Late actor Sridevi, who died in Dubai this February after a sudden cardiac arrest, has been posthumously awarded the Best Actress for her performance in Ravi Udayawar’s MOM at the 65th National Film Awards. MOM was the third film Sridevi did after she returned to the industry after an almost 15 year hiatus. Announcing Sridevi’s name, jury head Shekhar Kapur said, “The best actress is Sridevi for Mom and I promise you it is not my relationship with her. I would look at all the actors, talk about them and I would say, ‘there should be not Sridevi, not Sridevi’! The 65th National Film Awards were announced on Friday by the jury that included screenwriter Imtiaz Hussain, lyricist Mehboob, actress Gautami Tadimalla, Kannada director P Sheshadri, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Ranjit Das, Rajesh Mapuskar, Tripurari Sharma and Rumi Jaffrey.

Source: Hindustan Times April 13, 2018 09:22 UTC