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Apart from Sridevi, ‘Baahubali’ bagged three trophies. ‘Newton’ won Best Film in the National Awards 2018.
The winners for National Awards for the year 2017 were announced on Friday. And fans of Sridevi were nostalgic and proud again when she was named as Best Actress for Mom, which was her last film.
But filmmaker Shekhar Kapur who was the head of the jury, was against Sridevi winning the award.
Yes, when the ace director announced Sridevi's name, he said,
"The best actress is Sridevi for 'Mom' and I promise you it is not my relationship with her. Every morning when I came here, I would ask everyone to vote once again. I would look at all the actors, talk about them and I would say, 'there should be not Sridevi, not Sridevi'! We used take a vote and it always came back to Sridevi. It was me who fought that it shouldn't be Sridevi. We are all emotionally involved with Sridevi. I used to say, 'don't give her an award because she died, it is unfair on the other girls. They have also worked hard for 10-12 years, they too have a career."
Sridevi, passed away this February, in Dubai due to accidental drowning in her hotel and her sudden death shocked the entire nation.
She had an illustrious acting career spanning for almost 5 decades. She had acted in Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films, and was often hailed as India's first female superstar.
Apart from Sridevi, ‘Baahubali’ bagged three trophies. ‘Newton’ won Best Film in the National Awards 2018.
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