New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Tamil film "Kanchivaram" won the best feature film award at the 55th National Film Awards 2007, while Adoor Gopalakrishnan got the best director award for Malayalam film "Naalu Pennungal" at a glittering ceremony here Wednesday evening.

Prakash Raj got the best actor for his performance in "Kanchivaram" and Uma Shri was given best actress award for her role in "Gulabi Talkies" in Kannada.

"I am very excited. It's the biggest award of the country which has the second highest population in the world. I am on a high," Shailendra Singh, joint managing director of Perfect Picture Company (PPC) that produced "Kanchivaram", told IANS.

President Pratibha Patil presented the National Film Awards for 2007.

Legendary singer Manna Dey was conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2007 at the event.

"It's a really great feeling. Getting an award is no child's play. I have been singing for the last 60 years and with this appreciation, all my work has been paid off," he said.

Lyricist Prasoon Joshi received the best lyricist award for the song "Maa" from "Taare Zameen Par", and Shankar Mahadevan got the award for the best male playback singer for the same number and also performed it.

"It's a very different feeling than other awards... There's no razzmatazz. It was a lovely feeling. I am suddenly feeling very nationalistic after the award," said Prasoon.

Added Mahadevan: "It is amazing... this is, in fact, for the first time that there has been a performance at the National Awards ceremony and I am the first one to do it. It feels too good."

Shimit Amin received the best film in overall entertainment award for Shah Rukh Khan starrer "Chak De! India", about a humiliated national-level hockey player who steers the women's team to international victory.