Priyanka bags Phalke award for ‘7 Khoon Maaf’

Though the Priyanka Chopra-starrer ‘7 Khoon Maaf’ bombed at the box-office, the actress' performance in the film didn’t go unnoticed and fetched her the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards were conferred to the deserving luminaries on Tuesday, and Priyanka Chopra was one of the recipients; she bagged the Memorable Performance award for ‘7 Khoon Maaf’.

Bong beauty Rani Mukerjee received the Outstanding Performance in the Film award for her lead role in ‘No One Killed Jessica’. On receiving the award, the hottie said, "This is my first award for 'Jessica...' and that too this award. So I'm very happy."

Actor-turned-filmmaker Arbaaz Khan got the Debut Producer award for the 2010’s blockbuster movie ‘Dabangg’.

The legends at the awards
While the hard work of the young artists was appreciated at the event, the organisers of the award function didn’t forget to honor the legends of Indian cinema.

The ‘Yamla Paagla Deewana’ actor Dharmendra, who has been a legend in his prime age and has given Hindi cinema some of its memorable hits such as ‘Sholay’, was honored with the Phalke Ratan.

Yesteryear’s Bollywood queen Asha Parekh was presented with the Legendary Icon Cine award. Expressing her happiness, the actress said, "I felt really nice getting this award because this is an award from our industry. I'm very happy.”

Eminent veteran actor Dara Singh was conferred with the Senior Most Cine Artist award.

Phalke awards encouraged B-town’s Gen-X
Besides the senior biggies, B-town’s Gen-X was also encouraged with the awards.

Anushka Sharma got the Excellent Performance in the Film award for ‘Band Baaja Baarat’, whereas her co-star and newcomer Ranveer Singh won the Best Debut award.

‘Dabangg’ actress Sonakshi Sinha bagged the Best Debutant award for the film