National Awards: Kangana Wins Best Actress, Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider Wins In 5 Categories

NEW DELHI: Kangana Ranaut won the best actress award for her endearing performance in Queen while Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider  walked away with five honours at the 62nd National Film Awards, announced on 24th March.

The top prize went to Chaitanya Tamhane's multilingual independent drama Court which was declared the best feature film while best director and actor honours went to Bengali and Kannada films, respectively.

Court, which focuses on the flaws in the Indian judicial system, has been winning critical acclaim nationally and internationally. The award is expected to give a major boost to the movie ahead of its theatrical release on 17 April.

"This award is a sign of encouragement and assurance that you can follow your heart and not necessarily compromise on your vision," Tamhane told PTI.

Ranaut, 28, who celebrated her birthday yesterday, won her career's second National award in the movie about a girl, who goes on a foreign honeymoon alone after being dumped by her fiance. Her earlier win as best supporting actress was for Fashion in 2010.

The Vikas Bahl-directed coming-of-age film was also named the best Hindi feature film.

Shahid Kapoor-starrer Haider, a Kashmir-set modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet, won five awards. Its helmer Vishal Bhardwaj was named the best music director but lost out the best director award to Bengali filmmaker Srijit Mukherji (Chotushkone).

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