Superstar Amitabh Bachchan and Bollywood’s queen Kangana Ranaut received their National awards this morning from President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Amitabh received the 63rd National award for his role as an ill father in Piku and Kangana received it for her double role in blockbuster comedy sequel Tanu weds Manu returns.
This is Big B’s fourth National award; he won the honor earlier for Agneepath, Black and Paa.
Jaya Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan attended the ceremony to support Amitabh Bachchan.
This year’s National award would be a third for Kangana as she won her first award for Fashion and second for Queen.