New Delhi: Actor Kriti Sanon, who was conferred with the Best Actress National Award for her role in Mimi on Tuesday in New Delhi, took to Instagram and shared a few pictures with her fellow winners including Alia Bhatt and Allu Arjun.
Kriti shared pictures with Alia Bhatt, Allu Arjun, Pankaj Tripathi, Shreya Ghoshal and Karan Johar. Posting the pictures on Instagram, she wrote, “Happy faces sharing a proud moment together @alluarjunonline @aliaabhatt @pankajtripathi @karanjohar @shreyaghoshal @thisisdsp.”
The Mimi actor also posted pictures with her parents and wrote, “The feeling is not easy to describe in words. Today will be one of the most memorable days of my life! 🧿❤️🙏🏻Missed you @nupursanon #NationalAward #BestActress #Mimi”
After winning the award, expressing gratitude over her win Kriti told the media, “Just very very overwhelmed. I feel very blessed & grateful. It was a very special moment, especially for Mimi & also my parents were here watching me. I don’t think I’ve felt this before.”
Earlier on the red carpet, Kriti said that winning the honour within the first decade of her career is a big achievement.
"To win a National Award within the first decade (of your career) is a very big thing. I am really fortunate and blessed that I got an opportunity like Mimi. Sometimes you do not get to play such a layered character easily. I am really blessed and fortunate that my director and producer felt that I could do it,” she said.
Meanwhile, actor Allu Arjun, who became the first Telugu actor to win the Best Actor National Award for ‘Pushpa: The Rise’, also posted pictures from the ceremony.
The actor took to Instagram and shared pictures with veteran actor Waheeda Rehman, Alia Bhatt, and Kriti Sanon. He wrote along with the pictures, “It was a life time experience to witness Shri Waheeda Rehman ji win the Dadasaheb phalke award . More than 6 decades of career in films . Truly inspiring . It was a absolute pleasure to see dear @aliaabhatt win this award . Iconic performance for an iconic film . Truly deserving and many more …. It’s was a pleasure having the company of dear @kritisanon . A well deserved award for a league jumper performance. What a lovely lady … wishing her more in this journey… and hopefully a movie together soon.”
On winning the award Arjun said at the red carpet, "I am extremely happy that I am receiving this award. It's a double achievement for me to receive it for a commercial film."