Southern cinema sweeps 83rd National Awards

New Delhi, May 19 (PTI) Malayalam film ''Adaminte Makan Abu'' (Abu, son of Adam), a simple yet evocative narrative of a man''s pursuit of religion, was adjudged the best feature film and it''s star Salim Kumar shared the best actor honour with Tamil star Dhanush in a clean sweep for Southern cinema at the 83rd National Film Awards. In the awards announced on Thursday, Bollywood was pushed to the background this year with the Salman Khan starrer ''Dabangg'' and Naseeruddin Shah-Vidya Balan starrer ''Ishqiya'' being the only two films to pick up awards in prominent categories. ...