Rajini, Dhanush win big awards; Proud Daughter, Wife Aishwarya thrilled

Proud Daughter and Proud Wife – Rajinikanth daughter and wife of Dhanush Says after the duo won the prestigious award

On Monday evening, Rajinikanth’s daughter and Dhanush’s wife, director-singer Aishwarya, posted two photos of the actors and wrote: “They are mine … and this is history #prouddaughter #proudwife.” The first photo below features Rajini and Dhanush holding their respective prizes while the second one shows the stars happily posing with “proud” Aishwarya.

Rajinikanth with son-in-law Dhanush. (Image courtesy: aishwaryaa_r_dhanush)

See Aishwarya’s post here:

Rajinikanth received his Dadasaheb Phalke Award from Vice President Venkaiah Naidu at New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan today. He dedicated to his old bus driver friend, late filmmaker K Balachander, who directed Rajinikanth’s first film Apoorva Raagangal, his brother Sathyanarayana Rao and his “directors, producers, theatre owners, technicians and fans.”

Dhanush received the Best Actor award for his performance in Asuran. He shared the award with Manoj Bajpayee, who won it for Bhonsle.

Dhanush also posted a photo of his award on Twitter and dedicated it to his fans. “To my fans,” he wrote with heart icons.

To my fans pic.twitter.com/USEEJLRGFR

 

Dhanush received the award for Asuran. (Courtesy: Doordarshan)

Dhanush now has four National Awards on his resume.

Earlier on Monday, Aishwarya shared a photo with her son Yathra from their hotel in Delhi and wrote: “Swag son ever! #yathradhanush. Love of my life! #delhitimes.”

Rajinikanth’s Dadasaheb Phalke Award and the National Awards were announced earlier this year. The awards were handed out to awardees by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu. Kangana Ranaut won the Best Actress award for Manikarnika (2019) and Panga (2020).