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Neena Gupta says ‘she’s flying high’ after winning National Award; reveals pregnant daughter Masaba has promised her lunch out
Neena Gupta has opened up about winning her third National Award for the film Uunchai and has shared how she plans to celebrate her big feat. Read on to also know how her co-stars reacted.
Neena Gupta has won her third National Award and she’s ‘happily surprised’. While speaking to News18 Showsha, the actress revealed that when the news broke that she had won Best Supporting Actress for her film Uunchai, Neena immediately asked her manager to reconfirm it. Gupta also didn’t know the 70th National Film Awards were being declared on August 16.
Neena added, “It has now sunk in, and I feel really good. This proves that if you really work hard, you’ll get something truly rewarding in return.” The 65-year-old also confessed that she’s unsure about how to celebrate this big feat but knows that, “Masaba (Gupta; daughter) is taking me out for lunch.”
For the uninitiated, this is Neena’s third conferral.
She first won her National Award for Bazar Sitaram (1993) in the Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director category, and just a year later, she received the National Award for Best Supporting Actress for Woh Chokri (1994). Directed by Sooraj Barjatya, her winning movie this time is a refreshing tale of four aged friends who wish to scale the heights of Mount Everest.
Uunchai also stars Amitabh Bachchan, Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Danny Denzongpa, Parineeti Chopra, and Sarika in pivotal roles. Neena revealed further in the interview that the movie’s cast and crew have a WhatsApp group where everyone congratulated her while noting that she deserved the award.
Neena further admitted that she was thrilled to know that Barjatya also won the Best Director award for the same movie. “I have great respect for him. It was a dream come true when he called me and offered me a role,” the Panchayat actress noted.
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