured With the Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Workwise, Annaatthe is the upcoming movie featuring superstar Rajinikanth in the lead. Actresses Meena, Khushbu, Keerthy Suresh and Nayanthara will be seen as the female leads. The shooting of the film has seen several delays owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Also, some of the crew members had tested positive for COVID-19 due to which the shooting had to be stalled.
I&B Minister, Prakash Javadekar took to Twitter to make the announcement and thanked the jury for choosing Rajinikanth as the awardee for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
Check Javadekar's Tweet Below:
Happy to announce #Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2020 to one of the greatest actors in history of Indian cinema Rajnikant ji
His contribution as actor, producer and screenwriter has been iconic
I thank Jury @ashabhosle @SubhashGhai1 @Mohanlal@Shankar_Live #BiswajeetChatterjee pic.twitter.com/3OZgi7elxw
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) April 1, 2021
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