Actor-producer Riteish Deshmukh is elated about receiving his first National Award for his second production venture `Yellow` and he has dedicated it to his late father Vilasrao Deshmukh.

Riteish's second Marathi venture `Yellow` won the Special Jury and Special Mention awards at the 61st National Film Awards. He received the honour from President Pranab Mukherjee May 3 at the 61st National Film Awards ceremony here.

`My first National Award. This one is for my father. He would have been proud and said with a smile, 'Well done beta',` tweeted the son of the late minister.


The `Grand Masti` star made his Bollywood acting debut with `Tujhe Meri Kasam` in 2003. It also helped him find his soul mate in his co-star Genelia D'Souza, with whom he tied the knot in 2012.

Riteish turned a producer with `Balak Palak` in 2013.