The stars that shone at the National Awards

The winners at the 56^th National Award were stunned and so was the audience,not to mean that we weren't happy. Bollywood movies that triumphed at the Awards were Madhur Bhandarkar's Fashion and Farhan Akhtar's Rock On,directed by Abhishek Kapoor.

The surprise package Kangana Renaut won the prestigious National Award for the her performance as the best supporting actress in the film Fashion while Priyanka Chopra bagged the Best actress award for her role in the same film.

Kangna's parents had tears in their eyes when they heard the news and the atmosphere of celebration soon caught up in Himachal where her family lives.Kangna,however was in a jocular mood and said that now when she has received the highest cultural Award,the next thing to do seemed to be packing her bags and going back to her parents !The actress congratulated Piggy Chops via text message conveying her happiness for both of them.

Equally excited was Arjun Rampal's family.The actor had no idea that he had won the award for his performance in Rock On until the executive producer of his upcoming movie Stepmom called him and asked him to turn on the TV.He further adds that winning this award is a dream come true and it also means that now he has to further up his performance since everything he does now will be compared to Rock On.

Farhan Akhtar whose film won the Award for the Best Hindi Film,was surprised at the heights it had reached.He says that he had put the film behind him and was concentrating on his upcoming film Karthik Calling Karthik,his sequel to Don and his sister Zoya's next film.Farhan praised Rock On director Abhishek Kapoor and actor Arjun Rampal.

“Incidentally, debut films are lucky for me. I made my directorial debut with Dil Chahta Hai and my acting debut in Rock On.” he adds