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5 Questions With Kalki Koechlin
Femina
|June 7 2016
The actor, playwright and director talks to Sandipan Dalal about winning the National Film Award and other milestones
Tell us about the celebrations that followed after you won the special jury award for Margarita With A Straw at the 63rd National Film Awards.
I called over all my friends who live close by— and opened a bottle of Moët & Chandon champagne that my mother had preserved in the back of her cupboard for a special occasion. We also cut a cake. The next day was even more overwhelming as I received flowers from Priyanka Chopra, Siddharth Roy Kapur (MD & CEO of Disney India) and my management team.
This story is from the June 7 2016 edition of Femina.
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