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Actress Kangana Ranaut collected her National Award today at a ceremony in New Delhi. The awards were handed out by President Pranab Mukherjee. ( Pics: Big Winners Kangana, who does not attend Bollywood award shows (and wasn't present to collect the Filmfare prize for Best Actress she won this year), looked ravishing in a mauve cut-out Bibhu Mohapatra dress with a cape.Kangana received the Rajat Kamal for Best Actress for her acclaimed performance in 2014's Queen while Kannada actor Vijay received the Rajat Kamal for Best Actor for Nanu Avanalla Avalu.Kangana, for whom this is the second National Award after her Best Supporting Actress win for 2008's Fashion, spoke to NDTV a few hours before she received the award. She said she was thrilled when she heard she'd won and revealed that she was in a very fulfilling phase of her life where everything seemed picture perfect. "I am very happy that there is pressure on me, I think I can deal with it," she said.Director Chaitanya Tamhane and actor-producer Vivek Gomber received the Swarn Kamal for Best Feature Film for Court.Vikas Bahl, who directed Kangana in Queen, collected the award for Best Hindi Film along with director Vikramaditya Motwane, who co-produced the film with Anurag Kashyap.Director Omung Kumar received the award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for Mary Kom. He had earlier told NDTV when the National Awards were announced, "It's the biggest high anyone could get. I'm top of the world, a dream come true, my first film and this honour is overwhelming."Director Vishal Bhardwaj, whose film Haider won in five categories, collected his awards for Best Dialogues and Music Direction. He told NDTV prior to the ceremony, "I am feeling extremely happy and elevated. I don't think any film has won five awards, it's a matter of honour for me."Singer Sukhwinder Singh, who collected the award for Best Male Playback Singer, gave a power-packed performance of Bismil from Haider. Singer Uttara Unnikrishanan, had the audience mesmerized with her soulful number Azhagu, from the Tamil film Saivam, which fetched her Best Playback Singing (Female).Haider fetched choreographer Sudesh Adhana the Best Choreography Award, while Dolly Ahluwalia received her award for Best Costume Design for the same film.Tamil actor Bobby Simha received the Rajat Kamal for Best Supporting Actor For Jigarthanda and actress Baljinder Kaur received the Swarn Kamal for Best Supporting Actress for the Haryanvi-language Pagdi The Honour.Dhanush received the National Award for producing the film Kaaka Muttai which won the Best Child Actor and Best Children's Movie.Chotushkone director and writer Srijit Mukherji received the Rajat Kamal for Best Original Screenplay.Actor Shashi Kapoor, 77 and unwell, was unable to travel to Delhi to collect the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. He will receive it in Mumbai on May 20. A special film on the actor was shown at the ceremony.The president also congratulated the actor. "My special congratulation is to Shri Shashi Kapoor. His contribution to cinema has been tremendous. He is a true living legend. He began his career as a child artist in the filmsand, and then we saw him as a flamboyant hero in many blockbuster films," he said.Actors Pallavi Joshi and Rajat Kapoor hosted the presentation ceremony.The National Awards were announced on March 24.Best Feature Film:Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & English)Best Popular Film for Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Mary KomIndira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director: Asha for Jaoar MajheSpecial Jury Award: Khwada (Marathi)Best Direction: Srijit Mukherji for Chotushkone (Bengali)Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut for QueenBest Actor: Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)Best Supporting Actor: Bobby Simhaa for Jigarthanda (Tamil)Best Supporting Actress: Baljinder Kaur for Pagdi The Honour (Haryanavi)Best Child Actor: Kaakkaa Muttai (Tamil)Best Female Playback Singer: Uttara Unnikrishanan for Azhagu, Saivam (Tamil)Best Costume Designer: Haider (Hindi) Dolly AhluwaliaBest Make-up Artist: Nangaraju & Raju for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)Best Cinematography: Chotushkone (Bengali)Best Editing: Vivek Harshan for Jigarthanda (Tamil)Best Production Design: Aparna Raina for Nachom - IA Kumpasar (Konkani)Best Screenplay Writer (Original): Srijit Mukherji for Chotushkone (Bengali)Best Screenplay Writer (Adapted) : Joshy Mangalath for Ottal (Malayalam)Best Dialogues: Vishal Bhardwaj for HaiderBest Lyrics: NA. Muthukumar for Azhagu, Saivam (Tamil)Best Music Direction Songs: HaiderBest Music Direction Background Score: Nineteen Eighty Three (Malayalam)Best Audiography - Location Sound Recordist: Mahaveer Sabbanwal for Khwada (Marathi)Best Audiography - Sound Designer: Anish John for Asha Jaoar Majhe (Bengali)Best Audiography - Re-recordist of the final mixed track: AnirbanSengupta & Dipankar Chaki for Nirbashito (Bengali)Best Choreography: Sudesh Bismil, HaiderBest Assamese Film: OthelloBest Bengali Film: NirbashitoBest Hindi Film: QueenBest Rabha Film: OrongBest Haryanvi Film: Pagdi The HonourBest Punjabi Film: Punjab 1984Best Tamil Film: Kuttram KadithalBest Telugu Film: Chandamama KathaluBest Malayalam Film: AinBest Marathi Film: KillaBest Odiya Film: Aadim VicharBest Kannada Film: HarivuBest Konkani Film:Nachom - IA KumpasarSpecial Mention: Killa (Marathi), Bhootnath Returns (Hindi), Ain(Malayalam), Nachom - IA Kumpasar (Konkani)Best Film on Environment Consevation/Preservation: Ottaal (Malayalam)Best Educational Film: Komal & Behind the Glass WallBest Exploration/ Adventure Film: Life Force - India's Western GhatsBest Investigative Film: Phum ShangBest Animation Film: Sound of JoyBest Short Fiction Film: MitraaBest Film on Social Issues: Chotoder ChobiBest Children's Film: Kaakkaa Muttai (Tamil) & Elizabeth Ekadashi (Marathi)Best Film Critic: Tanul ThakurBest Book on Cinema: Silent Cinema: (1895-1930)WatchKangana's Conversation With NDTV