Mumbai, Winning the National Film Award has been a “true validation” and comes as an added responsibility to make better and more diverse choices, says actor Yami Gautam.
“National Film Award is a really big honour. I think it’s a very true validation for any artist across all languages, all formats that you can receive in our country and I take it with all humility. I’ll be lying if I say, no, nothing’s changed. “There’s an added responsibility in me as an artist, as an actor who’ll always try to be even more diverse, work harder and try and win and earn this love and respect that you all bestowed upon me and showered on someone like me who comes from a small town. I still feel there is a long way to go. The film also features Addinath M Kothare, Anurag Thakur, Sunita Rajwar, Mita Vasisth, Aaditya Kulshreshth, Susmita Mukherjee and Prateek Pachori in pivotal roles. The music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar.
The actor, who won the award for best actress for her role in “Article 370” last month, is playing a mysterious new bride with superpowers in the upcoming horror-comedy “Nayyi Navelli”. Asked if the National Award has prompted her to aspire to global honours such as an Oscar, Gautam said she never makes her dreams public. The actor said her success will not come at the cost of humility. Asked about collaborating with artists from the southern film industry, Rai said he always felt that the industry should not be divided like “this is South, this is North, Bollywood, Tollywood”.
There is so much for me to learn,” Gautam told reporters here at the trailer launch of the film on Wednesday evening.
