Naidu to give away 2019 National Awards, Dadasaheb Phalke honour to Amitabh Bachchan

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu will present National Film Awards to winners on Monday. annual National Film Awards ceremony will be held at Vigyan Bhawan where megastar Amitabh Bachchan will also receive Dasaheb Phalke award. 
Union Minister for Information & Brocasting Prakash Javekar will be attending ceremony, a press release said.

Tritionally, National Awards are handed out to winners by President of India. According to sources, President Ram Nath Kovind will host a high tea for winners later. In 2018, President Kovind h presented only a handful few sets of awards during ceremony which was divided into two phases.

first set of awards were conferred by Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, while President presented second lot. winners of 66th National Film Awards were anunced in August this year with Gujarati film "Hellaro" bagging Best Film hour.

Vicky Kaushal and Ayushmann Khuranna jointly won Best Actor trophy for ir performances in "Uri: Surgical Strike" and "Andhhun", respectively. Keerthy Suresh won Best Actress award for her role in Telugu movie "Mahanati". itya Dhar of "Uri" won Best Director award.