National Award: How much prize money will Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, and Vikrant Massey receive?

Winning a National Award is a big deal, bigger than any prize money. But the Government of India gives awards as well as some cash to artists and filmmakers. The biggest amount is given to the winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

New Delhi: The 71st National Film Awards have been announced. This time, many names were surprised, but the biggest surprise was Shah Rukh Khan's name from the film 'Jawan'. He will share the Best Actor award with Vikrant Massey. This is his first National Award in a career that has lasted over three decades. As soon as Shah Rukh's name was announced, he started getting congratulatory messages from people all over the country and even around the world. Many people are wondering, do all the winners of this award get prize money along with the award? Let's find out.

First, let's tell you who has been announced as winners this time.

Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant Massey will get the best actors awards. Rani Mukerji won the Best Actress Award for her role in the film 'Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway'. The Best Feature Film will go to '12th Fail', the Best Popular Film will be given to 'Wholesome', 'Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani', the Best Director will be Sudipto Sen for 'The Kerala Story', and the Best Screenplay will be Sai Rajesh Neelam for 'Baby'. Along with these, many other names have also been announced in various categories.

How many prizes will be given?

Winning a National Award is a big deal, bigger than any prize money. But the Government of India gives awards as well as some cash to artists and filmmakers. The biggest amount is given to the winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. This award includes a cash prize of 15 lakh rupees, a medal and a certificate. Next comes the Golden Lotus, whose winner gets 3 lakh rupees in cash. Then comes the Silver Lotus, with a cash prize of 2 lakh rupees.

How much money will Shah Rukh Khan get?

Stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Vikrant Massey and Rani Mukerji will receive the Rajat Kamal award. They will get a cash prize of 2 lakh rupees, along with a medal and a certificate.

The Rajat Kamal awards are given in the categories of Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Male Playback Singer and Best Female Playback Singer. Each of these comes with a cash prize of 2 lakh rupees.

The awards are given in the categories of Best Director, Best Feature Film, Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Best Children's Film. Each of these categories comes with a cash prize of 3 lakh rupees.