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New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji was on Tuesday honoured with the Best Actress award at the 71st National Film Awards for her performance in the film ‘Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway.’

Mukerji received the award from President Droupadi Murmu at Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was also present on the occasion.

Rani Mukerji, who debuted in the Bollywood industry with the film ‘Raja Ki Aaegi Baaraat’ in 1996, clinched her biggest acting honour to date after she was conferred with the National Award for her brilliant performance in the legal drama ‘Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway’, released in 2023.

The actress was elated as she recieved the National Award from President Murmu. Mukerji donned a beautiful brown saree for the event. She complemented her outfit with a white necklace, silver-plated earrings and bangles.

Directed by Ashima Chibber, the film stars Rani Mukerji as Mrs Chatterjee and also features Anirban Bhattacharya, Neena Gupta, and Jim Sarbh in prominent roles.

Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway is based on the real-life story of Sagarika Chakraborty and Anurup Bhattacharya, an Indian couple living in Norway, whose children were taken away by Norwegian authorities in 2011.

Rani plays Debika, a mother who challenges an unfamiliar legal system to regain custody of her children. The film highlights the cultural misunderstandings between Indian parenting traditions and Western child welfare systems.

Earlier, while speaking to ANI, Rani shared her experience of being part of the film and what inspired her to explore experimental cinema.

“It gives immense happiness as then we realise that our audience wants to watch different sorts of movies, content, and if we present good content and story, then they will come to watch,” the actress told ANI.

Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant Massey shared the Best Actor award for their performances in Jawan and 12th Fail, respectively. Apart from Rani’s win, the 71st National Awards have also recognised several other films and artists. Best Cinematography was awarded to The Kerala Story.

Best Choreography went to Vaibhavi Merchant for Dhindhora Baje in ‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’. Kathal bagged the Best Hindi Film award, while the Best Female Playback Singer award went to Shilpa Rao. (ANI)

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Washington DC [US], September 23 (ANI): Actor Emma Watson said that she misses acting but does not miss the “soul-destroying” process of promoting and selling the films she has worked in the past, reported Deadline.

“In some ways, I really won the lottery with acting, and what happened to me is so unusual,” said Watson

“But a bigger component than the actual job itself is the promotion and selling of that piece of work, this piece of art. The balance of that can get quite thrown off. I think I’ll be honest and straightforward, and say: I do not miss selling things. I found that to be quite soul-destroying,” she said.

“But I do very much miss using my skill set, and I very much miss the art. I just found I got to do so little of the bit that I actually enjoyed,” as quoted by Deadline.

She said rehearsal time on a project tends to be short, “but the moment you get to talk through a scene – or I got to prepare and think about how I wanted to do something – and then the minute the camera rolls, and getting to just completely forget about everything else in the world other than that one moment – it’s such an intense form of meditation. Because you just cannot be anywhere else. It’s so freeing. I miss that profoundly. But I don’t miss the pressure,” she told the outlet.

Watson also mentioned she was “working on something that I’ve never done before,” so stay tuned.

Although she put her acting career on hold, she said she “is maybe the happiest and healthiest I’ve ever been.”

“I think what’s interesting about being an actor is, there’s a tendency to sort of fracture yourself into multiple personalities,” she said.

“I’m not just talking about the roles you play, but having the weight of a public persona, that needs constant feeding and sprucing and glamorising. It’s very energy-intensive stuff. And shedding the multiple identities has freed up so much space, I think, for me to be a better sister, daughter, friend, granddaughter and then artist. And someone who’s trying to do some critical thinking of her own,” as reported by Deadline. (ANI)

(The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)

New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji was on Tuesday honoured with the Best Actress award at the 71st National Film Awards for her performance in the film ‘Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway.’

Mukerji received the award from President Droupadi Murmu at Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was also present on the occasion.

Rani Mukerji, who debuted in the Bollywood industry with the film ‘Raja Ki Aaegi Baaraat’ in 1996, clinched her biggest acting honour to date after she was conferred with the National Award for her brilliant performance in the legal drama ‘Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway’, released in 2023.

The actress was elated as she recieved the National Award from President Murmu. Mukerji donned a beautiful brown saree for the event. She complemented her outfit with a white necklace, silver-plated earrings and bangles.

Directed by Ashima Chibber, the film stars Rani Mukerji as Mrs Chatterjee and also features Anirban Bhattacharya, Neena Gupta, and Jim Sarbh in prominent roles.

Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway is based on the real-life story of Sagarika Chakraborty and Anurup Bhattacharya, an Indian couple living in Norway, whose children were taken away by Norwegian authorities in 2011.

Rani plays Debika, a mother who challenges an unfamiliar legal system to regain custody of her children. The film highlights the cultural misunderstandings between Indian parenting traditions and Western child welfare systems.

Earlier, while speaking to ANI, Rani shared her experience of being part of the film and what inspired her to explore experimental cinema.

“It gives immense happiness as then we realise that our audience wants to watch different sorts of movies, content, and if we present good content and story, then they will come to watch,” the actress told ANI.

Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant Massey shared the Best Actor award for their performances in Jawan and 12th Fail, respectively. Apart from Rani’s win, the 71st National Awards have also recognised several other films and artists. Best Cinematography was awarded to The Kerala Story.

Best Choreography went to Vaibhavi Merchant for Dhindhora Baje in ‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’. Kathal bagged the Best Hindi Film award, while the Best Female Playback Singer award went to Shilpa Rao. (ANI)

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The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.

Washington DC [US], September 23 (ANI): Actor Emma Watson said that she misses acting but does not miss the “soul-destroying” process of promoting and selling the films she has worked in the past, reported Deadline.

“In some ways, I really won the lottery with acting, and what happened to me is so unusual,” said Watson

“But a bigger component than the actual job itself is the promotion and selling of that piece of work, this piece of art. The balance of that can get quite thrown off. I think I’ll be honest and straightforward, and say: I do not miss selling things. I found that to be quite soul-destroying,” she said.

“But I do very much miss using my skill set, and I very much miss the art. I just found I got to do so little of the bit that I actually enjoyed,” as quoted by Deadline.

She said rehearsal time on a project tends to be short, “but the moment you get to talk through a scene – or I got to prepare and think about how I wanted to do something – and then the minute the camera rolls, and getting to just completely forget about everything else in the world other than that one moment – it’s such an intense form of meditation. Because you just cannot be anywhere else. It’s so freeing. I miss that profoundly. But I don’t miss the pressure,” she told the outlet.

Watson also mentioned she was “working on something that I’ve never done before,” so stay tuned.

Although she put her acting career on hold, she said she “is maybe the happiest and healthiest I’ve ever been.”

“I think what’s interesting about being an actor is, there’s a tendency to sort of fracture yourself into multiple personalities,” she said.

“I’m not just talking about the roles you play, but having the weight of a public persona, that needs constant feeding and sprucing and glamorising. It’s very energy-intensive stuff. And shedding the multiple identities has freed up so much space, I think, for me to be a better sister, daughter, friend, granddaughter and then artist. And someone who’s trying to do some critical thinking of her own,” as reported by Deadline. (ANI)

(The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)