Kriti Sanon Alia Bhatt bag National Award for Best Actress for Mimi and Gangubai Kathiawadi respectively.
Kriti Sanon Alia Bhatt bag National Award for Best Actress for Mimi and Gangubai Kathiawadi respectively.
Both Kriti and Alia exchanged a note of appreciation on social media.
In a recent interview, Kriti Sanon opened up that she called up Alia following the announcement of the prestigious National Award and had a hearty chat. As per Kriti said, she has always been admiring Alia as an actress. She was phenomenal in Gangubai Kathiawadi. Both she and Alia played the title role in their respective films. She feels it a moment of pride to share this prestigious award with her! For both Kriti and Alia joy knew no bounds on bagging the award.
Notedly, Pankaj Tripathi, who was part of Mimi, was also honoured with the National Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his act.
Speaking about him, Kriti shared her excitement over Pankaj ji also bagging the prestigious award for Mimi too. She alled him up and and both spoke at length. Pankaj is presently travelling to his home town. Kriti ahares great regard for him and for her he is one of her most favourite co-stars and truly wishes and prays for the best for him. She feels happy that he’s receiving all the love and validation he truly deserves.
Revealing how she was in a meeting when she got the news of her win, Kriti mentioned that she realised it when her phone started buzzing, and she had to excuse herself from the meeting.
She couldn’t control her joyousness on knowing that she has won the prestigious award that she ran down to hug her parents. Everyone in the family turned emotional as she felt it was a huge deal. This will always be an extremely special moment in her life. She was just at home with her family and some close friends. To celebrate the occasion, they ordered pizzas. The plan was to just take in the moment properly with the biggest of her support systems around her.
Kriti further reiterates that winning the National Award hasn’t really sunk in yet, and it feels surreal.
According to the 33-year-old said, she is just processing the win still. She just cannot express the feeling even now. It’s definitely an achievement that one can only dream of. When you’re on the set, you only think about giving your best, for every film, for every character. She has a diary where she writes her dreams and goals and yes this was definitely in there.”
On the work front she will next be seen in ‘Ganapath: Part One’, ‘Do Patti’ and ‘The Crew’.
News Edit K.V.Raman
