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Anushka receives Smita Patil award

The actress, who will next be seen in ‘Sui Dhaaga — Made in India’, also completed 10 years in the film industry

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Actress Anushka Sharma who has received the Smita Patil award for best actor, said it validates the choices that she has made so far in her career.

Addressing the media at the 34th edition of the Priyadarsh­ini Academy Global Awards 2018 in Mumbai on Wednesday, Sharma said: “It’s a special day for me because I completed 10 years in the industry on this day. So, receiving this award validates the choices that I made in my career.”

“I don’t come from a film background. I didn’t have anyone to guide me in my journey. My parents also don’t belong Indian Union Transport Minister felicitate­s Anushka Sharma during the 34th anniversar­y of Priyadarsh­ni Academy Global Award, in Mumbai, on Wednesday. to this industry, so they also don’t know how the industry works,” she added.

The actress, who is gearing up for the release of her film Sui Dhaaga — Made in India, made her debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi in 2008.

While receiving the award, Sharma said, “It’s a great of honour to have watched the work of great Smita Patil ji. She has been a true inspiratio­n, not just for me but many actresses and many women for her bold, difficult and fearless choices that she made with her work.”

Sui Dhaaga, which is set to release on September 27 in the UAE, is inspired by the Make in India campaign that was launched by the Indian government in 2014 aimed at promoting the country’s indigenous industries including textile.

Sharma stars opposite Varun Dhawan in the Sharat Katariya-directoria­l that is produced by Maneesh Sharma under the Yash Raj Films banner.

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Photos by AP, PTi and courtesy of Twitter.com/aliaabhatt

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