This is just the beginning, want to win many more national awards: Rani Mukerji

Mumbai, September 27 (PTI), actor Rani Mukerji, becomes of the fact that she has won her first National Film Award in her nearly three decades and hopes to win much more in the future. The 46-year-old man spoke at the India Today Conclave on Friday when asked if the honor characterized the highlight of her journey that began in 1996. “I want to see it as an eternity. It keeps going, I don’t want to say it’s a full point, because there’s a lot more to do, many national awards to win. Maybe that’s just the beginning, ‘Mukerji said. Mukerji made her screen debut with the Bengali film “Biyer Phool” (1996) and continued to appear in Blockbuster Hindi films such as “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai”, “Ghulam”, “Chalt Chalt”, “Saathiya”, “Hum Tum”, “Mardaiani” and “Hichki”. She granted the best actress for her performance in ‘Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway’ on Tuesday during the 71st National Film Awards Ceremony. Directed by Ashima Chibber, the film 2023 tells the story of Debika Chatterjee (Mukerji), an Indian mother in Norway who fights the authorities to regain the supervision of her children after she is violently separated from them. During the ceremony, Mukerji was seen wearing a gold chain with her daughter Adira’s name embedded on it. The actor said that her nine -year -old daughter is eager to attend the function, but that he was unable to because of protocol. “She was crying because she wanted to be part of the National Award function, and we said that children under 14 were not allowed. I had to tell her that she couldn’t be with me, and she was like ‘it’s so unfair, because I’m the happiest that you won the award’. ” She also made a painting for me and I said, “Don’t worry, I have you on this special day.” So it was my way of having her with me, ‘the actor said. Mukerji acknowledged that she was “disappointed” when she did not win the award for her portrayal of a deaf and blind young woman in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Black’ (2005), who also played Amitabh Bachchan. The film in the Hindi. “I gave myself everything in ‘Black’, and I was only 25 at the time. There was chatting I would win, and when I didn’t, it was when my blinkers arrived. I thought, “Even if you do best work, it may not always be in your favor”. “I told myself, don’t be disappointed, keep working hard, you have to do better, and I kept doing it,” she said. The actor said her late father, filmmaker Ram Mukerji, was also “heartbroken” when she was overlooked for ‘black’. “My dad was very disappointed and heartbreaking that I didn’t win that year. So was Sanjay, the director of the film. But I think if things are meant to happen, it happens. The way India and my fans have rejoiced for me now couldn’t it be sweeter or better than that, ‘she said. Mukerji is currently filming the third installment of the “Mardaani” franchise, which is planned for an exemption of 2026.