Lara Dutta won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in Pooja Entertainments’ Bellbottom at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2022, which took place yesterday night, Sunday, February 20. It was a star-studded event with prominent members of the Indian film industry in attendance.
Akshay Kumar, Jackky Bhagnani, and Deepshikha Deshmukh all congratulated the actress on her triumph on social media.
Lara Dutta thanked the makers of Bellbottom, director Ranjit Tewari for giving her the role of Late PM Indira Gandhi. She says, “Always grateful for the opportunities the film industry gives me! Thrilled to win the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film award for Bellbottom. A big thank you to Akshay Kumar, Pooja Entertainment, Producer Vashu Bhagnani, Jackky Bhagnani, Deepshikha Deshmukh, Director Ranjit M Tewari, for the opportunity to play Mrs Gandhi on screen! And this wouldn’t be possible without Vikram Gaikwad and his amazing team of makeup and prosthetics artists. And for my fam- my greatest strength!”
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