Abhishek Bachchan couldn't be happier. The film Paa, which he produced under the family banner, has won the National Award. His father, superstar Amitabh Bachchan, played his son in the movie.

Abhishek tweets, "I'm a very proud father today!!!!! My son just won the national award for his performance in PAA!!!!!!" He adds, "But PAA has won 4 awards. And 1 for best Hindi film too. So guess I got 1 for producer! Yay!"

Yes, you do, Abhishek.. it's time to celebrate! And, cvelebrating, he is. He says, "PAA HAS WON 4 NATIONAL AWARDS!!! so excuse me for a while going off to do the monkey dance!!!!! Auro, auro, auro!!!!!!"

Congratulations have begun pouring in from the Bollywood fraternity. Says Ashish Chowdhry, "So well-deserved (Amitabh Bachchan)! The nation's best, most loved, most talented n most idolised man.The National award goes into perfect hands." Tweets Riteish Deshmukh, "Congrats, Mr Producer." Actress Shilpa Shetty exclaimed to Big B, "Well-deserved National Award, not that you need an award to reiterate your greatness as an actor!" Said designer Ana Singh, "Many congrats, my dearest Sir, the best for the best!"

Amitabh Bachchan completes a hat-trick as he wins his third Best Actor award at the 57th National Film Awards. He played a child suffering a rare disorder – progeria. Veteran actress Arundhati Nag too won the Best Supporting Actress Award for Paa.

- Timesofindia.com