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Bollywood today hailed the megastar Amitabh Bachchan for bagging the National Award for the Best Actor saying he deserved it the most, even as the actor expressed happiness for bagging the honour for the fourth time.
Bachchan had been nominated as the best actor for his portrayal of a progeria hit 12-year-old boy in R Balki's movie Paa.
Even as the Big B himself expressed happiness for bagging the National Award for the fourth time saying that his role in Paa was the most challenging for him, the film fraternity said the 67-year-old legend deserved the award the most.
Bachchan said he was happy for everyone associated with the film especially the director R Balki.
Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar said the honour for Big B was "most deserving" while actress Bipasha Basu described it as the "most deserving National Award for Paa."
Shilpa Shetty said the award was well deserved and added, "Bachchan does not need an award to reiterate his greatness as an actor."
Abhishek Bachchan, who played the role of Big B's father and was also producer of the movie tweeted, "I am a very proud father today. My son has just won national award for his performance in Paa."
Abhishek's Delhi-based sister Shweta Nanda wrote on her twitter page,"Emotional and very proud sister as my brother has won his first National Award for Paa."
