Vidya Balan won first national award at the 59th
National Awards for playing a role in The Dirty Picture. On this prestigious moment,
she said that “she is still trying to believe that she has won the national
award.
She also said that “I want to believe it. Long cherished dream has come
true, my first. I don't know what to say. I want to thank director Milan
Luthira for giving me this film. This is really unbelievable. It is the biggest
honor of the country. It is very special. Every award is special," Ekta
Kapoor was the producer. This film rocked the box office made the cash registers
to ring for long time. This movie also won the maximum number of awards. At one
moment, an actor also said that “As the role is concerned, it really required
mentally to be totally uninhibited...the film's success has opened a lot of
opportunities especially the kind of roles for the female actors. It is very
nice to see that the line between so called meaningful cinema and commercial
has blurred.
