National Film Award 2012 ceremony today

The government will present National Film Award-2012 to 23 noted film artistes and technicians in 24 categories for their outstanding contributions.

Among the recipients of the 2012 National Film Award late author Humayun Ahmed's Ghetuputra Kamola clinched awards in three categories: Best Direction, Best Screenplay, and Best Story. Shakib Khan received awards for Best Actor for his movie Khodar Pore Ma and Joya Ahsan received the national award for Best Actress for her tremendous acting in the movie Chorabali. The best movie was Uttorer Sur while Khalil Ullah Khan got Lifetime Achievement award.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand out the awards at a function at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city at 4:00pm on Saturday, an official release said on.

Information minister Hasanul Haq Inu will preside over the function while chairman of parliamentary standing committee on information ministry AKM Rahmatullah will attend as the special guest.