Kriti Sanon beams with joy as she receives the Best Actress award for Mimi at 69th National Film Awards- WATCH

Kriti Sanon is one of the most popular and successful actors in Bollywood. Kriti recently bagged her first National Award for Best Actress for her performance in Mimi. The 69^th National Film Awards is taking place in Delhi with President Droupadi Murmu conferring the awards. For the event, Kriti opted for a saree and looked beyond beautiful.

Kriti Sanon receives her FIRST National Award

The actress went on stage with folded hands to receive her Best Actress award at the 69^th National Film Awards. In Laxman Utekar directorial, Kriti played the role of a woman who opts to be a surrogate mother for a foreign couple. Kriti as Mimi delivered a phenomenal performance in the film.

#NationalFilmAwards|| Actress @kritisanon has been honored with the Best Actress award at the 69th National Film Awards for her outstanding performance in 'Mimi' ??@rashtrapatibhvn | @ianuragthakur | @MIB_India | @PIB_India |@nfdcindia pic.twitter.com/fYOCux7tUv

— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) October 17, 2023

Fans showered love on Kriti. A fan commented, “Congratulations for your first National Award win… Well deserved @kritisanon.” Another fan wrote, “Congratulations.”

Kriti jointly received the Best Actress National award with Alia Bhatt, who won for her performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi.

The Laxman Utekar directorial also starred Pankaj Tripathi and Sai Tamhankar. Earlier, Kriti had shared a special post to celebrate her big win. In her note, Kriti had thanked the team of Mimi, friends and family members. A part of her caption read, “Laxman sir… You always told me “Mimi, dekhna aapko is film ke liye National Award milega”… mil gaya sir! And I couldn’t have done this without you!”

#WATCH | "Just very very overwhelmed. I feel very blessed & grateful. It is a very special moment, especially for Mimi & also my parents were here watching me. I don't think I've felt this before," says Kriti Sanon after receiving the Best Actress Award for her film 'Mimi', at… pic.twitter.com/0HjOnFvEMS

— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2023

Kriti’s journey in Bollywood

Kriti made her Bollywood debut with Heropanti co-starring Tiger Shroff. Over the years, she has appeared in films like Bareilly Ki Barfi, Shehzada, Adipurush, and Luka Chuppi among others. The actress next has Ganapath with Tiger Shroff and Amitabh Bachchan. It is slated to release on 20^th October, 2023. Post that, she will be seen in The Crew with Kareena Kapoor Khan and Tabu.

Also Read: From engineering to National Award, the journey of Kriti Sanon is nothing short of inspiring

Mamta Naik

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