Sonakshi Sinha Anushka Rani and Priyanka Dadasaheb Phalke Awards 2011

The event was attended by Rani Mukherjee, Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma, Sonakshi Sinha, Rekha and Asha Parekh, among others. However, Aamir Khan, who was supposed to attend the show, decided to skip it.

Dharmendra was bestowed with the Phalke Ratan, Asha Parekh received the legendary icon cine artist award, Rani got outstanding performance in the film award for "No One Killed Jessica" and Priyanka received memorable performance award for "Saat Khoon Maaf".

"I felt really nice getting this award because this is an award from our industry. I'm very happy, " Asha Parekh told reporters here.

Echoing a similar stance, Rani said: "This is my first award for ' Jessica... ' and that too this award. So I'm very happy."

Anushka was honoured for the excellent performance in the film "Band Baaja Baarat" and her co-actor of the film got the best debut award.