Deepti Naval honoured with Excellence in Cinema Award at MAMI festival

Veteran actor Deepti Naval was honoured with the Excellence in Cinema Award at the opening ceremony of the 21st Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star on Thursday night.

She was presented the award by filmmaker Vishal Bharadwaj and actor Deepika Padukone.

"I am quite nervous, I am overwhelmed with this award. I am grateful to Jio MAMI Mumbai festival for giving me this honour," Naval, who got a standing ovation from the audience, said after receiving the award.

Quoting from Naval's poetry, Bharadwaj said, "When you feel like saying a lot of things that time too do not feel like saying anything."

Naval made her acting debut with "Junoon" in 1978. In her career spanning over 40 years, she has acted in more than 60 films. Some of her iconic films include "Kamla", "Chashme Baddoor", "Mirch Masala", "Rang Birangi", "Firaaq", "Leela" and "Memories in March".

She was last seen in Zoya Akhtar's web-series "Made In Heaven".

The 20th Jio Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) Mumbai Film ...