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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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