The National Award

Irrfan Khan is elated by the belated National award for best actor for his performance in Paan Singh Tomar (PST). It’s the first National award in the actor’s distinguished career. Says Irrfan, “I thought I should have got it for <em>Haasil</em> which was my first film with Tigmanshu Dhulia. Then I thought I’d get it for Mira Nair’s <em>The Namesake</em>. So it has been a fairly lengthy time-span of disappointments.”