Dadasaheb Award on March 19
New Delhi ,THE DADAsaheb Phalke Award for the year 2008 will be awarded to ace cinematographer V.K. Murthy.
The award will be presented by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil in the capital on March 19 during the 56th National Film Awards ceremony. The cinematographer’s name for the prestigious award was announced on January 19.
Anirudh Roy Choudhury will receive the Swarna Kamal Medal and a cash prize of Rs 2.50 lakh for direction of film Antaheen (Bengali).
Director Neeraj Pandey and Ronnie Screwwala of UTV Motion Picture will receive the Swarna Kamal Medal and a cash prize of Rs 1.25 lakh for the best first film category for the movie A Wednesday. Director Dibakar Banerjee will also receive Swarna Kamal Medal and a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh for best popular film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye.
The best actor award will be given to Upendra Limaye for Jogva.
Age Correspondent
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Peter Graves dies of heart attack at 83
Los Angeles: Peter Graves, whose calm and intelligent demeanour was a good fit for the intrigue of Mission: Impossible as well as the satire of the Airplane films, has died. Graves passed away on Sunday just a few days before his 84th birthday outside his home in Los Angeles, publicist Sandy Brokaw said.
Graves was returning from brunch with his wife of nearly 60 years and his family when he had what Graves’ doctor believed was a heart attack, Brokaw said. Graves first gained the attention of many baby boomers with the 1950s TV series Fury, but remained best known for the role of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in TV’s Mission: Impossible.
Normally cast as a hero, he turned in an unforgettable performance early in his career as the treacherous Nazi spy in Billy Wilder’s 1953 prisoner-of-war Stalag 17. —AP
The award will be presented by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil in the capital on March 19 during the 56th National Film Awards ceremony. The cinematographer’s name for the prestigious award was announced on January 19.
Anirudh Roy Choudhury will receive the Swarna Kamal Medal and a cash prize of Rs 2.50 lakh for direction of film Antaheen (Bengali).
Director Neeraj Pandey and Ronnie Screwwala of UTV Motion Picture will receive the Swarna Kamal Medal and a cash prize of Rs 1.25 lakh for the best first film category for the movie A Wednesday. Director Dibakar Banerjee will also receive Swarna Kamal Medal and a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh for best popular film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye.
The best actor award will be given to Upendra Limaye for Jogva.
Age Correspondent
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Peter Graves dies of heart attack at 83
Los Angeles: Peter Graves, whose calm and intelligent demeanour was a good fit for the intrigue of Mission: Impossible as well as the satire of the Airplane films, has died. Graves passed away on Sunday just a few days before his 84th birthday outside his home in Los Angeles, publicist Sandy Brokaw said.
Graves was returning from brunch with his wife of nearly 60 years and his family when he had what Graves’ doctor believed was a heart attack, Brokaw said. Graves first gained the attention of many baby boomers with the 1950s TV series Fury, but remained best known for the role of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in TV’s Mission: Impossible.
Normally cast as a hero, he turned in an unforgettable performance early in his career as the treacherous Nazi spy in Billy Wilder’s 1953 prisoner-of-war Stalag 17. —AP
