Summary:
But then, it almost got disqualified.
Mumbai: The 47th National Awards were mired in a kind of controversy that most Hindi movie buffs haven`t yet forgotten.
And even if they did, an old video doing the rounds on social media will bring those memories rushing back.
It was the year 2000, Rituparno Ghosh`s Bariwali was in the running for the Best Actress and the Best Supporting Actress awards (both of which it bagged), apart from others.
But then, it almost got disqualified.
Yet that wasn`t the worst news of all.
Bariwali starred Kirron Kher in the lead, in the role of Banalata, a lonely widow with a bari or a haveli almost, in this case, to take care of - both a blessing and a curse, but not so much in disguise.
The film was shot in Bangla, and was produced by Anupam Kher.