Sreelekha Mitra has bagged the Best Actress award for
Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s critically acclaimed film ‘
Once Upon a Time in Calcutta
’ at this year’s
New York Indian Film Festival
(
NYIFF
) which witnessed a celebration of India’s cinematic traditions. Not only Sreelekha but
Aditya also bagged the Best Director award for his film.
The actress is surely in a happy space and why not? She has been constantly vocal asking for the reason behind their film’s rejection at the recently concluded
Kolkata International Film Festival
. While a top film fest in Aditya and Sreelekha’s own city didn’t select the film, it continues to win laurels at several prestigious film fests abroad and this has surely raised questions regarding Kolkata International Film Festival’s film selection process.
As soon as Sreelekha got the news regarding her big win, she took to her Facebook handle to share the news and also took an indirect dig at the industry. “I won......thank you Universe, thank you
#NewYorkIndianFilmFestival ,thank you
Aditya Vikram Sengupta thank you
Arindam Ghosh ,thank you team
#OUATIC thank you lovers and haters I owe this to you ALL.
Amar Baba Ma is super proud am sure,” Sreelekha wrote.
Over the past few weeks, social media was abuzz with industry biggies urging all to support Bengali cinema. Amid all these, Sreelekha took a dig at
Tollywood celebs asking why there are no words for their film! The seasoned actress slammed Tollywood celebs without mentioning anyone’s name. She took a dig at the industry for lobbying by releasing a video on her YouTube channel and it kicked up a social media storm.
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