Tamil actor Prakash Raaj beat off competition from Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan to bag the Best Actor award for his role in 'Kanchivaram', which depicts the lives of silk weavers of Kanchipuram during the pre-Independence era.
Raaj had earlier won the Best Supporting Actor award for his 'Iruvar' in 1998 and also a special Jury Award in 2003.
Veteran filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan has got the Best Director's award for his film 'Naalu Pennungal'. This will be his seventh national award.
He was named among the host of other winners of the National Film Awards announced for the year 2007 by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting here Monday. PTI |