Tollywood rejoices as Bãhubali wins 2016 National award

India's Largest Blockbuster' already thriving with records, added another feather to its cap. Bagging the Best Feature Film at the 63rd National Awards, Bahubali made history by becoming the first Telugu movie ever to win the honour. The movie also bagged the Best Special Effects award.

Meanwhile, Kanche bagged an award for the Best Telugu Film in the regional awards segment. Interestingly, Krish Jagarlamudi, who directed Kanche, congratulated the team of Bahubali before mentioning anything about his own movie. T-town celebrated the achievement with with congratulatory posts on social media.

Salman Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan which was written by KV Vijayendra Prasad, who also wrote Bahubali, was awarded the Best Popular Film award. However it was Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani that ruled the roost sweeping 4 awards — Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (both for Tanvi Azmi), Best Cinematography (Sudeep Chaterjee) Best Choreography (Remo D Souza for Deewani Mastani).

Amitabh Bacchan and Kangana Ranaut won the Best Actor and Actress awards for their performances in Piku and Tanu weds Manu respectively. Best Debut Director was awarded to the Hyderabad-based, Neeraj Ghaywan, for movie Masaan.

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