India, Sept. 17 -- Veteran actor Anant Nag has been announced as the recipient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Nag said he was "surprised" to learn that the Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi had tweeted about it and announced it on social media. "I was pleasantly surprised, to say the least. When people said that the Prime Minister had tweeted it; I was doubly happy."

Anant Nag, who is best known for his films such as Ankur (1974), Accident (1985), Beladingala Baale (1995) and Minchina Ota (1980), to name a few, mentioned that none of this would have been possible without the love and acceptance he has received from the people of Karnataka. "It is the soil and cultural atmosphere of Karnataka that made me feel very much at ...