
Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh will be getting this year's Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award for best actor. Singh won for his performance in "Padmaavat".
"We take immense pleasure to inform you that you have been finalised for The Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award 2018 for the memorable role for the Padmaavat," the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award committee wrote to Ranveer announcing the award.
Ranveer's portrayal of medieval Muslim ruler Alauddin Khilji in "Padmaavat"has received high praise from both critics and audiences who have unanimously credited him for giving Bollywood one of its most iconic villains of all time.
The 32-year-old actor, star of films like "Bajirao Mastani", "Ram-Leela", "Gunday" and "Band Baaja Baarat", also delivered outstanding box office collections and recorded his first ever 300 crore blockbuster with "Padmaavat".
Actress Anushka Sharma was earlier awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award for her success as a "pathbreakingproducer".
The Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards are not the same as the Dadsaheb Phalke Award given out by the Indian government.
(With inputs from ANI)