The 54th National Film Awards will be presented by The Honorable President of India, Prathiba Patil on September 2.

Priyamani - National Award winner for Best Actress 

Dada Saheb Phalke award, one of the high-status awards, will be presented to the renowned Bengali film-maker Tapan Sinha.

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• Best Actor award has gone to Soumitra Chatterjee for Bengali film “Podokkhep”.
• Best actress award has gone to Priyamani for her role in Tamil film ” Paruthi Veeran”.
• Priyanandan’s Malayalam film Pulijanmam bagged the award for the Best Film.
• Best film Director for the year 2006 has gone to Madhur Bhandarkar for Hindi film “Traffic Signal”.
• Best Hindi Film went to debutant director Dibakar Bannerjee’s hit film Khosla Ka Ghosla.
• “Lage Raho Munna Bhai” has bagged the National Award for best popular film.

India’s Vanisha Mittal, Isha Ambani and Pia Singh, daughters of Billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, Mukesh Ambani and K P Singh have grabbed the top 3 rankings in the forbes World’s Billionaire Heiresses.

Isha Ambani, 16 year old daughter of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani, is the youngest of the top ten billionaire heiresses ranked by Forbes.

Mukesh Ambani with daughter  Isha Ambani( Image Courtesy - NYT)

Vanisha Mittal Bhatia, the richest heiress in the world, is also the daughter of Lakshmi Mittal, whose empire is valued at $45 billion. She is a graduate of the European Business School and sits on Mittal Steel’s board of directors.

The World’s Billionaire Heiresses

1. Vanisha Mittal Bhatia, India
   Daughter of Lakshmi Mittal, $45 billion
2. Isha Ambani,India
   Daughter of Mukesh Ambani, $43 billion
3. Pia Singh, India
   Daughter of K.P. Singh, $30 billion
4. Delphine Arnault-Gancia, France
   Daughter of Bernard Arnault, $25.5 billion

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The Dark Knight, a sequel to 2005’s Batman Begins has become the second movie in history to gross over $500 million at the box office, Associated Press reported.

Heath Ledger as the Clown in “The Dark Knight”

The Batman sequal The Dark Knight raised total of $502.4 million in just over six weeks - half the time it took Titanic. The Dark Knight became the second movie in in Hollywood history to top half-billion mark ($500 million).

“Titanic” the biggest modern blockbuster which released in 1997 , remains No. 1 on the domestic charts with $600.8 million, AP reported. Titanic is a romance film directed by James Cameron, features Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, and Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater.

To this day Titanic retains the record as the most successful box office film in history.

Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger starring The Dark Knight is distributed by Warner Bros.

Here are the dazzlingly beautiful Kingfisher Air Hostess photos.

Critically acclaimed South Indian director Bharathiraja’s daughter Janani Ishwarya is getting married to Rajkumar Thambiraja in Malaysia today(Sep 1st). Marriage is talking place at Crown Plaza Muthiayara Hotel in Malaysia.

Pic - Bharathiraja Daughter Janani Ishwarya Engagement

Bharathiraja son Manoj married actress Nandana.  Betrothal for Janani happened in March.

Superstar Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, Ilayaraja,Gangaiamaran,Vairamuthu,S.P.Balasubramanian and Eminent south indian film personalities are expected to attend the marrige.