NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu presented the 71st National Film Awards in various categories in New Delhi on Tuesday. The President also conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2023 on the South superstar Mohanlal.

While addressing the gathering at the ceremony, the President congratulated all the award winners, as well as Mohanlal, who received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. She said that Mohanlal has effortlessly portrayed the softest of the soft and the harshest of the harsh emotions, creating an image of the ‘Complete Actor’.

The President emphasised that the cinema is not just an industry; it is also a powerful medium for raising awareness in society and the nation and making citizens more sensitive. She said that popularity may be a good thing for a film, but being in t

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