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Sridevi named Best Actress at National Film Awards posthumously

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Sridevi, who died mysteriously in a Dubai hotel in February, was on Friday named the Best Actress posthumously for her role as a vengeful mother in the Hindi film "Mom", directed by Ravi Udyawar.

The role of Sridevi in the film revolved around a mother who goes out to take revenge against the person who had exploited her step-daughter. The film has made many parents to be cautious in sending their daughters to parties in farmhouses.

National Film Awards 2017 have been anounced and here is the full list of other recipients:

Here’s the complete list of National Film Awards winners:

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – Sathamanam Bhavathi
Best stunt choreography – Peter Hein (Pulimurugan)
Best Children’s Film – Dhanak (Hindi)
Best Film on social issue – Pink
Best Direction – Rajesh (Ventilator)
Best Actor – Akhay Kumar (Rustom)
Best Actress – Surabhi Lakshmi (Minnaminungu)
Best Supporting Actress – Zaira Wasim (Dangal)
Best Child Artist – Adhish Praveen (Kunju Daivam), Saj (Noor Islam), Manohara (Railway Children)
Best Male Playback Singer – Sundara Iyer (Joker)
Best Female Playback Singer – Thume jaake
Best Screenplay (original) – Syam Pushkaran (Maheshinte Prathikaram)
Best Screenplay (adapted) – Sanjay Krishnaji patel (Dashakriya)
Best Editing – Rameshwar Ventilator
Sound designer – Jayadevan (Kaadu Pookunna Neram)
Best production design – 24
Best Costume Designer – Sachin (Marathi film)
Best Environmental film including agriculture – The Tiger who crossed the line
Best Make-up Artist – MK Ramakrishna
Best Music Direction – Babu Padmanabha (Kannada Lama)
Special Mention – Kadvi Hawa Mukthi bhava (Hindi)
Special Jury award – Mohanlal (Malayalam) for Pulimurugan, Janatha Garage and Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol

‘Shiddat’ not to be shelved, Madhuri Dixit to replace Sridevi, confirms daughter Janhvi

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Karan Johar, who is introducing Sridevi’s daughter Janhvi Kapoor in ‘Dhadak’ is not relenting on his next iconic film ‘Shiddat’ as many people have speculated that the iconic film will be shelved following the sudden demise of the star.

Initially planned to feature Sridevi in lead role, Karan wanted it to be a never-seen-before Sridevi film and was getting ready with paraphernalia but the untimely demise of Sridevi has set the plan off the course. The actor was found dead in a bathtub in a Dubai hotel room last month.

However, Karan has found an equally talented Madhuri Dixit, the Dhak Dhak girl to replace the Hawa Hawai girl, confirmed Sridevi’s daughter Janhvi, who is busy for her first magazine cover page shoot with ‘Vogue’ from March 20.

Janhvi’s Instagram post has gone viral that within minutes, it became the top searched string on Google India and widely-shared news on Facebook and Twitter.

Janhvi said the Kapoor family is happy that Madhuri Dixit Nene is replacing her late mother Sridevi in the film and also thanked her. "Abhishek Varman’s next film was very close to mom’s heart …Dad, Khushi and I are thankful to Madhuriji for now being a part of this beautiful film," she said.

‘Shiddat’ was originally planned with Sridevi and Sanjay Dutt, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt as the lead pairs, bringing in Abhishek Varman who had earlier directed films such as ‘Hasee Toh Phansi’, ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’ and ‘Badrinath Ki Dulhania’ as director.

‘Shiddat’ is a joint project by big brands such as Fox Star Studios and Dharma productions of Karan Johar. Besides, Sajid Nadiadwala is being roped in. Top fashion designer Manish Malhotra is tipped to be the costume designer, while the music director A.R. Rehman has reportedly been sounded.

‘Shocked and Hurt,’ Retorts Sridevi to Rajamouli’s Remarks on Bahubali Role

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The ongoing issue over Sridevi rejecting the role in Bahubali has reached its peak with director Rajamouli baring the facts in an interview to a daily that the veteran actress had asked for more fees among other demands.

“After hearing series of wishes from her, our team got fed up. We also thought that it would be above our budget to meet her demands. Then we approached Ramya Krishna and she proved herself fantastic and we now feel, we were lucky that we dropped the idea of having Sridevi in our film.”

The second part of the view that they were lucky to drop Sridevi must have irked any actor and the retort was equally strong. “I was shocked and hurt by his interview. Rajamouli is a calm and dignified person. I was very happy to work with him. But, the way he spoke about the issue made me feel very sad,” said the veteran actress who grew up in films from the age of 5 to 54, her current age.

Despite busy with the promotions of her upcoming film ‘Mom’, the actress confirmed that she did turn down the offer in Bahubali for her own reasons and not because of the remuneration.

“I would like to talk about this. It has become such a big issue and people are imagining things [as to why I have said no the film]. I have my own reasons. First of all two parts of Baahubali have come out, and now they are asking me. There are many films, I refused. Why are they not talking about it? Why only this film? I will go there and talk about it,” she told the Telugu news channel NTV.

On Rajamouli remarks, she said, “I don’t know if the producer wrongly told Rajamouli that I made all these demands but it is not in good taste to speak like this.”