Yesterday, The 64th National Film Awards were announced by Government of India. Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu starrer the courtroom drama Pink has won the National Award in the Best Film on Social Issues category.

The film also starred Kirti Kulhari, Angad Bedi, Andrea Tariang, Piyush Mishra and Dhritiman Chatterjee in the lead roles.

Taapsee on Pink's big win said, "I always believed this film has a potential to bag all possible recognition on this planet and I am happy the National Award jury validated my belief. A beautiful team effort that gets applauded. This film shall forever be etched in my memories. As an artist it escalated me to greater heights and as a person it helped me strengthen my belief in my judgement."

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